Experience

Black Duck Foods Ltd

• Australia
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Dual part time roles with Black Duck Foods and Melbourne Water Dual part time roles with Black Duck Foods and Melbourne Water



Melbourne Water

• Australia
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Development on environmental sustainability policy incorporating sustainability development goals. Change management associated with the recent changes to the Vic Environment Protection Act. Internal environmental approval advice. Biodiversity management and Traditional Owner engagement. Development on environmental sustainability policy incorporating sustainability development goals. Change management associated with the recent changes to the Vic Environment Protection Act. Internal environmental approval advice. Biodiversity management and Traditional Owner engagement.



Remember The Wild

• Australia
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Victorian Chapter

  • Jun 2019 - Jul 2021



Aurecon

• Australia
• Design Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate, Environment + Planning

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

  Environmental advisory including approvals and impact assessment services. Expert independent review of environmental approval documentation. Development of environmental offset scenario plans. Tender preparation and project management. Development of simple digital impact assessment using MCA. Report review and editing. Ecological assessments. Environmental advisory including approvals and impact assessment services. Expert independent review of environmental approval documentation. Development of environmental offset scenario plans. Tender preparation and project management. Development of simple digital impact assessment using MCA. Report review and editing. Ecological assessments.



LogiCamms

• Australia
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Manager

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

• Principal Environmental Scientist - Ecology

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  Building on the successes of Monarc Environmental and LogiCamms in providing environmental advice and assessment. My aim is to tackle the difficult situations facing society and the environment with a pragmatic approach developed from my background in ecological research, consulting and government regulation.



Eucalypt Australia

• Melbourne, Australia

• CEO

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2018

  Eucalypt Australia is the operating name of the Bjarne K Dahl Trust. The Trust was established in 2010 by a bequest from Bjarne K Dahl (1898 to 1993) to advance the cause of eucalypts. We focus on strategic projects that have a conservation, education and research theme, and that are informed by science and threats to eucalypts. I feel privileged to be the CEO of this philanthropic charity, using my strategic planning, operational, business and ecological skills. Eucalypt Australia is the operating name of the Bjarne K Dahl Trust. The Trust was established in 2010 by a bequest from Bjarne K Dahl (1898 to 1993) to advance the cause of eucalypts. We focus on strategic projects that have a conservation, education and research theme, and that are informed by science and threats to eucalypts. I feel privileged to be the CEO of this philanthropic charity, using my strategic planning, operational, business and ecological skills.



Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

• Melbourne, Australia

• Regional Manager Natural Resources Port Phillip

  • Jun 2014 - Mar 2015



Department of Environment and Primary Industries

• Melbourne, Australia

• Terrestrial Biodiversity Program Manager Port Phillip

  • Feb 2013 - May 2014

  Leadership of the Terrestrial Biodiversity team. Regulatory assessment of environmental approvals. Guidance on mitigation to environmental assets. Leadbeaters Possum and Helmeted Honeyeater National Recovery Team Chair. Minister’s Advisory Committee on impacts to the Leadbeaters Possum. Leadership of the Terrestrial Biodiversity team. Regulatory assessment of environmental approvals. Guidance on mitigation to environmental assets. Leadbeaters Possum and Helmeted Honeyeater National Recovery Team Chair. Minister’s Advisory Committee on impacts to the Leadbeaters Possum.



Department of Sustainability and Environment

• Melbourne, Australia

• Threatened Species Program Manager Port Phillip

  • Mar 2010 - Feb 2013

  Threatened species management within the Port Phillip area of Melbourne. Chair of the Leadbeater's Possum Recovery Team, Chair of the Helmeted Honeyeater Recovery Team. Environmental Regulation of Victorian infrastructure projects including Peninsula Link and Regional Rail Link. Review of approval documentation, guidance on environmental mitigation measures, tool box and project initiation presentations. Threatened species management within the Port Phillip area of Melbourne. Chair of the Leadbeater's Possum Recovery Team, Chair of the Helmeted Honeyeater Recovery Team. Environmental Regulation of Victorian infrastructure projects including Peninsula Link and Regional Rail Link. Review of approval documentation, guidance on environmental mitigation measures, tool box and project initiation presentations.



SMEC

• Melbourne, Australia

• Victorian State Manager Natural Resources

  • Feb 2009 - Mar 2010



Brett Lane and Associates

• Senior Ecologist

  • 2005 - 2009



Melton City Council

• Melton, Victoria

• Stormwater Officer

  • 2003 - 2004



Victoria University

• Research Officer and casual Science Lecturer

  • 1995 - 2003

  Grassland management and repair, water quality investigation, community engagement, event management.

• Maribyrnong Waterwatch Coordinator

  • 1999 - 2000