Rate My Professor James Earnest

Dr. James Earnest serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management and Marketing within the Faculty of Business and Law at Curtin University. He teaches courses including Risk Management (MGMT2012), Leadership in Crisis and Change (MGMT6070), and professional development programs such as Disruption to Delivery: Supply Chain Crisis Management and Crisis Leadership. With over three decades of combined practitioner and academic experience, Earnest describes himself as a 'pracademic' and senior global consultant specializing in procurement, logistics, contracts, and project management. His career spans public and private sectors across diverse industries, including manufacturing, housing, education, healthcare, utilities, oil and gas (downstream), mining, and humanitarian aid with UN agencies and NGOs. He has directed project management, logistics, procurement, and supply chain operations in these fields and worked in post-conflict countries for a decade. Earnest is a member of the MBA and Executive Education Advisory Board at Curtin University, contributing his expertise in supply chain management, operations, and risk management.