Our People

Martina is Charted Professional Engineer (CPEng, IntEng) with over 15 years of experience and is the technical director of water infrastructure in the Napier Office. Martina’s core experience and skills are in engineering design, investigation, project management, contract management, and asset management in four waters and infrastructure from New Zealand and England.

Before joining PDP, Martina was with Hawkes’s Bay Regional Council and prior to moving to Hawkes Bay Martina was based in Auckland with Watercare and Stantec.

Bo has over 10 years of multi-disciplinary experience primarily in the field of contaminated land. His academic qualifications were gained through two British universities via a specialist pathway which provides training for a career in pollution control and environmental management. Bo is a specialist in contaminated land assessment, remediation and management with experience gained from both the public and private sectors of the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.

Based in Wellington, Bo currently manages PDP’s contaminated land portfolio for the central New Zealand region. Working on numerous and diverse soil and groundwater projects with a client base that includes the public, developers, planners, local and central government and multi-national companies, with investigations ranging from desk studies through to Ministry for the Environment contaminated site remediation fund projects.

Erin is a geologist with over 20 years' of consulting experience in New Zealand. Erin’s areas of expertise relate to project management, contaminated site investigations and remediation. While she has worked on a wide variety of contaminated sites over the years, her main area of expertise is the petroleum industry, where she has completed hundreds of site investigations at service stations, terminal facilities, bulk depots and industrial sites.

Erin has extensive project management experience and is adept at delivering multiple and complex projects, which involve proposal completion, the design and implementation of field programmes, adherence to health and safety, technical input, remediation works, project management, liaison with stakeholders, peer reviews, consenting and the completion of risk assessments.

Graeme has over 40 years of experience in environmental engineering, water resources investigation, contaminated site assessment and management, geotechnical site investigation and construction management. For the last nearly 30 years, Graeme has specialised in environmental engineering and resource management, particularly contaminated site assessment and remediation, groundwater investigation, monitoring and development and waste disposal.

Graeme is a nationally recognised expert in contaminated land. He has been intimately involved in the development of government policy and regulatory instruments for contaminated land matters and has appeared as an expert witness at planning and environment court hearings. He is recognized as a “suitably qualified and experienced practitioner” (SQEP) under the contaminated soil National Environmental Standard and has CEnvP site contamination specialist certification.

Guy is a Contaminated Land Technical Director with over 20 years of consulting experience in environmental and contaminated site investigations.  Currently, he project manages a large portion of diverse contaminated site assessments including commercial/industrial and large-scale residential developments, former market gardens, horticultural and timber treatment sites, pesticide storage depots, landfills (waste characterisation/disturbance management and landfill gas assessments), the petroleum industry, former gas works sites, asbestos impacted soils and illicit methamphetamine laboratories, with experience attained over several hundred sites.

Guy’s knowledge has also allowed him to present technical evidence on behalf of various clients, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, at District Court, Environment Court mediation, Restorative Justice and at numerous joint territorial and regional authority hearings.

Guy has also established a broad network of industry-related contacts which enables him to draw upon a wider skill set, if need be, to provide further confidence to the client that the best level of experience is being provided to them.

Guy strongly adheres to PDP’s stringent health and safety philosophy and ensures that all field staff are fully conversant with potential onsite risks before commencing fieldwork.

Hamish is an environmental engineer with over 18 years of experience in the field of contaminated land assessment and remediation. He specialises in the investigation, assessment and remediation of contaminated land and has particular expertise in undertaking site investigations, assessment, remediation and site-specific human health and environmental risk assessments and detailed chemical fate and transport computer modelling. This has required Hamish to work on and manage several hundred contaminated land projects throughout New Zealand – including petrochemical storage facilities, chemical storage manufacturing and recycling plans, timber treatment sites, gas works manufacturing, leather tanneries, landfilling operations and other commercial/industrial sites.

In addition, Hamish has civil and construction engineering experience and has supervised several wastewater treatment upgrade projects with project roles including detailed design, Engineers Representative and Engineer to the Contract.

Jordan is a geologist with over 20 years’ experience in contaminated land, hydrogeology and environmental emergency response. She specialises in contaminated land assessments and remediation, with a special interest in waste reduction and environmental sustainability.

Additionally, she oversees soil, groundwater and landfill / ground gas assessments and remediation projects. Jordan is experienced across the housing, energy, transport, landfill, defence and agricultural sectors throughout New Zealand and in Asia and North America.

Natalie is an Environmental Scientist with over 10 years of experience in contaminated site investigations and environmental management, for both regional authorities and consultancy.  Her areas of expertise include all aspects of contaminated land management (soil, groundwater and vapour; from Preliminary Site Investigations to remediation), environmental management of industrial sites, environmental site audits, stormwater and surface water sampling, and the production of technical reports, including Assessments of Environmental Effects.

Natalie has extensive experience, both in the field and as a project manager, with organising and undertaking site investigations and environmental assessments for a wide range of environmental issues, and across many varied industry types.  She is regularly involved with determining the requirements of relevant national standards, and regional and district plans, concerning environmental investigations.  In addition, she has experience in the preparation of evidence and has appeared as an expert witness in District Court hearings.

Nerena is an environmental scientist with over 17 years of experience working in the investigation, management, remediation and consenting of contaminated sites. Nerena’s experience includes managing large, complex environmental investigations and monitoring programmes to achieve excellent outcomes for clients.

Nerena’s experience includes the investigation and management of discharges from contaminated sites associated with construction, industrial and military activities and historic land use, working with a wide variety of organisations including local and central government agencies, property developers, and primary producers.

Scott is an environmental engineer with over 10 years of experience in environmental and contaminated site investigations in New Zealand.  He specialises in project management, contaminated site assessment & remediation investigation and design for the petroleum industry, large-scale residential subdivision developments and landfills.  He particularly specialises in the petroleum hydrocarbon industry where he currently project manages jobs for a number of the major petroleum providers in New Zealand.

