Our people are our greatest asset
We have assembled our team with a strong focus on staff development and the use of innovation.
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We are continually building our capacity through the use of new technologies to present better ways of delivering our projects.
As a team we have worked to shape our business around a series of core values that speak to how we want to be seen externally by our clients as well as to underpin how we interact and work together as a team.
Team
Andrew Hutton
Managing Director and Principal Consultant
Andrew has 28 years’ experience in the mining, agriculture, and extractive industry sectors. He is an industry leader in Mine Closure Planning with experience across a range of commodities preparing closure plans from concept plans through to detailed plans. He has experience in risk management, Environmental compliance and transactional due diligence. Andrew is a past Commissioner on the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) and current Alternate member of the NSW State regional Planning Panels.
Chris Cooper
Principal Consultant
Chris has over 12 years’ environmental experience in both government and consulting. He specialises in mine closure planning and rehabilitation strategies. Chris has previously worked as an NSW Resource Regulator assisting clients to achieve regulatory compliance, manage risks and assess rehabilitation performance.
Natasha Thompson
HR & Business Operations Lead
Natasha brings over 20 years’ experience with Corporate Businesses, supporting CEOs, Managing Directors and Senior Executive Staff. She has extensive experience in writing policies and procedures, managing project budgets, tender support, coordination of conferences, invoicing and all things administration.
Chris Jones
Principal Consultant
Chris is a Principal Consultant and Environmental Advisory Service Line Manager with 18 years’ experience. Key experience includes project management, rehabilitation and closure, preparation of management plans and risk management. Chris is also a certified auditor leading audits for mining, quarrying, industrial and agricultural clients.
Erin Littlewood
Principal Consultant
Erin is a highly skilled sustainability and strategy expert with significant experience across the public and private sectors, specialising in sustainability, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. As a Principal Consultant at IEMA, Erin leads the sustainability advisory service line, providing businesses with strategic insights and support to navigate complex regulatory landscapes, manage risk, and identify sustainability opportunities. Her work focuses on helping organisations build resilient, impactful sustainability strategies and reports that drive positive outcomes for the business, community, and environment.
Nick Staheyeff
Principal Consultant
Nick is a highly experienced project manager specialising in mine closure, with more than 20 years’ expertise in legacy mine remediation, rehabilitation, and land management. He is recognised for his ability to develop and deliver practical, outcome-focused projects that minimise risk and enhance environmental performance.
Nathan Archer
Principal Consultant
Nathan is a Principal Environmental Consultant with IEMA and has over 15 years’ industry and consulting experience. Nathan has experience and expertise in the project management and delivery of a range of projects including Mine Closure Plans, Rehabilitation Management Plans, Environmental Management Plans, Impact Assessments, Annual Reviews, environmental inspections and reporting, and Audit Reports. He has experience project managing mine closure planning at pre-feasibility (PFS) and feasibility stage (FS) and has managed multi-disciplinary teams to carry out technical investigations for detailed mine closure plans in NSW. Nathan has extensive knowledge and experience in rehabilitation and closure cost estimations across mining, industrial and port operations.
Jill Johnson
Principal Consultant
Jill is an environmental professional who gained extensive experience across operational and corporate mining roles before transitioning to consulting. She specialises in mine closure planning and execution, compliance, stakeholder engagement, and day-to-day operations, bringing a pragmatic, outcomes-focused approach that aligns environmental performance and compliance with business objectives. Jill is also an Exemplar Global–accredited Lead Auditor in Environmental Management Systems.
Jessica Coffey
Principal Consultant
Jessica is a Principal Environmental Consultant with IEMA and has 15 years’ experience in environmental management and consulting. She has experience in environmental post-approval reporting for a range of developments in the transport, infrastructure, waste, agriculture, and mining sectors with these projects involving management of sub-consultants and liaison with government departments. Jessica has also been involved in facilitation of environmental risk assessments, preparation of environmental management plans, statutory environmental reporting, environmental auditing, and undertaking various site secondments as a contract environmental officer.
Will Mitry
Associate Consultant
Will has 15 years’ experience in environmental management, compliance and regulatory roles. He brings a broad range of skills from a diverse background in three important and high performing industries (heavy industry, underground mining and government) to his role. Will is known as an innovator, having developed industry leading systems in the mine rehabilitation and environmental compliance domains. He is inspired to use this innovative approach to help industry achieve positive mine rehabilitation and mine closure outcomes.
Laura Sharp
Associate Consultant
Laura has 13 years of experience in transport, defence, energy and mining across Australia and New Zealand, in operational and consulting roles. Laura specialises in environmental management and systems, compliance, and impact assessment. Additionally, with experience in project management and client account management, Laura has the expertise to ensure a project meets the client’s needs, whilst excelling in environmental conformance.
Daniel Borombovits
Associate Consultant
Daniel has over 13 years’ experience in environmental science and reporting, project management, and research design and implementation. He has extensive experience in the development of progressive rehabilitation and closure plans (PRCP) and schedules, associated technical reporting, approval amendments and environmental management, and closure liability costs estimations. His work has contributed to award-winning research projects in catchment-scale sediment budgets and water quality parameters using novel analytical techniques.
Rhys Williams
Associate Consultant
Rhys has over 8 years’ experience in environmental management across the construction and mining industries. He has worked in operational roles prior to moving into consulting and now delivers a broad range of services, including environmental management planning for operational projects as well as mine rehabilitation and closure planning. Rhys’ experience spans environmental monitoring, progressive rehabilitation, vegetation clearing campaigns, erosion and sediment control, and biodiversity and heritage management.
