The Long Road to Employee Owned Status 

In FiBQ 21.3 James Holden wrote about how and why he became committed to the concept of business as mission, and why he believes that working to conform the world of work to Christ is for him the Opus Dei of our time. In that article James briefly referenced that he was seeking to convert the family business into an Employee Owned company, being convinced that the concept offered a practical means of transforming capitalism. After seven years in the making, that conversion has finally been made last August. He now shares more about the process and why he remains genuinely excited at the prospects of transformation.

Click to read the full article (PDF opens in new tab). It was first published in Faith in Business Quarterly, Volume 22.3, pages 11-14. 

James Holden is a minister in secular employment and the Bishop of Coventry’s officer to business leaders. He worked for his family’s marketing business for 39 years before he gifted a controlling stake to a loyal staff. He also founded and established the African Oyster Trust which builds and supports hospitals and schools in The Gambia. Currently he is undertaking a variety of consultancy tasks for kingdom-oriented organisations including a care home and charity focussed on reforming agricultural practices in Tanzania. He is married to Laura and lives in Warwick.