Susie’s PDP experience extends across a broad spectrum of environmental fields, including contaminated land, environmental due diligence, environmental site audits, and environmental management of civil infrastructure and commercial/industrial site developments. She has extensive experience with managing and undertaking site investigations and environmental assessments for a wide range of environmental issues. She is regularly involved with determining the requirements of relevant national standards, and of regional and district plans, concerning environmental investigations. Since joining PDP she has also been assisting with tendering on work involving multi-disciplinary approaches.

Susie has 10 years of experience in contaminated land and is a Certified Environmental Practitioner under the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand. During 2018-2019 Susie was a Bay of Plenty Australasian Land and Groundwater Association (ALGA) committee member and part of her role was to help organise a regional conference and local events.

Andy is an experienced asbestos consultant, who has been working in the industry for nearly 20 years, both in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He has devoted most of this time to conducting asbestos surveys and assessments, as well as managing asbestos consultancy projects and field work procedures.  Andy has worked for a range of clients across a variety of estates, from residential properties and public buildings, to commercial units and industrial facilities.

James is an Environmental Geologist with a background in the management and undertaking of environmental site investigations and contaminated land assessments and reporting. He has practical experience in a wide range of site investigations, including baseline monitoring of soil and water, contaminated site sampling (soil, gas, water and biota), remediation, validation, and long-term management.

James has 8 years of experience in contaminated land and is a Certified Environmental Practitioner under the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand.

Leena is an Environmental Geologist with over 10 years of experience working as a specialist in contaminated land. Throughout her professional career, she has gained extensive knowledge and expertise in a variety of environmental and contaminated land projects throughout New Zealand and Australia. Some of her work has involved undertaking preliminary and detailed site investigations including remediation of residential and commercial/industrial developments, environmental baseline investigations relating to lease agreements, due diligence and risk assessments for the divestment of commercial/industrial sites, consent compliance monitoring for hazardous industries including bulk fuel terminals and service stations, and specialist consent reviews for the local council concerning contaminated land. Leena is a proficient project manager who is an advocate of health and safety, encourages best practices, and is adept at delivering projects on a local and nationwide scale.

Her professional interests include contaminated land risk assessments, remediation, and management of contaminated sites with a drive to provide the most sustainable outcome. Leena is also an active member of the PDP Sustainability and Community Support Team; a supporter of NZ Blood and thoroughly enjoys organising and partaking in environmental clean-up projects including volunteering in community programmes.

Melody is an Environmental Scientist with a Master of Science in Physical Geography. Melody has a background in environmental site investigations and contaminated land assessments and reporting. She is an experienced project manager and is competent in risk identification, mitigation and problem solving (including adapting, changing and updating sampling schemes, field protocols and health and safety procedures) to ensure field work is undertaken safely and efficiently.

Melody has worked on a variety of contaminated site types, including service stations, gasworks, timber treatment, mining waste sites and New Zealand Defence Force sites. Melody has also been involved in training and supporting junior staff in field work methods, reporting and technical development.

Naomi is an environmental scientist specialising in contaminated land with over 13 years of experience completing a variety of projects, from large-scale multi-disciplinary linear infrastructure projects to small-scale preliminary and detailed site investigations. The types of projects include detailed investigations for environmental losses, asset divestment, change of land use and ensuring contaminated land resource consents are obtained.

She has been heavily involved in leading and completing various site investigations for oil industry clients and assisting them to manage their risks and ensuring their sites are compliant with council regulations.

Naomi is a project manager who ensures projects run on time and on budget and always has the client’s goal at the forefront of her mind.

Rowan is a senior contaminated land specialist with over 16 years of experience across the public and private sectors. In his early career, Rowan worked in the northeast United States as a project geologist undertaking environmental site assessments (soil, groundwater, and air monitoring), and remedial works and oversight on brownfield, superfund, municipal and industrial sites, and an oil refinery.

After arriving in New Zealand in 2009, he worked for ten years as a contaminated sites specialist and technical advisor for the Canterbury Regional Council. During that time, Rowan broadened and applied his working knowledge of New Zealand’s regulatory planning framework for contaminated land and provided technical advice to resource consent planners, territorial local authorities, land developers, and environmental professionals (and their clients) for projects of varying complexity.

In 2019, Rowan returned to environmental consulting and is focused on growing and maintaining successful client relationships, project management and delivery, and building staff capability at PDP. Rowan is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (Site Contamination) and is an expert witness for contaminated land matters in New Zealand.

Stefan is an Environmental Scientist with over 19 years of experience in contaminated land assessments and remediation, environmental regulatory compliance, and hazardous waste management.

During that time, he has worked as a contaminated land specialist with small and large clients across a wide variety of industries including large-scale infrastructure, transport, oil & gas, energy, telecommunication, construction, education, manufacturing, recreation, agriculture & horticulture, and solid waste. Stefan has prepared detailed assessments of contaminated sites, conceptual site models, remedial action plans, long-term management & monitoring plans and risk assessments.

Additionally, Stefan has extensive experience profitably managing projects ranging from small quick turnarounds to large multi-million-dollar annual programmes for several multinational oil & gas corporations. He has also led a gold mine into full compliance with its relevant environmental regulations.

Tracy’s contaminated land career started in the Philippines where he carried out numerous environmental site assessments (primarily for oil and gas sites) across the country and other neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.

Over the last 9 years, Tracy’s career has seen him excel at applying land contamination assessments within NZ’s regulatory framework and legislative policies. His wealth of experience in investigating a wide range of contaminated land projects from small residential to technically complex commercial/industrial sites has allowed him to deliver projects for various clients timely, safely and pragmatically. Tracy currently manages several contaminated land projects in the Christchurch office.

