Board and Director Dam Safety Risk and Governance Training

Designed and delivered Director training for a Government Owned Corporation, equipping Directors with the critical questions required to assure themselves that dam safety management programs and major infrastructure projects are being implemented in alignment with organisational risk appetite, regulatory intent, and societal expectations.

The training explored the practical application of As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) and So Far As Reasonably Practicable (SFARP) frameworks, with a focus on how Boards can demonstrate discharging their duty of care. It also included cyber security risk content, covering key questions to mitigate gated dam control and an overview of the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act.

The content was informed by extensive executive experience across Queensland’s dam safety sector, including leadership during major water infrastructure projects such as the Paradise Dam essential works, oversight of a dam safety program for a portfolio of 21 referable dams, and participation in more than 50 Emergency Action Plan activations responding to earthquakes, cyclones, record floods, gate vibration and piping incidents. James also authored the Queensland Dams Emergency Action Plan template adopted by the state regulator in 2017, and contributed to the national review of the SOCI Act.