Experience
James has in-depth water sector expertise in Australia, gained through senior roles at the Bureau of Meteorology, and at Sunwater, that includes innovation, water planning and major event leadership.
At Sunwater he introduced new environmental monitoring equipment with equal performance, greater resilience and lower cost that traditional approaches in addition to the introduction of revised approaches to catchment risk understanding that reduced Capital planning estimates by $300 million.
He has led teams under extreme pressure during events such as the Queensland/Brisbane floods of 2011, Townsville in 2019, and drought planning for Central Queensland in 2019. He has a record of delivery in high pressure situations and understands the people, systems, corporate, and cultural elements that success requires.
More recently, he has delivered the strategic plan for the Bureau of Meteorology next generation Australian Flood Warning System, and provided advisory services to the Queensland Reconstruction Authority on risk, policy, and governance for the $750 million Resilient Home Fund – voluntary buyback managed relocation program.