Tracy has technical and practical knowledge in the following areas: contaminated land investigations including preliminary and detailed site investigations for a wide range of contaminants including asbestos in soil, landfill investigations, resource consenting under the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soils to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 (the NESCS), consent compliance and monitoring and preparation of various environmental documents including Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE), Site Management Plan (SMP), Remedial Options Assessment (ROA) and Remedial Actions Plan (RAP).

Andrew has over 20 years of experience and leads the geotechnical team in the PDP Christchurch office. He has been involved in projects whilst at PDP including foundation design, dam break assessments, landfill stability, settlement analysis (static, liquefaction induced), slope stability assessments and earthworks design for a contaminated land encapsulation project. Andrew is proven in utilising his broad technical knowledge and experience in providing robust cost-saving solutions. He also has experience in contaminated land assessments which enables him to provide the multi-disciplinary advice required.  

Before PDP Andrew worked as an Engineering Geologist on a range of projects from open cast mining/quarry high wall stability assessments, residential/commercial subdivisions and building consent reviews and has acted as an expert witness on several geotechnical-related projects.

Andrew is a Professional Engineering Geologist with Engineering New Zealand, a Chartered Geologist with the Geological Society of London, and a member of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society.  

Chris’ expertise is developed from his 10 years of experience in Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering. At PDP Chris has been involved in a wide range of projects ranging from land development to the oil and gas industries. Projects to date have involved; slope stability assessments for residential and commercial properties; seismic risk assessments – including ground susceptibility for liquefaction, lateral spread and instability; engineering geological mapping; hazard risk assessments for corridor projects; slope monitoring, long-term stabilisation/retirement design; construction management; foundation investigations; earthworks design and monitoring.

Chris has exceptional skills in Geospatial Services including GIS, Remote Sensing & Satellite Imagery, UAV and geospatial software (ArcGIS Pro and ESRI products, Pix4D, OpenDrone Map, QGIS and Surfer) to create and manage conceptual site models, live geological hazard maps and geohazard databases. He is also involved in contaminated land projects, hydrogeological investigations and environmental monitoring.

David obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK in 2004. Since then he has been working as a geotechnical engineer and has over 15 years of experience. He was involved in design work, construction supervision, and project management of infrastructure, buildings and land development projects in New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom. He specialises in deep excavations and tunnelling projects. In addition, he has experience in numerical modelling looking at the soil-structure interaction of earth retention systems. He was involved in several building basement projects in Auckland in terms of planning, design, construction and project management.

He is a member of the following institutions: NZ Geotechnical Society, NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering, NZ Tunnelling Society, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and International Society for Rock Mechanics.

Gerald is a civil engineer specialising in geotechnics for the waste industry. He joined PDP in 2001 after immigrating to New Zealand from South Africa and has over 30 years of experience, working initially as a contractor before moving into consulting. Gerald has been involved in the investigation, assessment and remediation of several existing and closed landfills as well as the assessment of geotechnical structures such as dams and ponds for various projects in the water and wastewater fields.

In addition, he has extensive experience with the design and detailing of municipal and industrial landfills, tailings dams and small water dams. Gerald is a member of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society and regularly attends conferences relating to waste engineering and in particular the NZSOLD Symposiums and conferences.

Luke has 18 years’ of experience in geology and geotechnics. He started with PDP in 2016, during this time Luke has been involved in slope stability modeling, rockfall hazard assessments, mine site remediation projects, ground investigations for mining and quarrying sites, wastewater treatment plants and residential and commercial developments.

Luke is responsible for project management, planning and undertaking geotechnical investigations, ground support design, site geo-hazard assessments, geotechnical design and management of large earthwork projects.

Neil is an engineering geologist/hydrogeologist specialising in engineering geology for corridor projects, hydrogeology model development, groundwater investigation/monitoring and contaminated groundwater projects.

Having over 25 years of experience, Neil has worked in a wide range of geological terrains throughout New Zealand and on several projects overseas.  He is passionate about developing hydrogeological models for project applications involving mining, water retaining structures, geothermal and contaminated sites as well as gas pipeline corridor route selection, risk assessment and remediation.

Kylie is our geotechnical service leader based in the PDP Nelson Office. Kylie as an engineering geologist joined the PDP geotechnical team in September 2021, opening the Nelson Office which services the wider Top of the South Region.  

Kylie has developed her expertise from her 11 years, with 6 of those years in the Top of the South region, of experience in Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering. Kylie has a wide range of experience working across projects ranging from emergency response, roading, landslip remediation, hazard assessments and residential/commercial land development. 

Kylie has excellent technical knowledge supplemented with a wide range of site experience in soil/rock, groundwater and contaminated soil investigations.

Matt has over 13 years of experience within multi-disciplinary consultancies as an Engineering Geologist, predominately focusing on linear civil infrastructure, slope stability assessment and design, landfill design, ground investigations and construction supervision. Matt has also been involved in contaminated land assessments, dam investigations and assessments, full subdivision investigations and individual residential site investigations.

Matt was involved in various stages of the Kaikoura Earthquake and Canterbury Earthquake Sequence responses from initial emergency response assessments, engineering geological mapping, and slope stability assessments through to detailed design and construction supervision working alongside design teams, the client and contractors to deliver effective solutions.

Matt enjoys working with clients to develop practical solutions for their projects and working alongside them to deliver a successful outcome. In particular, he enjoys projects that require thinking outside the box and looking at alternative solutions.

Hamish has over 24 years of experience as a Resource Management Act (RMA) Planner, specialising in infrastructure, land use, water resource and 3 water infrastructure planning. The value of Hamish’s inclusion in this project is his technical RMA planning skills, and stakeholder and community consultation leadership. Hamish has a track record of taking responsibility for project management and director of projects with challenging consent. Hamish’s experience and skills enable him to provide professional planning and strategic services to manage project risks through the consent pathway.

