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ACLCA Executive Committee 2008/09

 

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JOHN THROSSELL, PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF
ACLCA President

John Throssell is a principal environmental hydrogeologist with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) and has over 20 years of professional consulting experience in Australia and overseas.

 

 

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ALEX SIMOPOLOUS, URS AUSTRALIA
ACLCA Vice President

Alex Simopoulos is an Associate Environmental Geologist for the Melbourne office of URS with sixteen years of professional experience, mostly in the area of contaminated land management. Alex is currently the manager of the Geo-Environmetal Management workgroup at URS.  Having been involved with contaminated land management since 1990, Alex has extensive knowledge of the industry and is well versed with the developments of this field of expertise over the years. Alex's technical experience has involved all aspects of contaminated land management, including site assessment (soil, groundwater, surface water, soil vapours), statutory environmental auditing (assisting auditor), due diligence reviews, risk assessment, soil and groundwater remediation, site environmental management and liability cost estimation using probabilistic methodologies.  His broad contaminated land management experience has been acquired from industries such as petroleum, manufacturing, mining, smelting, metal fabrication, rural, automotive plants, chemical factories. Alex has worked in Victoria, Tasmania, NSW and Western Australia and overseas in the Philippines, Germany and Mauritania.

 

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DR LYNDON BELL, GOLDER ASSOCIATES
ACLCA Secretary

Dr Lyndon Bell is a Senior Environmental Engineer with Golder Associates specialising in contaminated site assessment, remediation and groundwater contaminant transport modelling projects.  Lyndon has undertaken projects in contaminated site assessment, environmental due diligence, groundwater and soil remediation system design and groundwater modelling at industrial and commercial facilities, fuel depots, waste water treatment facilities and landfills in NSW and Victoria. Prior to joining Golder Associates, Lyndon was invited to undertake postdoctoral groundwater remediation research at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, one of the world’s leading groundwater research institutions.

 

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GLENN THIELE, OTEK AUSTRALIA
ACLCA Treasurer

Glenn Thiele is Senior Principal and Manger Vic/Tas/SA for OTEK Australia Pty Ltd. He holds a BEng(Chemical) and a Master of Environmental Studies. For the last 15 years he has been an environmental consultant, based in Melbourne. Specialties include both large and small scale environmental site assessments and site remediation works. Glenn also works on due diligence audits both for property transactions and for operational facilities. He has a background in air quality assessment, air dispersion modelling and air pollution control. He has also assisted a wide range of industries in obtaining their environmental approvals.  His current roles see him working to develop the experiences and skills of people in the profession, so that they may achieve their potential.


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LUKE CATTLIN, NOEL ARNOLD & ASSOCIATES
ACLCA Immediate Past President

Luke is Principal Environmental Consultant with Noel Arnold and Associates. Luke has extensive experience in the management of contaminated land and remediation.  Luke has experienced most aspects of working in the field of site contamination within consultancy, industry and with regulatory authorities. Luke was appointed as an Environmental Auditor pursuant to the Environment Protection Act, 1970 in November 2003.  

 

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HELEN SZABO, COFFEY ENVIRONMENTS
ACLCA Committee Member

Helen has over 11 years experience in the contaminated land industry, working with both soil and groundwater assessment projects predominantly in Victoria.  Helen’s current role within Coffey Environments is as the Team Leader of the Audit group.

 

SHERRI COLLISON, GHD
ACLCA Committee Member

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MICHELLE GRASSI, ERM
ACLCA Committee Member

Dr Michelle Grassi is a Senior Environment Scientist with EMR Australia, working within the site investigation and remediation team.  Michelle has a PhD in Environmental Chemistry and over seven years experience in Australia, previously working with CSIRO Land and Water and the West Australian Department of Water.

 

THOMASIN BALES, MEINHARDT INFRASTRUCTURE & ENVIRONMENT
ACLCA Committee Member

Thomasin is an Associate in the Environment team at Meinhardt Infrastructure and Environment. She has twelve years of experience in a range of environmental consulting fields, including contaminated land, environmental management, waste, stormwater and flora/fauna.

 

JIM NIKOLAREAS, MONARC ENVIRONMENTAL
ACLCA Committee Member

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