James Spenceley is an Australian investor, entrepreneur, company director, and independant politician. He is the founder of Vocus Communications which was sold to Macquarie Infrastructure for $3.5 billion. He is an active venture capital investor including seed investor in Airtasker in 2012, and was chairman of the board from 2015 until 2023, when he resigned his position in order to concentrate on his humanitarian aid organisation Aus Ukraine Aid. Spenceley has sourced and donated over $1m of medical aid to Ukraine across multiple trips to front line cities to provide humanitarian aid to villages and small towns. In December 2021, Spenceley was elected as a councillor for St Leonards Ward of North Sydney Council, and was re-elected in October 2024.