Hamish’s experiences include leading consortiums for projects that require statutory approvals. Hamish is proficient at navigating through consents and tying in his consultation skills and processes to obtain the support of stakeholders that will be needed for the consent. Hamish is passionate about consenting complex jobs and collaborating with the necessary multi-disciplinary inputs for robust AEEs.

Devon has over 20 years’ experience in regulatory planning, built up through various roles in both in New Zealand and the UK.  He has a high level of experience in managing, preparing and processing large-scale planning applications, with an extensive local government and consultancy background.

Lisa has over 20 years of experience in the planning profession, including substantial experience in urban and environmental regulatory planning gained in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia. 

Lisa is skilled across the planning spectrum including in spatial planning, policy planning and submissions, consenting and consultation, and is diligent in delivering high quality projects on time through the use of her project management skills and experience in complex projects with planning and environmental challenges. 

With over 30 years’ experience as a planner in a range of resource management and policy fields, Nicki brings a wealth of experience. She has built her resource management skills through a mix of experience in local government, consultancy, infrastructure and not for profit sectors.

Nicki is a great communicator and enjoys working in teams and community environments solving complex planning issues. Her highly practical nature means she strives to solve planning problems with sensible workable solutions.

Simon has over 10 years of project management and statutory planning experience for regulatory organisations, water/wastewater providers and in consultancy. He is experienced in working both independently and/or in inter-disciplinary teams as a member or project management capacity.

Simon’s planning expertise generally relates to water resources management, infrastructure development, resource consent processing and consultation (including with tāngata whenua) to support these processes. He has worked on small and large-scale water supply, industrial activities, local government infrastructure, quarrying projects, and municipal (and other) wastewater discharges. He considers communication and collaboration as the most important aspects of successful planning projects.

Tess is a resource management planner with experience working in resource management law, environmental management, and statutory planning. Tess started her career as an RM lawyer, but her interest in sustainable management lead her to environmental planning. She completed a master’s degree in environmental management and policy before working in consultancy.

Tess’s planning experience is varied, ranging from small-scale land use consents to complex regional and district consenting projects, including global stream maintenance consenting, roading upgrades, residential developments, and water take/use consents for primary industry clients. She also has experience advising on policy developments, undertaking compliance audits, preparing waste assessments, and contributing toward environmental and social impact assessments.

Tess has tackled resource management issues from varying perspectives, including local government, mana whenua, businesses, developers, and individual landowners. She is passionate about robust, science-based decision-making, and finding the best outcome for her clients, the community and the environment.

Isobel is a former Senior Environmental Health Officer by profession with more than 30 years of experience in the local government regulatory sector covering contaminated land investigation and management, hazardous substances controls and statutory planning, from reporting on consents to presenting evidence as an expert witness to the Environment Court.

Isobel brings her ability to work across engineering, contaminated land and geotechnical disciplines to weave unique solutions to environmental problems where consenting may be required.  Isobel is a Certified Environmental Practitioner, Fellow of the NZ Institute of Environmental Health and is passionate about research into bioengineered field technology for contaminated land and water remediation. 

With 14 years of experience as a planner, Jessica’s expertise spans across diverse areas, including farm dairy effluent resource management at the peak of Southland's dairy conversion intensification, gravel and mineral extraction, and three-waters infrastructure resource projects across Northland. She excels in simplifying complex issues and transforming them into streamlined projects.

Jessica played a crucial role in addressing droughts in the Far North, notably serving as the Chair of the Water Shortage Management Committee for the Far North District Council, ensuring continued water supply during the widespread droughts of 2019/20 and 2020/21. Prior to joining PDP, Jessica shifted from planning to work in asset management for the Whangarei District Council, closely collaborating with Auckland and Northland councils on capital expenditure programmes for Wai Tamaki ki te Hiku, and contributing significantly to the Whangarei District Council's Infrastructure Strategy.

While she will always be a proud Southlander, Jessica finds working for the communities of Northland particularly rewarding, especially in providing sustainable, affordable, and culturally appropriate infrastructure solutions.

Chris has experience across climate change science, strategy, policy, and implementation in local and central government, and the private sector. He has had an interest in climate change since the early 1990s and worked directly in the climate change field for the last 15 years. He has a PhD in climate science and has represented New Zealand at international climate change negotiations, disaster risk reduction and science panels (UN and IPCC).

Chris was involved in developing the model that is used to estimate inflows into New Zealand’s hydro-lakes and has developed other models and tools to support decision-making and provide insights into patterns and trends. He has strong networks and can support clients in all aspects of climate change across all sectors of the environment, covering both emissions and impacts. Taking innovative strategic approaches to respond to climate change is a particular strength of Chris’s.

Tony has over 30 years of experience in the planning, management and operation of built infrastructure. He is a specialist in infrastructure asset management and spent 15 years of his career working in Australia and the US,  and has also worked on assignments in the UK, the Middle East, Pacific Islands and Asia including acting as an adviser on municipal asset management to the World Bank. He is a co-author of the International Infrastructure Management Manual (IIMM) and led the development of condition assessment and risk guidelines for the US water and wastewater industry.

Tony leads PDP’s Infrastructure Advisory business, providing asset management, strategic planning, business case development, and change management advice to a range of infrastructure-dependent clients throughout NZ.

Tristan has over 20 years of experience as an Environmental Engineer working across a variety of sectors including process engineering, water, solid waste, contaminated land management and, most recently energy and international development. Tristan joined PDP in 2013 as a contaminated land expert, leading site investigation, remediation, validation, risk assessment and long-term management work covering a wide range of contaminants and land uses, along with associated planning activities (preparation of an assessment of environmental effects and resource consent applications). Tristan led the development of PDP’s services around asbestos, helping significant national clients manage human health risk and comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016. 

