James Stewart joins Agilia Infrastructure Partners as a senior adviser

Press release: 22nd September 2021

We are pleased to announce James Stewart’s appointment as a senior adviser to Agilia Infrastructure Partners. James has been at the forefront of driving forward the global infrastructure agenda throughout his career from being the first Chief Executive of Partnerships UK and then Infrastructure UK to most recently the Vice Chair of KPMG.  

Amar Qureshi, Agilia’s CEO said ‘We are delighted that James will be working with us to help ensure that infrastructure meets the current challenges that we face. Agilia’s ambitions include connecting current and future leaders within infrastructure and with James joining our Senior Advisory group combined with Agilia’s  focus on nurturing the leaders of the future we are reaffirming this connection.’ 

James’ career spans both the public and private sectors with infrastructure a constant theme. He started his career in banking at Hambros and Société Generale and then become the CEO of Partnerships UK and Infrastructure UK. For the last ten years he has been at KPMG first as Chairman of the Global Infrastructure business and then more recently as a UK Vice Chair and Board member.

James is currently building a portfolio of roles including being a Senior Adviser of Agilia and has recently been appointed as a Trustee of the Shaw Trust. 

About Agilia 

Agila is a specialist infrastructure consultancy established in 2016 by the client team responsible for developing the widely recognised ground breaking finance, regulatory and commercial model for the Thames Tideway Tunnel. Agilia’s core purpose is to connect infrastructure to communities by working to provide sustainable value for money solutions to meet the challenges of our times. The Agilia team comprises infrastructure specialists  in financing, procurement, project management and controls, commercial and regulatory models, policy implementation, sustainability and social value.

Our team has been instrumental in securing over £20 billion of investment in infrastructure. 

Agilia works across infrastructure sectors including energy, utilities and transport and across the whole infrastructure lifecycle from business case development through to delivery. Our current clients include DfT, Defra, Highways England, Portsmouth Water and EdF / Sizewell C.