Mr James Laybourn

James Laybourn is the Regional Segment Director for DNV Energy Systems in the Asia Pacific Region. DNV Energy Systems is a leading independent advisor to the energy sector, assisting governments and industry to navigate complex transitions, with a goal of achieving deep decarbonization in line with the Paris Agreement objectives. James’ portfolio covers DNV’s advisory and assurance services across the oil and gas, renewables, energy storage and power segments. James joined DNV in London in 2002 and has since held a range of technical and managerial positions within DNV in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. For 3 years, he managed DNV’s Hydrogen and CCUS business units in Asia, delivering a wide portfolio of studies including hydrogen master plans for multiple national governments and major utilities; providing assurance to the majority of Regional CCS projects; as well as detailed technical studies for hydrogen production, transportation and utilization projects across the Region. He p