Since mid-2018 Tristan has been based in Vientiane, Lao PDR, managing the New Zealand-ASEAN Renewable Energy Facility funded by the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Over 5 years the Facility has supported the Government of Lao PDR across a range of activities including developing an energy planning, dam safety, energy efficiency and power system operation. The Facility has also recently commenced work in Cambodia where energy demand is increasing rapidly and there are opportunities (and challenges) for RE to meet this demand.

Taku ahi tūtata, taku mata kikoha

When my fire is close, my weapon is sharp

Ngāi Tūpoto, Ngāti Moroki, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi

Hokianga nui ā Kupe, Hokianga taniwha rau, Hokianga hakapau karakia, Hokianga, he puna iti o te ao Mārama. Our whanau, our hapū, our iwi of the Hokianga motivate me in everything I do, they keep me warm and nourished in te ao Māori, te reo Māori me ōna tikanga and in all of our beautiful and complex ways of seeing, being, and knowing as tāngata whenua. It is because of our people and our whenua that I am passionate about Te Tiriti o Waitangi in practice and action through leading and contributing to initiatives that effect transformative change and result in better outcomes for us all. For me, building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships not only with each other as humans but with the environment is key to our collective well-being as tāngata whenua and tāngata tiriti.

Lisa is a strategic thinker practised in policy analysis, development, environmental planning and provision of advice, with a particular interest in the climate adaptation/planning/risk management interface. Lisa has led adaptation work at national and regional levels, including technical work, methodology and policy development as well as engagement with a range of stakeholders, including iwi/Māori, businesses, the local community and technical experts. She is well-connected within the Aotearoa climate adaptation space and is passionate about helping to increase adaptation skills and expertise across the private and public sectors. Lisa is PDP’s primary contact for climate adaptation work.

Steve is a mechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience in the energy industry in both technical and management roles throughout New Zealand. He has extensive experience in early-stage technology screening, development of industrial biomass-based energy solutions, combustion of fuels and quantification of emissions. Steve also has significant experience in the full lifecycle of project development from concept development, environmental investigations, stakeholder management, consenting, detailed design, health and safety, construction, site management, regulatory reporting, site closure and rehabilitation.

Steve currently works on a variety of projects in the air discharge and energy sector that are undertaken out of the Christchurch office.

Azam is an environmental engineer, specialising in wastewater engineering. With over 20 years of experience with environmental matters for industrial clients, he is involved in various projects related to resource consenting, the development of wastewater treatment plants and industrial landfills as well as schemes for the land treatment of wastewater.

His extensive experience in wastewater treatment plant optimisation has contributed to his development of a patented wastewater treatment process which has been established at the largest meat processing company in New Zealand.

Andy joined PDP after graduating from the University of Canterbury in 2012 and has since developed a national scope of practice within PDP’s Water Infrastructure Group. He has delivered design and construction monitoring projects for a range of PDP’s private and public sector clients throughout New Zealand.

Andy is a Chartered Professional Engineer with his practice area including environmental assessment, investigation, design and construction monitoring of stormwater, wastewater, and surface water projects. With broad environmental engineering experience, his project role often involves the coordination of specialist science and engineering inputs from other PDP teams.

Andy can assist with taking clients’ water infrastructure projects from a concept right through to delivery.

Dan is an environmental engineer who specialises in potable water and wastewater treatment and related infrastructure. He has over 10 years of experience throughout New Zealand in projects which have involved investigation, consenting, detailed design, procurement, construction management, commissioning and operation of municipal and industrial water treatment systems.

Dan’s skills include hydraulic design and treatment process design and modelling of physical/chemical and biological treatment systems. He also has experience in the civil and mechanical design of water and wastewater treatment and reticulation infrastructure.  His experience also includes assessment of environmental effects and preparing evidence for resource consent hearings.

Daryl is an environmental engineer with 12 years of experience, specialising in wastewater treatment and disposal, predominantly dealing with agro-industrial wastewater.

Projects that Daryl typically works on include process design, operation and optimisation of industrial wastewater treatment systems, land treatment and disposal of wastewater, biosolids handling and management, waste management and landfill engineering. He is also involved with surface water discharge and discharges to land consent applications including assessment of environmental effects.

Eoghan has over 12 years of experience in planning and designing wastewater, water supply and stormwater infrastructure.  He is a specialist in the hydraulic analysis of pipelines and carrying out feasibility studies and concept designs for servicing large areas for development. Eoghan has also acted as Project Sponsor, and reviewed designs, for several significant CCC infrastructure projects. These projects include the Rapaki water supply upgrade, Wilmer’s water supply pump station, Charteris Bay wastewater and water supply reticulation extensions and the Little River water supply upgrade.

Since joining PDP in October 2012, Eoghan has been actively involved in leading several stormwater, wastewater and water supply investigation and design projects. These projects include the design and construction of water supply pump stations for Christchurch City Council and Whakatane District Council as well as the design and construction of large stormwater detention basins as part of a flood relief programme of works for Christchurch City Council.

Grant is a water and wastewater engineer who specialises in wastewater treatment, disposal, pumping and Strategic Master Planning. He has over 30 years of experience, including a variety of novel projects such as the Rotorua Bardenpho nutrient removal plant, North Shore MLE process WWTP, Kawakawa Bay Vacuum Sewerage system, water and/or wastewater master plans (Queenstown, Wanaka, Nadi, Lautoka, Dysart, Clermont, Mount Isa), Massey North trunk wastewater pumping station and Albany-Pinehill trunk water pumping station.

Grant’s skills include feasibility assessment, optioneering, strategic master planning, design, construction management, commissioning and optimisation of water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and related infrastructure.

Greg is a highly experienced engineering manager in 3 Waters and capital project delivery with 29 years’ experience with local council authorities leading 3 Waters Infrastructure strategic planning, asset management, and programme and project development and delivery.

