Darren James
Non-Executive Director
Appointed: January 2025
Experience
Darren was appointed CEO of Aureos (formerly Keltbray Infrastructure Services) in August 2024 having led the purchase by EMK of the infrastructure arm of the Keltbray group where he served as CEO from April 2020. Prior to this, he spent 30 Years at Costain Group PLC latterly as Chief Operating Officer. He has a wealth of experience in leading high-profile programmes for both public and private sector customers, often in highly regulated infrastructure sectors, both in the UK and internationally. Previously, Darren served as Non-Executive Director at the Port of London Authority.
A civil engineering graduate of the University of Surrey, Darren joined Costain as an industrial placement student progressing through the organisation to the Executive Board. He has held a number of senior positions with significant profit and loss responsibility, including Managing Director of the £1 billion turnover Infrastructure division, and has been an executive director for 12 years.
Current other Non-Executive positions
None.
Previous Non-Executive positions
Port of London Authority - Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Investment committee, Member of the Licensing Committee, Member of the Pension Advisory Committee and Chair of Thames Infrastructure.
Committee membership
Chair of the Performance and Safety Committee. Member of the Nomination Committee.