Sarah Dale
Associate Consultant
Sarah is an Associate Consultant at Integrated Environmental Management Australia (IEMA). Sarah brings over 8 years of experience in environmental consulting, specialising in environmental management and planning across extractive, renewable, linear, and development sectors. With expertise in Project Management, impact assessments, mine closure, risk assessments and environmental management systems. Sarah's contributions drive environmental sustainability and management practices forward across diverse industries.
Jordan Murray
Associate Consultant
Jordan has over 7 years’ experience in environmental management and consulting. Jordan has experience in providing specialist input to environmental impact assessments for a range of projects such as road upgrades, mining and general industry. Jordan is skilled with NSW and Commonwealth environmental and safety legislation. He has undertaken environmental monitoring duties, calibration, fieldwork and rehabilitation activities and projects.
Jake Hawkins
Associate Consultant
Jake is an Associate Environmental Consultant at IEMA with over 6 years’ experience in environmental management and community engagement, developed through work across operational mine sites, most recently with Glencore Coal Australia. His background gives him a clear understanding of the practical challenges our clients face, from regulatory pressures to operational realities. Jake has been involved in projects for the betterment of the environment and stakeholders, including the development of environmental management systems that align with ICMM principals. Jake is comfortable with taking the lead on development projects and creating systems and processes to meet business needs. This includes impact reduction, sustainable environmental management, and stakeholder inclusion.
Tawna Krause
Senior Consultant
Tawna has over 7 years’ experience in environmental consulting and management with experience in waste management and the circular economy, environmental compliance, pre-approvals, and mine closure planning. She has worked across NSW, QLD, WA, and New Zealand delivering a wide range of environmental reports and has supported audits for diverse clients, including mining and quarrying operations. Tawna’s experience also includes a secondment role focused on providing environmental advisory services, ISO 14001 compliance, and implementing sustainable waste practices across an industrial portfolio.
Maddison Stojcevski
Senior Consultant
Maddie has over 5 years’ experience in environmental management, with a strong focus in consulting and mining. She has primarily worked in operational roles managing environmental monitoring programs, erosion and sediment control, operations and compliance, field monitoring, project supervision and all aspects of site environmental management. She has on site experience in coordinating Bushfire management programs and Waste Management systems.
Dave Price
Senior Consultant
David has 1+ year's industry experience, having worked in both construction and consultancy. Previously working as an Environmental Coordinator within the construction industry, David is skilled in all aspects of site environmental management. David brings to the IEMA team his expertise in project approvals, soil and water management, field monitoring and knowledge of environmental compliance. Since joining the IEMA team, David has assisted on compliance reporting, auditing, and community consultation for the extractives industry and on both infrastructure and government projects.
Lucinda O’Sullivan
GIS Consultant
Lucinda O’Sullivan is an Environmental and GIS Consultant with expertise in spatial analysis, environmental planning, carbon accounting, and risk assessment. She delivers accurate mapping and data-driven insights to support decision-making across mining, quarrying, agriculture, and infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand. With strong experience in environmental management, legislative compliance, closure planning, and technical reporting, Lucinda provides efficient GIS solutions and practical environmental outcomes.
Kristen McMahon
Consultant
Kristen is a Graduate Environmental Consultant with qualifications from the University of Newcastle in Environmental Science and Management. She has experience in stakeholder engagement, assisting in mine closure planning and site knowledge providing well rounded expertise to IEMA.
April Shearer
Graduate Consultant
April is a Graduate Environmental Consultant at IEMA with a Bachelor of Climate Science and Adaptation degree completed at the University of Newcastle in 2024. She joined the IEMA team as an Undergraduate Consultant in November 2023 and completed the CSIRO Generation STEM Links Internship with the business. April has experience in compliance systems, management plan preparation, annual reviews, and community consultation, with knowledge in sustainable technologies, ecological research, climate change, report writing, and environmental management.
Sophie Watson
Graduate Consultant
Sophie is a Graduate Environmental Consultant at IEMA with a Bachelor of Advanced Science majoring in Marine Biology and Wildlife Biology completed at Griffith University in December 2023. She is currently studying her Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Queensland, which will be completed in July 2025. Sophie recently decided to join IEMA in September 2024 and has knowledge in professional report writing, environmental compliance, environmental impact assessment, management plans and sustainable technologies.
Boris Arenas
Associate GIS Consultant
Boris brings over 15 years’ geospatial data management, survey and land administration experience, specializing in data capture, analysis and geoprocessing automation, providing valuable knowledge for supporting documentation and calculation reports. Boris has a long career in Mining, both in Operation and Exploration, beginning his career as field data collector using real-time data collection apps for government infrastructure surveys, to then turn to private sector as title/tenure specialist, developing automated update process for title data. His data analysis capabilities and geoprocessing automation abilities are highly valuable tools for enhancing and automating reporting.
Harrison Rees Parkes
Senior GIS Consultant
Harrison brings over five years’ experience in Spatial Data Management, GIS Analysis, and Professional Drafting Services, with a background in Earth Science and Geography. He maintains a strong focus on delivering accurate and efficient GIS Solutions for Site Operation Requirements, Management Reports, and Regulatory Requirements. His range of experience includes Soils & Landform reporting, Data Management, Drafting, Web GIS Solutions, and Field Data Collection including Drone Operation.
James O'Kane
GIS Associate
James has over 15 years' experience in spatial science and graduated his degree with first class honors. James is a recognised GIS expert with extensive experience in the ESRI suite of tools. James enthusiastically applies GIS technology to business problems in an agile, innovative, and consultative way.