During his tenure as an Infrastructure Planning Manager for a local Council, Greg led the development of several Infrastructure Master Plans that informed the Council’s 30 Year Infrastructure Strategy and Long Term Planning cycles. He also led the acquisition of resource consents for several major infrastructure projects which includes significant stakeholder engagement and relationship management.

Prior to migrating to New Zealand, Greg worked in Asia and the Middle East and was involved in diverse 3 waters related projects undertaking feasibility investigations, detailed design and contract and construction management.

Ingrid is an environmental engineer with over 9 years of experience working on a wide range of civil and environmental engineering projects including water supply, wastewater and stormwater projects. She is experienced in managing projects from the feasibility stage through to construction supervision, including optioneering, site investigations, resource consent procurement, conceptual design, and detailed design.

In the early stages of her career, Ingrid spent time working as a site engineer which has led to Ingrid having notable experience in the construction supervision of three waters infrastructure projects. Ingrid also has a strong interest in stormwater treatment including field sampling investigations, assessments of catchment stormwater quality and designing appropriate treatment systems. Her experience also includes the preparation of an assessment of effects and technical assessments associated with resource consent applications.

Mark has over fifteen years of experience in water-related engineering, with a specialist emphasis on water treatment (drinking water, stormwater, mine water and wastewater) and the assessment of effects associated with the discharge of the treated water into the environment.

With recent project experience varying from drinking water upgrades (filtration and UV disinfection), leachate management and treatment, and design of mine water and municipal wastewater treatment plants – from locations within Canterbury through to outback Australia and South Africa; Mark is able to draw upon his wide breadth of knowledge and expertise to provide his clients with a holistic service to manage project risks.

Mark also has a particular interest in the field of turbulent mixing and dispersion of pollutants in rivers and from ocean outfalls. He has been involved in several dye dispersion and numerous numerical (CORMIX) studies of treated water and thermal discharges into water bodies, and the assessment of the potential effects of these discharges on the environment.

In several recent high-profile projects, Mark has been called upon by his clients to provide expert evidence at Council and Environment Court hearings in relation to their proposed projects and possible environmental effects.

After completing a Bachelor of Engineering with Honors in Natural Resources engineering at Canterbury University, Matt has gained approximately 15 years’ experience in the design, construction, operation and management of 3 Waters Infrastructure working in both public and private sectors.

Prior to joining PDP, Matt spent approximately 8 years at the Gore District Council overseeing the day-to-day operations, asset management and delivery of key major 3 Waters capital projects. Matt was closely involved in the development of several iterations of Asset Management Plans and the development of key supporting documents and tools such as Criticality Assessments and Renewals Plans. Additionally, Matt has been involved from initial optioneering and concept design through to the successful delivery of a number of key water and wastewater treatment plants and general network upgrade projects.

Murray is an environmental engineer with over 15 years of experience in the water and wastewater sector. He specialises in the mechanical and civil design of wastewater treatment plants, water supply systems and pump stations.

Murray has extensive experience in administering construction contracts and has a strong interest in procurement and setting up contract frameworks that lead to success.

Philip has over 14 years of experience in various phases of water and environmental-related projects. He moved to New Zealand in 2018 and has since been working across New Zealand including Fiji and New Caledonia. With a background in 3 waters, his recent focus was within stormwater-related projects which included both small to multi-disciplinary large-scale projects.

Philip’s wealth of knowledge spans multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects, stormwater assessment including technical reviews, infrastructure detailed design, and treatment and design. His expertise in 3 waters bulk and reticulation infrastructure design for both rural and urban areas, master plans and stormwater management plans, water demand management, maintenance and operational plans for 3 waters are second to none. Philip is also well-versed in investigation studies and supporting business cases, project management, and assets verification and auditing.

Rob is a Chartered Engineer and a member of Engineering New Zealand. He has experience in the design and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure with over 20 years of experience working in the private and public sectors in New Zealand.

His skills include the design of pump stations and pipelines and general civil water, wastewater and stormwater-related infrastructure.  He leads teams for investigation, optioneering, consenting, design, construction and commissioning and undertakes the role of Engineer to Contract.

Sisira is a CMEngNZ, CPEng and IntPE with over 25 years of experience in water infrastructure design, engineering and construction. He is also a Board Member, of the Competence Assessment Board (CAB) of Engineering New Zealand.  Since 1999 Sisira has acted as a Civil and Environmental Practice Area Assessor, was heavily involved in the IPENZ Wellington Branch activities and held both Secretary and Treasurer positions.

Sisira has worked in both local government and private entities in the capacity of Engineering Lead, Engineer to Contract, Project Manager, Project Director and Business Manager. He has worked in the capacity of client, consultant, and contractor.

As a strategic thinker with the ability to translate the vision into operation, Sisira aims to contribute to the engineering community by championing diversity and social responsibility while fulfilling my responsibilities as a business leader.

Arno has over 10 years of experience in water infrastructure projects. Arno has experience in the three waters sector, particularly in bulk supply solutions for water, wastewater and commissioning engineer. He has experience in both the construction and consulting environment providing a good understanding of project management and construction administration.

Other skills include hydraulic modelling, surge analysis, pump selection, mechanical engineering for treatment plants and a clear understanding of plant commissioning requirements and procedures.

Cam is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 9 years of experience on projects in the water, wastewater and roading sectors. He has strong skills in contract management, and the design, construction monitoring and commissioning of water and wastewater pipelines and pumping stations. He has experience in managing design teams, as well as being a proven team player, on large, multi-disciplinary projects. At the beginning of Cam’s career, he worked for a contractor on major South Island infrastructure projects.

Chaitra is a highly experienced and dedicated process engineer in designing industrial processes and driving innovation in various sectors. With a solid educational background and extensive practical experience, Chaitra is known for her problem-solving abilities, technical proficiency, and collaborative approach to project management.

