James is currently a Principal Geotechnical Advisor and team leader in Highways England’s Safety, Engineering & Standards directorate. He is responsible for the geotechnical innovation, research and development programme and provides technical oversight to geotechnical asset and risk management activities within the company’s Operations and Major Projects directorates. James represents the organisation on several technical committees and steering groups including the British Standards Institution committee for Ground Investigation & Testing and CIRIA’s Geotechnical Asset Owners Forum.