James Trimmer is the Director of Planning and Development for the Port of London Authority and is responsible for the initiation and implementation of the PLA’s approach to strategic marine and terrestrial planning, infrastructure (including as the Project Director for the both the Thames Tideway Tunnel and Tilbury2 NSIP schemes) development and transport issues throughout the tidal River Thames and its riparian hinterland.  A Chartered Town Planner and Chartered Surveyor, he is Authority’s lead for the development and facilitation of inland freight and passenger transport and is also corporately responsible for the Authority’s statutory consenting of river works and dredging under the Port of London Act 1968 (as amended).  In his previous role at the PLA he was responsible for the development of the approach and subsequent implementation of the PLA’s approach to climate change adaptation and its commitment to be Net Zero by 2040.