Her specialised expertise encompasses a broad spectrum, including high salinity wastewater treatment, membrane and filtration technologies, coagulation technologies, advanced oxidation processes and designing processes involving hazardous chemicals. She holds several patents in solvent exchange process and Zero-Liquid technology (ZLD) for industrial wastewater treatment. These patents reflect her commitment to sustainable practices, emphasizing water recovery and reuse to conserve vital resources.

Chaitra holds a master’s degree in chemical and materials science from University of Auckland.

Christian is a Chartered Professional Engineer (Civil and Environmental) with over 15 years of experience working for engineering consultants and in local government, both in Austria and New Zealand.

With over ten years of experience working in New Zealand, Christian has been involved in the design and contract administration of stormwater, wastewater and water renewals. He is an experienced project manager, who has been responsible for the delivery of infrastructure and streetscape, coastal protection, three water modelling and wastewater and water renewal projects.

Gareth is a Service Leader in PDP’s Christchurch Water Infrastructure Group. He has experience across a broad range of civil and environmental projects with specialist experience in hydraulic modelling, stormwater design and construction phase services.

Gareth has a solid background in water infrastructure projects and is adept at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to successfully execute complex engineering projects from conception to final signoff.

Jack is an environmental engineer specialising in wastewater treatment and disposal with 10 years of experience. He has been involved in projects covering wastewater treatment design including biological process design, operation and optimisation of wastewater treatment systems, land treatment of wastewater, wastewater odour treatment, and biosolids management.

Jack’s experience also includes the preparation of the assessment of environmental effects for resource consent, technical review of the assessment of environmental effects prepared by others, and preparing evidence for resource consent hearings.

Kevin is a professional Civil and Environmental Engineer with more than 10 years of experience as a Scientific Researcher and Consulting Engineer. He started his career in the UK working on advanced energy recovery schemes and three waters projects before bringing his knowledge to New Zealand.

Kevin has experience in all phases of projects from proposal writing through to construction monitoring, including project/design management, consenting, procurement, and commissioning.

Kevin joined PDP in 2020 and leads our three waters projects for private and public sector clients throughout New Zealand. He is great at building strong relationships with his colleagues, clients, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

Nils is a Chartered Professional Engineer in PDP’s Christchurch office. Nils works on a variety of water supply, wastewater and stormwater projects through all phases of projects including optioneering, concept, detailed design and construction supervision. He is passionate about delivering quality engineering solutions which meet client’s needs and budgets. 

Sagar is a Mechanical Engineering Technologist by qualification and is working as a CAD Team leader in PDP’s Water Infrastructure Group. With over nine years of experience in the workforce, Sagar is a specialist in 3D modelling and has high level CAD skills using a range of software packages. He has successfully designed complex water and wastewater treatment plants for PDP clients, allowing them to visualise and save significant costs by identifying issues before construction.

Sagar’s role is crucial in translating concepts into precise digital representations, supporting design optimization, ensuring standards compliance and staying updated with CAD technology for mechanical, civil and structural drafting/designing.

Wageed is a chemical process engineer who is passionate about the application of his skills to a wide range of projects to produce sustainable environmental outcomes.

He has 24 years of experience in applying water quality, hydrodynamics, hydrology and numerical modelling skills across New Zealand and Africa. During this time, he was primarily delivering water resources projects, with 6 years spent lecturing environmental water quality modelling, aquatic chemistry and biological wastewater treatment at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

Wageed has been involved with several large integrated water resources studies where competing demands were addressed by engaging with wide-ranging stakeholder groups and technical experts and is also the main author of New Zealand’s Deep South Science Challenge (DSC) report on water availability, drought and climate change.

Career highlights include hydrodynamic and water quality modelling of the Berg River Reservoir and CFD modelling of major pumping and ancillary works for yield supplementation on the same reservoir.

Hayden is a water resources scientist with more than 20 years of experience working in consultancy and for regional authorities. He has a wealth of experience in water resources management, hydrological analysis, and the assessment of discharges to freshwater and coastal environments. Having specialist monitoring experience, Hayden has carried out many complex water quality and water quantity assessments for various clients across New Zealand.

Hayden has been involved in many stormwater and water quality peer review projects for local and regional councils assessing large-scale infrastructure and land-use change. He has prepared and presented evidence at resource consent and plan change hearings.

Anna is a Marine Scientist with over 20 years’ experience in in natural resource management. With a strong background in a variety of technical programmes focused on coastal and freshwater quality and ecology, Anna has established herself as a respected expert witness in consent and plan hearings. Her area of technical expertise lies in understanding the impacts of land-based activities on estuarine and coastal systems, and the science/policy interface.

Prior to joining PDP, Anna led the multidisciplinary science team at Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, where she spearheaded projects aimed at providing sound evidence for resource management planning. 

Linda is an environmental scientist with a background in chemistry and has been involved in water quality consulting for the last 25 years. She joined PDP in 2018 after immigrating from South Africa. Her background has been based in surface water quality analysis ranging from focused facility-specific water quality assessments and water balances to broad catchment management studies and water resources planning on a national scale.

Since being in New Zealand she has been involved in several stormwater-related projects involving the assessment of water quality and the appropriate treatment thereof.

Linda was also involved in developing risk assessment models for large industrial plants as part of their Integrated Water Management Plans and mining facilities as part of their operational and closure plans using the Goldsim model.

Tom is a scientist and expert witness on water quality in New Zealand, building on strong background in tertiary research, industry and local government agencies. His technical expertise is centred on freshwater and coastal science, resource management policy and integrated catchment management for rural pand urban stakeholders including mana whenua, pastoral and horticultural sectors and central government.

