James Cooper
Biography
James served as a Non-Executive Director for the Home Office from January 2020 until the end of April 2026.
James’s career has spanned the infrastructure, transport and financial services industries. James is currently Chairman of GB Railfreight, one of the UK’s largest railfreight companies. From 2013 -2018, James served as Chief Executive of Associated British Ports, the UK’s largest ports group. Facilities within ABP’s ports handle approximately 25% of the UK’s trade by volume.
Before that, James worked for the infrastructure investment arm of the Prudential, in which role he served as a Chief Executive of Red Funnel Ferries and as a director of companies in the water, wind power generation, telecoms infrast
Previous roles in government
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Non-Executive Director