I care deeply for New Zealand’s environment, with a particular passion for implementing innovative industrial environmental solutions. I am a highly capable environmental professional with twenty-nine years of industrial environmental experience. This has included both working in industry and for the Auckland Regional Council. I provide proactive advice and leadership where business activities have the potential for environmental impacts. Considerable experience in management of groundwater contamination and marine pollution prevention. Extensive experience auditing industrial sites and responding to pollution incidents, including leading successful prosecutions under the RMA. I have also led diverse teams to success and managed quality systems. I am experienced in industrial waste management and disposal.Experience and knowledge in hazardous substance management, including HSWA (Hazardous Substances) Regulations. Managed Refining NZ's Location Compliance Certification. Contaminated site investigation (PSI and DSI), sampling and remediation experience. Including PFAS contamination. Working towards certification as a Suitably Qualified Environmental Practitioner in Contaminated Sites.Environmental monitoring experience including air quality, industrial trade-waste, groundwater and surface water.
Listed skills include Environmental Management Systems, Safety Management Systems, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Impact Assessment, and 15 others.