James Golland FAPM, ChPP

Program Director @ Egis

About

Experienced Project Director with a demonstrated history of working in the transportation/trucking/railroad industry. Skilled PMO Leadership and Programme Management in Rail, Airport Construction, Airport Development, Quantity Surveying, Construction, and Management. Strong program and project management professional with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) focused in Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying from The University of Manchester.

Country

United Arab Emirates

City

Dubai

Industry

Construction

Skill

Program Management, Portfolio Management, Airport Construction, Airport Development, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Project Control, MSP Practitioner, P3O, APMP Qualified, Earned Value Management, Commercial Management, Construction, Contract Negotiation, Contract Management, Change Management, Cost Management, Management, Project Delivery, Leadership

Experience

Program Director

Egis

2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Senior Executive Director, KSA Regional Lead

KEO Group

2023-1 - 2025-11 · 2 yrs 11 mos

United Arab Emirates

Project Director

AECOM

2021-7 - 2022-12 · 1 yr 6 mos

AlUla, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Project Director for AECOM supporting the Royal Commission of AlUla in the development of the County in line with Vision 2030.

Project Management Advisor

Turner & Townsend

2019-5 - 2020-11 · 1 yr 7 mos

Singapore

Project Management Advisor to Changi Airport Group on the development of the multi billion SGD Terminal 5 facility to add capacity of 50mppa.

PMO Director

Sydney Metro

2017-5 - 2019-5 · 2 yrs 1 mo

City and South West

PMO Director for $18.5bn City and Southwest Sydney Metro, accountable for the PMO function on Project delivering 30km of Metro Rail through the heart of Sydney.

Head of Performance and Programme Controls

Transport for London

2014-12 - 2016-9 · 1 yr 10 mos

Head of Performance and Programme Controls for the multi billion TfL Capital Investment Programme and Head of Portfolio Office for London Underground

Head of Portfolio Office

Heathrow

2012-11 - 2014-11 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Lead the Portfolio Office for the £5bn Heathrow Development Programme

Head of Programme Management Office

Heathrow

2011-3 - 2012-10 · 1 yr 8 mos

Led the Programme Management Office for the £5bn Capital Investment Programme at Heathrow

Head of Cost Management

Heathrow

2008-4 - 2011-3 · 3 yrs

Functional lead on Cost Management within Programme Management Office on £5bn Capital Investment Programme at Heathrow

Commercial Manager

Heathrow

2005-8 - 2008-3 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Heathrow

Commercial Manager leading team of commercial consultants within infrastructure programme at Heathrow

Commercial and Estimating Manager

Associated British Ports

2000-5 - 2005-8 · 5 yrs 4 mos

London, United Kingdom

Commercial Manager responsible for business unit of ABP accountable for capital and maintenance dredging of ports

Quantity Surveyor

Taylor Woodrow Construction

1995-9 - 2000-4 · 4 yrs 8 mos

South Wales

Quantity Surveyor on numerous infrastructure projects including roads, power station redevelopment, sea defences, pumping stations, tunnelling, open cast coal mining