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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Director at ADAS

  • Education

    • National College of Agricultural Engineering

      1982 - 1985
      BSc(Hons) Agricultural Engineering Soil and Water Engineering

      Part of Cranfield University the course was basically Mechanical Engineering with modules related to Agriculture. I specialised in the Soil & Water modules which related to land drainage of soil & grassed surfaces as opposed to hard landscaped areas such as roads, or civil engineering principles, but the underlying theory is equally applicable and took me into the sport & leisure market with the increase in drainage for school & council sports pitches and golf courses.

    • Bedales School

      1971 - 1981
      A Levels in Maths, Physics and Chemistry O and A Levels - Maths, Physics and Chemistry

      Started at Dunhurst and progressed through O Levels in 1979 and then A Levels in 1981 at Bedales

  • Experience

    • ADAS

      Feb 1986 - Mar 1998

      Senior Soil & Water Engineer specialising in amenity land drainage > sports fields, golf courses, cricket wickets, landscaped areas, plus restoration of former sand & gravel workings to leisure and agricultural uses. Soil restoration, earthmoving, cut-and-fill, bunds, dams, embankments, land drainage, irrigation, ditches and watercourses. Soil and Water Engineer working alongside colleagues providing land drainage, arterial drainage, soils, irrigation and water supply advice to farmers and landowners, including land and arterial drainage for the M40 extension north of Oxford from 1988 to 1991. Graduate trainee Soil and Water Engineer based in the ADAS office at Picton Terrace in Carmarthen South West Wales working alongside colleagues to provide the first chargeable ADAS services to farmers and landowners, including soil surveys to map the boundary of the Less Favoured Area (LFA).

      • Senior Soil & Water Engineer

        Aug 1991 - Mar 1998

      • Soil and Water Engineer

        Aug 1988 - Jul 1991

      • Graduate Soil and Water Engineer

        Feb 1986 - Jul 1988

    • ADAS UK Ltd

      Apr 1998 - Dec 2016
      Project Manager

      Project and contract management of medium to large environmental projects for commercial / corporate clients with large areas of land requiring management, such as Network Rail, EDF Energy, The Royal Parks Agency, electricity generation companies, sand & gravel extraction companies, sports clubs, councils, colleges and schools.

    • ADAS

      Dec 2016 - now

      Technical Director in the ADAS Environment business. Associate Director, ADAS Environment, with responsibility for Land Management services

      • Technical Director

        Apr 2022 - now

      • Associate Director

        Jul 2017 - Jun 2022

      • Principal Project Manager

        Dec 2016 - Jun 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications