James is a Technical Director in the Water Resources Group at Zutari based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a specialist in the field of water resources engineering, integrated water resources management (IWRM), the water-energy-food nexus, resilience, sustainability, and climate change impacts and adaptation, particularly in Africa, working on a wider range of water, resilience and sustainability related projects. He has a broad range of experience, including technical engineering hydrology and design as well as social, political, environmental and economic aspects of water resource. For two years James was also the Global Service Group Leader for Water at Aurecon, assisting in developing Aurecon’s capabilities in the Water sector in Australia and New Zealand.
James obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in 2011 from the University of Colorado, Boulder in the USA, a Master of Science in Environmental Change and Management in 2002 and an MA (Oxon) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) in 2001, both from the Oxford University in the United Kingdom. In addition, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Cum Laude) in 1998 from UCT. He is a registered professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and is a member of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), and the International Water Association (IWA), as well as a fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE). As a scientist, James has research experience in South Africa, UK, USA, and Antarctica. He is an Honorary Research Associate with the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town and external examiner for the Department of Civil Engineering.