Tom's previous responsibilities have included leading water quality accounting in Auckland Council (Freshwater Management Tool – sources of, effects of, management interventions for and optimal investment strategies to manage for instream, lake and coastal water quality objectives) and more recently, supporting the Kaipara Moana Remediation programme (mana whenua-government partnership) to develop a bespoke catchment decision-support tool for remediation of instream and harbour water quality (Tātaki Wai, acting as product owner for the $200M remediation group).

Tom also has experience with operating at the science-engineering-planning interface to generate rigorous evidence for decisions on state and trend, causes for, remediation options and costing for alternative approaches to managing waterway health. 

Catherine is an environmental scientist with 10 years of experience based in our Hamilton office. She has worked on a range of hydrological projects and has a background in both surface and groundwater hydrology. Catherine has experience in preparing the assessment of environmental effects for water takes and discharge consent applications. She also has experience in environmental compliance monitoring, water quality monitoring and reporting, and hydrological investigations of wetland systems.

She is an experienced project manager and has managed several large-scale multi-disciplinary projects.

Phil is an Environmental Scientist with 10 years of experience working in consultancy and for regional authorities. He has a background in surface water hydrology, water resource management, water quality, assessment of discharges to freshwater and hydraulic modelling. He has a wide range of experience in undertaking large-scale environmental monitoring programs for various clients throughout New Zealand, Australia and the UK.

Shari (Ngāti Maru, Te Rarawa) is a coastal scientist with broad national and international experience in interdisciplinary projects focused on the coast. This includes coastal hazards such as flooding and sea level rise impacts, geomorphology and morphodynamics, estuarine processes and restoration, and more recently, blue carbon in restored coastal wetlands. A key focus of her work is bridging Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) and mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) with western science, to understand coastal dynamics and plan for climate change.

Shari also works as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Science at the University of Waikato, is Co-Chair of Women in Coastal Science & Engineering (WICGE), and is Associate Editor for Anthropocene Coasts.

Duncan is a freshwater ecologist with 20 years experience in both the public and private sector. He has worked on a broad range of topics including flow and allocation reviews for regional council, windfarm development, mine impacted streams, braided rivers, fish and macroinvertebrate surveys and monitoring program design.  He has worked extensively with the Canterbury Regional Council providing technical support for policy and planning processes, consenting, advise to Iwi and community groups, industry stakeholder groups and national special interest groups.

Duncan has a love of the natural world and communicating his scientific understanding of the environment in way that is accessible to each audience. He is passionate about applying science within policy frameworks to achieve the best outcomes for a sustainable future and the environment.

Jarred has thirteen years’ experience working as a freshwater ecologist in both the public and private sectors. He has provided technical support to policy and planning processes, governance and community groups, iwi, industry stakeholders and other technical specialists. He is well-versed in monitoring aquatic ecosystems and has interpreted and reported on a wide variety of ecological datasets.

Jarred is passionate about both the environment and people. He knows the importance of maintaining strong personal and working relationships with individuals and groups from different backgrounds, professions and organisations. This includes communicating science simply and clearly in a manner tailored to fit specific audiences.

Mark is our Auckland-based Principal Ecologist. Mark has over 25 years of experience in resource management, planning, project and contract management, ecological research and operational delivery.

At PDP Mark leads our Auckland ecology team and provides ecological advice to a wide range of clients. Before joining PDP, Mark was a lecturer at Auckland and Massey Universities. He’s also been heavily involved with the Maruia Society and the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society. He’s a science advisor to the Wildlife Conservation Trust of New Zealand.

Mark loves the outdoors: tramping, cycling, running and kayaking. His passion lies in New Zealand’s ecological diversity and we are privileged to have him on our team.

Cate is a plant ecologist and remote sensing scientist. She has strong expertise in developing indicators of ecosystem condition, image analysis, data analysis and interpretation. She is also skilled in vegetation survey and mapping across a range of habitats. Cate has a strong interest in restoring ecosystems to their ecological potential alongside communities.

Cate has a depth of project management experience, delivering complex sustainability and technology projects with diverse groups of stakeholders.

Emma is an ecologist with over 13 years of resource management experience gained through roles in local government and consultancy, with a background in freshwater ecology, water quality, planning and impact assessment.

Emma has strong technical expertise in the management and implementation of freshwater ecological assessments to support resource consent applications, meet compliance requirements and enhance ecological outcomes. These include field surveys to identify baseline ecological values and assessment of environmental impacts from resource use, discharges and land development on receiving environments. She is also experienced in preparing streamworks consents involving native fish capture and relocations and assessing instream structures for the provision of fish passage, under freshwater legislation.

Emma has a particular interest in ecological restoration, particularly in urban environments that benefit both the community and the environment. She has managed many large multi-disciplinary projects, involving collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, authorities and technical specialists. She is committed to delivering high-quality projects that exceed client expectations.

Emma is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) through EIANZ and is an active and founding member of PDP’s Environmental Sustainability Committee.

Lizzie is an Ecologist with over 11 years of experience in the Aviation/Transport Industry. She has been working as an independent Ecological Consultant and Airfield Manager/Wildlife and Grounds Manager.

She is an experienced project manager, with technical expertise in terrestrial ecology - Avifauna, wildlife and pest management plans, human-wildlife conflict and landscape reviews. She is experienced in mitigating human and wildlife conflict through habitat modification, ensuring wildlife and human activities co-exist safely.

Winsome is a Freshwater Ecologist with over ten years of experience working in consultancy. Winsome has expertise in assessing impacts of a wide variety of anthropogenic activities on freshwater ecology and water quality. State of environment monitoring (SOE), aquatic habitat restoration and inanga spawning surveys are also key skills. 

She has a strong understanding of environmental principals, data analysis (using excel, R, and TimeTrends), and providing practical solutions for environmental issues. Winsome is an experienced electric fishing operator and has fished a wide variety of freshwater habitats throughout New Zealand.