James is the Director of a boutique environmental consulting firm called 4Pillars and is the Treasurer of the EIANZ NSW Division. He is an ecologist by training and has a broad range of expertise and experience – mainly focused on threatened species management, impact assessment, planning, contaminated land management and waste management. He has worked in the private and public sector and has represented Australia at international negotiations on the Biodiversity Convention. James is a CEnvP and is the Divisional Policy and Practice lead.