{{Short description|British businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} thumb|James Bulley speaks at the Sports Industry Forum in Abu Dhabi, November 2022. '''James Bulley''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=OBE FRICS}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/34087146-f555-11e2-b4f8-00144feabdc0|title=New games in town for organisers who brought Olympic success|work= Financial Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref> is a British businessman and Chartered Surveyor. He is best known for being director of venues and infrastructure for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the organisation responsible for planning and delivering the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.building.co.uk/focus/locogs-james-bulley-the-fall-guy/5031365.article|title=LOCOG's James Bulley: The fall guy|first=Emily|last=Wright|date=2012-02-03|website=Building}}</ref>
== Early life == Bulley was made a Captain in the London Guards regiment of the British Army in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54718/supplement/3879/data.pdf%7B%7B%7Cdate=August+2023%7D%7D|title=Page 3879 | Supplement 54718, 27 March 1997|work=The London Gazette}}</ref> He was granted Fellowship of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rics.org/member-detail-page.html#/0091101|title=James Bulley|website=rics.org}}</ref>
== Career == Bulley worked at Drivers Jonas property consultants, from 1991 to 1993 and from 1995 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.attractionsmanagement.com/features.cfm?codeID=28281|title=Interview - James Bulley |website=Attractions Management}}</ref>
He was seconded to the London 2012 bid Team in October 2003 as director of venues and infrastructure,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/olympic-bid-team-considers-t5-style-framework-deals/3038320.article|title=Olympic bid team considers T5-style framework deals|first1=George|last1=Hay|website=Building}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.building.co.uk/careers/-the-fixer-james-bulley-the-olympics-troubleshooter/3120313.article|title=The fixer: James Bulley, the Olympics' troubleshooter|first1=Emily|last1=Wright|date=2008-08-15|website=Building}}</ref> Following the awarding of the Games to London on 6 July 2005, Bulley continued as director of venues and infrastructure of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), as a member of the Senior Team.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/2012-team-beefs-up/3069263.article|title=2012 team beefs up|website=Building}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/olympics-london-2012-to-have-strawberries-and-cream-factor-2220549.html|title=Olympics: London 2012 to have strawberries and cream factor|date=February 20, 2011|website=The Independent}}</ref>
Bulley co-founded Trivandi in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/olympic-delivery-figures-launch-consultancy/5054032.article|title=Olympic delivery figures launch consultancy|first=Joey|last=Gardiner |date=2013-05-02 |website=Building}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsmanagement.co.uk/Sports-features/sports-management-magazine/-James-Bulley/28281|title=James Bulley | Sports Management|website=www.sportsmanagement.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/133534668|title=Remembering London 2012 - Bid's 10 Year Anniversary with Dame Tessa Jowell, Sir Craig Reedie & James Bulley PART 2|first=iSportconnect|last=TV|date=15 July 2015|accessdate=16 March 2024|via=Vimeo}}</ref> Since 2013, Trivandi has grown globally with offices in London, Dubai and Riyadh and delivered multiple mega projects including the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup and World Expos.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.consultancy.uk/news/38427/trivandi-adopts-new-human-centred-brand-identity | title=Trivandi adopts new human-centred brand identity | date=25 September 2024 }}</ref> He was appointed as CEO of the executive committee of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/major-events/bidding-and-hosting/the-final-countdown-for-ashgabat-2017/|title=The final countdown for Ashgabat 2017|first=James|last=Bulley|date=September 4, 2017}}</ref> Bulley was specialist adviser for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201617/jtselect/jtpow/41/4104.htm|title=Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster - Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster|accessdate=15 August 2023}}</ref> and the Events Research Programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/999427/Events-Research-Programme-Phase-1-findings.pdf|title=Events Research Programme Phase 1 Findings|website=service.gov.uk|access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> He has also been chairman of solar energy company, Solivus Ltd, since January 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solivus.com/our-story|title=Solivus our story | Clean energy for a sustainable future|website=www.solivus.com}}</ref>
== Publications == Bulley has been published in Henry Stewart Publications,<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bulley | first=James | title=Stadia development as a catalyst for regeneration | journal=Journal of Retail & Leisure Property| volume=2 | issue=4 | year=2002| doi=10.1057/palgrave.rlp.5090152 | pages=305–316| s2cid=154708358 | doi-access=free }}</ref> December 2002: “Stadia development as a catalyst for regeneration” and Proceedings paper for the ICE journal, May 2015: “London 2012 legacy: a sustainable model for delivering large sports events”.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/cien.14.00007|title=London 2012 legacy: a sustainable model for delivering large sports events|first1=James|last1=Bulley|first2=Steve|last2=Cardwell|date=May 10, 2015|journal=Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering|volume=168|issue=2|pages=89–96|via=icevirtuallibrary.com (Atypon)|doi=10.1680/cien.14.00007|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Bulley is a "Thought Leader" for the journal ''Event Management''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cognizantcommunication.com/publication/event-management/#tab-id-2|title=Event Management|website=cognizantcommunication.com|access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
== Honours == Bulley was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in The Queen's 2013 New Year Honours for services to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2013-new-year-honours-list-2015288|title=The 2013 New Year honours list in full|date=December 29, 2012|website=WalesOnline}}</ref> James was awarded a Silver Olympic Order in 2012 for services to the London 2012 Games.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Order | title=Olympic Order }}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}}
== Personal life == Bulley has competed for Great Britain at Age Group in the World Triathlon Championship Series Grand Finals in 2011 and 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/52056/james_bulley|title=James Bulley (GBR)|first=World|last=Triathlon|website=World Triathlon}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.trivandi.com/ Trivandi Ltd] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulley, James}} Category:Living people Category:British chief executives Category:2012 Summer Olympics Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Fellows of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Category:British surveyors Category:British businesspeople Category:21st-century British businesspeople Category:British triathletes Category:Recipients of the Olympic Order Category:British Army officers