For the past 27 years I have been a consultant archaeologist and heritage project manager in Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom, delivering a broad range of archaeological planning studies, management solutions and mitigation strategies to both public and private sectors. I am the founding director and principal of one of the largest and most reputable cultural heritage advisory firms in Australia, with 16 dedicated staff and a broad pool of specialist sub-contractors and consultants. Under my direction, Andrew Long & Associates have delivered over 235 approved CHMPs across Victoria, including the first approval in the Melbourne region (Blue Hills Rise, Cranbourne East), and the first CHMP to be approved by the Wurundjeri Council as RAP (Bell Street, Coburg). We are currently market leaders in Aboriginal heritage services in Victoria.My experience includes the development and implementation of archaeological investigation and mitigation strategies for numerous important development projects in across Victoria on behalf of clients such as Linking Melbourne Authority, Melbourne Water, Department of Transport, Major Projects Victoria, Australand, VicRoads, Parks Victoria, Metricon, MAB Corporation, Acciona Energy and Santos, incorporating aspects of both Aboriginal and non-indigenous heritage.I have unique cross-disciplinary skills in culturally modified tree assessment, and am in demand as a specialist consultant and presenter on scarred tree, bark and wood research across Australia. I maintain links to and research interests in prehistoric and Medieval Scotland, which was the subject of my postgraduate research. In addition to my core business, I manage Arapiles Mountain Books, an online bookshop specialising in rare mountaineering and exploration books, and Mount of Alex, an antiquarian bookshop in Castlemaine, Victoria.