Jim Johnson has become the latest senior appointment to HKA forensic technical services team. With four decades of engineering experience and expert witness track record, he joins as a partner to support the firm’s disputes and investigations work major infrastructure, energy, and built environment projects.
Kourosh Kayvani, head of forensic technical services international, HKA, commented, “Jim’s appointment strengthens our ability to provide strategic, multidisciplinary expertise on complex disputes. His leadership experience and technical depth in geotechnics, risk, and sustainability will be invaluable as we continue to deliver even greater value to clients facing complex challenges in infrastructure, energy, and the built environment, globally.”
UK-headquartered HKA is global consulting firm with over 45 offices in 17 countries. Its investigations team works for clients across sectors, mainly in highly regulated industries. With a global network of experts and deep sector knowledge, HKA also regularly supplies expert witness services across construction and engineering disputes.
A chartered engineer with 40 years in the consulting engineering sector, with more than 20 years as a director at Arup including board-level responsibilities, Johnson brings broad infrastructure lifecycle experience and a proven expert witness track record. He has acted on over twenty forensic geotechnical investigations and has provided written and oral evidence in the technology and construction court.
Beyond his dispute-focused work, Johnson has held global and regional leadership roles across assurance and risk, digital transformation, innovation, and sustainability, shaping strategies and governance frameworks for major infrastructure programmes. He has chaired alliance and JV boards, led multi-disciplinary engineering teams from feasibility through commissioning, and has helped advance data-enabled practice and climate-aligned decision-making across the sector.
The new partner in forensic technical services at HKA added, “The intersection of engineering, sustainability, and risk management in a data-enabled environment is critical for today’s infrastructure projects. HKA’s commitment to excellence in expert services aligns perfectly with my passion for delivering clarity and assurance in high-stakes environments. I look forward to applying my geotechnical expertise and infrastructure leadership experience to help clients resolve complex technical disputes, deliver clear, objective analysis, and support robust decision-making in litigation, arbitration, and investigations.”
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