Rachel Murray
President
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Rachel Murray
President, NSW
Rachel is the President of Eco Logical Australia and a seasoned planning and approvals specialist. She holds an Honours degree in Environmental Management (Sustainable Development) from the University of Queensland.
With a strong foundation in environmental impact assessments and approvals processes, particularly in the mining sector, Rachel brings extensive experience and deep industry knowledge to her role. Her well-developed project management skills have enabled her to lead a range of complex environmental initiatives to successful outcomes.
Rachel excels in the delivery of environmental approvals, Reviews of Environmental Factors (REFs), and Plans of Management. She is a confident and effective communicator who thrives on engaging with clients and stakeholders to deliver practical and sustainable solutions. Passionate about creating positive environmental outcomes, Rachel is dedicated to working collaboratively with clients to navigate challenges and achieve lasting results.
Emily Dow
Lead Legal Counsel
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Emily Dow
Lead Legal Counsel, NSW
Dr. Meredith Henderson
National Discipline Lead – Ecology & Impact Assessment, Principal Ecologist & Head of Technical and Quality
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Dr. Meredith Henderson
National Discipline Lead – Ecology & Impact Assessment, Principal Ecologist & Head of Technical and Quality, NSW
Meredith is principal ecologist in Eco Logical Australia’s Wollongong Office, with over 25 years of survey, impact assessment and research experience. Meredith has worked in a range of sectors and on a broad range of projects. She has a PhD degree in terrestrial ecology. Meredith has spent many years designing and carrying out ecological surveys in NSW, Victoria and SA and she combines this with her passion for assisting clients with an astute knowledge of legislation and approvals. She is interested in the fine balance between providing certainty for conservation and development especially in contested landscape. With her regional team, she helps ELA’s clients make critical decisions about the environment.
Jasmine Richards
Principal Environmental Consultant & Head of Clients
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Jasmine Richards
Principal Environmental Consultant & Head of Clients, SA
Jasmine is a Principal Environmental Consultant with over 13 years experience specialising in regulatory approvals, mine closure planning, environmental management and stakeholder engagement within the resources industry. She has worked on projects throughout Australia including South Australia, the Northern Territory, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland. Her previous role as an Environment and Community Superintendent on an operational mine site means that she has extensive experience in exploration and mine site environmental management, compliance, regulatory approvals, mine closure and proactive stakeholder engagement. It also has given her an in-depth knowledge of the challenges and opportunities faced by industry and helped her form trusted relationships with the many Federal and State regulators.
Sue Nichols
Manager - People and Culture
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Sue Nichols
Manager - People and Culture, NSW
Sue has enjoyed in excess of 20 years generalist human resources experience, across several industries including manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), pharmaceutical, banking, consulting and construction. Prior to joining Eco Logical Australia, Sue was employed as the manufacturing site based Human Resources Manager, for a multinational corporation in the FMCG sector. Sue’s generalist human resources experience spans across the full spectrum of the human resources discipline, including employee relations, industrial relations, recruitment, and occupational health & safety.
Steve Dimitriadis
Business Systems Manager
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Steve Dimitriadis
Business Systems Manager, NSW
Steve manages the development and deployment of information and technological systems at Eco Logical Australia with the goal of maximising effectiveness for consulting staff. Steve is responsible for the delivery of products and services to seek out and champion innovation and facilitate efficient information and communication platforms across the company.
Natalie Robinson
ESQ Manager
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Natalie Robinson
ESQ Manager, NSW
Adam Loader
Regional Manager Victoria, South Australia, West Australia and Northern Territory I Principal Consultant, GIS
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Adam Loader
Regional Manager Victoria, South Australia, West Australia and Northern Territory I Principal Consultant, GIS, SA
Andrew Whitford
Regional Manager NSW Metro I Operations Manager Greater Western Sydney I Restoration Ecology and Land Management Lead
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Andrew Whitford
Regional Manager NSW Metro I Operations Manager Greater Western Sydney I Restoration Ecology and Land Management Lead, NSW
Andrew is a restoration ecologist with over twelve years of experience who manages restoration ecology within ELA and our land management implementation team based in Harrington Park. He has extensive experience writing management plans and directing their implementation, including strategic and landscape-level management, in-perpetuity management, pest management and threatened species protection and translocation.
