Studied chemical engineering at university. Joined BP as a process engineer before becoming a petrochemical plant manager. Moved into business management and after a period at Stanford became GM corporate planning and then a director of BP Chemicals.  Developed his passion for technological business start ups as CEO BP Ventures.  Brought photovoltaics, advanced materials and several other technologies into BP's portfolio. As BP consolidated back into upstream and downstream oil and gas his final act before taking early retirement was divesting most of BP's small businesses. As a new business startup consultant, in 2002 identified HotRot as the best organics processing technology in the emerging European ABPR era. Helped set up HotRot Composting Systems UK and became a part time agent in 2005

James studied for a Civil Engineering degree before becoming a site engineer with Edmund Nuttall.  Subsequently he joined  RMC as a graduate production manager and was responsible for the running of a number of concrete batching plants initially in North & Central Kent then Hertfordshire and later in Cambridgeshire before becoming Area operations Manager for RMC Eastern based in Colchester.

This multi disciplinary role had full responsibility for production, development, maintenance and transport for 20 concrete and 2 Mortar production facilities.

After 20 years in the Readymixed Concrete Industry and the acquisition of the RMC by Cemex James joined HotRot as a Project Engineer in 2005 and is Head of Engineering for the company.

Since joining HotRot James has worked on a broad range of composting projects, treating various waste materials.  James is responsible for all HotRot operations, including site trials, installations, staff training and installation and process design from locations as far away as the Western Isles of Scotland, Ireland to South East England.

“As a person with a passion for a challenge and problem solving, I have found the waste industry offers me plenty of scope."