James has worked on a number of significant sports, event and entertainment projects around the globe including the ICC Sydney, Philippine Arena in Manila, Datong Sports Park in China, KL Sports City in Malaysia, Los Angeles Convention Centre expansion and Queenstown Convention Centre in New Zealand. Most recently, James has been working on the Kai Tak Sports Park development in Hong Kong.

James heads up the Populous’ innovation program with Asia Pacific, encouraging global collaboration, expertise and connection through their online sharing platform and tri-annual global innovation conference. James is passionate about fostering company culture, in particular driving innovation in design and knowledge management across offices, studios and teams.

James was awarded the QBM Griffith University MBA Responsible Leadership Scholarship, allowing him to broaden his skills in team leadership and responsible design