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Meet James Clement
James Clement, Managing Director and CEO of Vysarn, shares a career defined by curiosity, competitiveness and an instinct for spotting opportunity where others see a problem. Drawing on an unconventional path that spans professional AFL football, marine biology, agribusiness and finance, James reflects on how each chapter has shaped his approach to leadership and his ability to back himself in unfamiliar territory.
Across a career that has taken him from the football field to the boardroom James provides insight into the building of Vysarn, a vertically integrated water services business operating across the Pilbara and eastern Australia. He unpacks how surplus water discarded by iron ore miners as a liability became the foundation of a growing enterprise, and why large-scale solar-powered desalination represents the only realistic long-term answer to Australia’s water security challenges.
James’s perspective is grounded in people, whether managing flawed geniuses on the football field or navigating the competing demands of financial markets and long-horizon infrastructure projects, he defines success not by legacy or personal wealth, but by the number of families his business supports and the contribution it makes to the Western Australian economy.
