Jim has over 30 years experience in the logistics field and brings an extensive practical background to the team at Henderson Logistics. Graduating in Mechanical Engineering, he initially gained experience in truck manufacture at Kenworth, leading to fleet maintenance and equipment management within a major petroleum company. In this role Jim also contributed to the reduction of total cost of distribution of bulk commodities through the financial and operational analysis of fleet and lay-down costs

Jim subsequently worked for Finemores, a leading logistics service company (later acquired by Toll) for 15 years, broadening his management experience in administration and strategic development of IT systems, with a particular emphasis on automotive logistics. During this period he gained experience with electronic billing and payment systems, EDI, tendering processes, costing analysis and lean logistics.

In more recent times, Jim was employed by Vector SCM, a global 4PL, providing full supply chain management services and processes in the automotive sector. This brought an exposure to global logistics generally and China particularly. Jim brings the ability to understand the "big picture" while addressing the detail and practical perspective required to provide meaningful modelling and analysis.