Experience
James has in-depth flood risk and disaster preparedness expertise in Australia, gained through senior, or executive roles at The Bureau of Meteorology, and Sunwater, and through some of Australia’s most extreme weather events, including the Queensland/Brisbane floods of 2011, Townsville in 2019, and drought planning for Central Queensland in 2019. He’s 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 Bureau of Meteorology roadmap for the 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.
