James has been an active supporter of ALGA since its founding in 2007 culminating in his most recent position as Director of the Board until August 2023. His strong focus on the financial management of ALGA supported a period a change within the organisation and has set it on a path of positive growth in the coming years.
James worked with Orica (formerly ICI Australia) for over 40 years until June 2021. The first half of his career involved chemical engineering design, project management and technical/operations management in chemicals manufacturing, storage and handling facilities. The second half of his career was directed at managing Orica’s significant contaminated land and groundwater challenges, largely in Australia but also overseas. He grew Orica’s technical competency in contaminated land management and remediation, including applying many new or developing technologies James was Head-Environmental Remediation of Orica from 2016-2021, and was a Director of two joint venture companies for that period James was a “foundation” member of ALGA and has participated in many branch activities and presentations, as well as encouraging the Orica team to share its project learnings through ALGA’s various technical platforms. James was elected asa Director at the 2020 AGM and was a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committees in 2022.Following the 2022 AGM, James was appointed by the Board as an additional Director to provide transitional support in completing various financial management initiatives.