Andrew Morison
Director, Client Strategy
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Andrew Morison
Director, Client Strategy, NSW
Andrew Morison is one of the co-founders of Eco Logical Australia and Director of Client Strategy across Eco Logical Australia and Coffey. Andrew has worked in and with a range of government agencies, the private sector and numerous consultancies. He has prepared policies, strategies, planning instruments and management plans for both State and Local Government. Andrew has extensive experience in the preparation and management of a range of strategies and assessments across NSW, Qld and WA. In addition, he has expert facilitation skills, having developed and performed presentations, workshops, consultation processes and negotiations with industry, government authorities, community interest groups, project staff and other specialists.
Garry Straughton
Office Manager - Adelaide
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Garry Straughton
Office Manager - Adelaide, SA
Robert Cawley
Office Manager - Armidale
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Robert Cawley
Office Manager - Armidale, NSW
Robert has over 20 years’ experience in marine and aquatic ecology, water resource management, catchment management, environmental planning and assessment, urban and rural water management and State and Local Government projects. His skills and experience include management of complex and multi-disciplinary projects, working with a range of long-term clients in the mining, renewable energy, local government and water sectors, and negotiation, liaison and issue resolution. He has extensive experience and expertise in environmental and statutory approvals processes and environmental management planning and auditing.
Ian Dixon
Office Manager - Austinmer
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Ian Dixon
Office Manager - Austinmer, NSW
Ian is an aquatic ecologist with over 10 years of experience in riparian ecology and river health assessment. Ian has a depth of experience in developing assessment protocols and investigating the interactions between catchment activity and riparian health. He is very experienced in assessing aquatic biota, riparian health, catchment disturbance, hydrological change, water quality and bank stability. He is highly proficient at surveying/sampling riverine biota e.g. macroinvertebrate sampling using AUSRIVAS procedures, fish surveys using electrofishing techniques, and riparian floristic surveys.
Andrew Tapsall
Office Manager - Brisbane
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Andrew Tapsall
Office Manager - Brisbane, QLD
Dr. Matthew Dowle
Office Manager - Canberra
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Dr. Matthew Dowle
Office Manager - Canberra, ACT
Matthew is a field ecologist and consultant with highly developed skills in project and time management, interpretation of scientific literature, research, field ecology, data collection and statistical analysis. He has worked in the ACT, NSW, WA, Qld and Tas, and for the Commonwealth, state and local public service and private sector.
Martin Stuart
Office Manager - Coffs Harbour
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Martin Stuart
Office Manager - Coffs Harbour, NSW
Martin has worked in the natural resources management and mapping field for over 10 years. During this time, he has successfully applied his broad knowledge and experience in the principles of conservation and natural resource management and GIS to achieve practical solutions within the public and private sectors including NSW and Qld state governments, local government and internationally with Scottish Natural Heritage. He has extensive experience in project management, high level technical GIS analysis, data management, vegetation survey design and mapping.
Andrew Whitford
Office Manager - Harrington Park & Lead - Restoration Ecology
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Andrew Whitford
Office Manager - Harrington Park & Lead - Restoration Ecology, NSW
Andrew is a restoration ecologist with nine years of experience who manages restoration ecology within ELA and our implementation team based in Harrington Park. In this role he has written management plans, planned and executed vegetation mapping, undertaken threatened species translocation and undertaken impact remediation and repair. He brings considerable fieldwork experience as, in addition to the five years he has spent with Logic, he worked for over four years supervising and undertaking bushland remediation and rehabilitation with The National Trust of Australia (NSW) Ltd.
Benjamin Casillas-Smith
Office Manager - Melbourne
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Benjamin Casillas-Smith
Office Manager - Melbourne, WA
Ben has over 11 years’ experience in environmental assessment and environmental approvals. He has led and managed multi-disciplinary teams to undertake environmental and cumulative impact assessments, prepare environmental approvals documentation and provide strategic environmental advice for a variety of industry and sector development projects. Ben’s professional career has involved extensive work on iron ore mining projects in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, along with hard rock quarrying, oil and gas, urban development, water supply and agriculture projects across Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.
Kalya Abbey
Office Manager - Mudgee
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Kalya Abbey
Office Manager - Mudgee, NSW
Kalya's interests lie in strategic environmental and land use planning at a regional level. She project manages a range of projects from small scale local government planning requirements, through to major project approvals and operational monitoring programs. Kalya has experience in environmental regulation and compliance, environmental impact assessment, approvals and planning, mine site environmental management, project management and environmental auditing. Kalya’s experience covers a diverse range of environmental management areas and industries, including local government, mining and extractive industries, ports, coastal development, heavy industry, civil projects, water and waste management and rehabilitation.
Sophie Powrie
Office Manager - Newcastle & Lead - NRM
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Sophie Powrie
Office Manager - Newcastle & Lead - NRM, NSW
Sophie has over ten years experience in large-scale ecological assessment, spatial data analysis and strategic planning processes. She has an extensive background in project design, implementation, reporting and facilitating outcomes on multi stakeholder projects.
Sophie maintains a keen interest in innovative technological advances in remote sensing and knowledge transfer. She has experience in providing technical advice to advisory boards, private landholders, local councils and state government strategic planning.
Daniel Panickar
Office Manager - Perth
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Daniel Panickar
Office Manager - Perth, WA
Daniel’s experience in environmental approvals and bushfire planning, particularly in the land development sector allow him to provide accurate, pragmatic advice regarding opportunities and constraints, and develop innovative solutions to facilitate development in potentially problematic areas.
Robert Mezzatesta
Office Manager - Sydney
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Robert Mezzatesta
Office Manager - Sydney, NSW
Robert has over 20 years experience working in the natural resources and biodiversity sector on the application of spatial information within State Government and private industry. He has broad knowledge and experience in ecological assessment and environmental planning, the derivation of spatial information, high level technical GIS analysis, development of effective decision support tools and the innovative implementation of new technologies as they develop.
Robert is an experienced project manager with a focus on the delivery of effective conservation planning solutions.
