Dr Ted Avis, Managing Director, is a leading expert in the field of Environmental Impact Assessments, having project-managed numerous large-scale EIAs to international standards (e.g. World Bank and International Finance Corporation). Ted has also project managed and provided professional input to the State of Environment reports and Strategic Environmental Assessments produced by CES.

Curriculum Vitae Ted Avis

Email: t.avis@cesnet.co.za

Dr Alan Carter, Director of the East London Office, has extensive training and experience in both financial accounting and environmental science disciplines with international accounting firms in South Africa and the USA. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds a PhD in Plant Sciences. He is also a certified ISO14001 EMS auditor with the American National Standards Institute and the British Standards Institute.

Curriculum Vitae Alan Carter.

Email: a.carter@cesnet.co.za  

Mr Bill Rowlston, Director, has more than 35 years experience in the English and South African water sectors. He spent 24 years with the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry in Pretoria, where he contributed to the development of approaches for protecting water resources, including the determination of the ecological Reserve. Bill was closely involved with the development of the National Water Policy (1997) and the National Water Act (1998), and was responsible for compiling the National Water Resource Strategy, First Edition (2005), much of which he wrote. He also supervised the development of guidelines for the preparation of sub-national catchment management strategies. He joined CES in April 2007.

Curriculum Vitae Bill Rowlston

Email: b.rowlston@cesnet.co.za

Dr Kevin Whittington-Jones, Director, holds an MSc in Marine Ecology and a PhD in Environmental Biotechnology. Prior to joining CES full time, he held a number of academic posts at Rhodes University. The most recent of these was Senior Lecturer in the Rhodes Investec Business School where he was responsible for the development and coordination of the environmental management electives of the Rhodes MBA programme. His areas of expertise include integrated pollution and waste management, sanitation, waste water treatment, industrial environmental management and environmental business risk.

Curriculum Vitae Kevin Whittington-Jones

Email: k.whittington-jones@cesnet.co.za

Mr Marc Hardy, Principal Environmental Consultant; holds a M. Phil in Environmental Management from the Stellenbosch University’s of School of Public Management and Planning. His professional interests include environmental impact reporting for linear, energy and large infrastructure projects, strategic environmental policy development and reporting – mostly relating to Environmental Management Framework’s (EMF’s) - compliance monitoring and environmental auditing. Marc is currently tasked with managing various large infrastructure, mining, wind energy and biofuel projects throughout Africa.

Curriculum Vitae Marc Hardy

Email: m.hardy@cesnet.co.za

Mr Lungisa Bosman, Senior Environmental Consultant, holds a Bachelor of Social Science (1993) from UCT, with majors in Public Administration & Sociology, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Organisation and Management. Lungisa has gained considerable experience in social facilitation and community education and has been involved in a number of projects where he has brought his facilitation skills to bear. These include the ADM and Chris Hani State of Environment studies.

Curriculum Vitae Lungisa Bosman

Email: l.bosman@cesnet.co.za

Dr Greer Hawley, Senior Environmental Consultant, has a BSc degree in Botany and Zoology and a BSc Honours in Botany from the University of Cape Town. She completed her PhD thesis (Microbiology) at Rhodes University. Greer has been involved in a number of diverse activities. The core academic focus has been directed in the field of taxonomy both in the plant and fungal kingdom. Greer’s research ranges from studying fresh and marine algae, estuarine diatoms, Restio species classification in the fynbos and forest vegetation and fungal species identification and ecology. Greer’s study of fungi have also contributed towards an understanding of soil ecology and “below ground” ecology. She is currently working on numerous impact assessments at the East London branch.

Curriculum Vitae Greer Hawley

Email: g.hawley@cesnet.co.za

Ms Naomi Richardson, has an MSc in Ichthyology and her thesis investigated the use of biomarkers in estuarine health monitoring. She has been involved in marine studies including harbour water and sediment quality monitoring, studies on the impacts of dredge spoil, land reclamation works, moorings and jetties. She has also worked in the freshwater environment, focusing in particular on downstream and cumulative impacts of aquatic pollution. She is fluent in French and has a good command of Spanish.

Curriculum Vitae Naomi Richardson

Email: n.richardson@cesnet.co.za

Ms Leigh-Ann de Wet, Botanical and Ecological Specialist. Leigh-Ann holds a BSc (Botany and Entomology) as well as a BSc (Hons) and MSc in Botany from Rhodes University. She conducts vegetation sensitivity assessments including vegetation and sensitivity mapping, to guide developments and thereby minimising their impacts sensitive vegetation. Her experience ranges from local Eastern Cape Projects to those in different provinces including but not limited to Kwa-Zulu Natal, Western Cape and Mpumalanga. She has experience in many different vegetation types as well as different levels of vegetation degradation. Leigh-Ann has also worked on international projects for the mining sector in Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi.

Curriculum Vitae Leigh-Ann de Wet

Email: l.dewet@cesnet.co.za

Dr Cherie-Lynn Mack, holds a PhD and MSc (with distinction) degrees in Environmental Biotechnology, with a BSc degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry.  She has postgraduate research experience in industrial and domestic wastewater treatment technologies, with particular emphasis on the coal and platinum mining industries.  Her interests lie in the water sector, with experience in ecological reserve determination and water quality monitoring and analysis.  She has experience in water quality analysis and industrial wastewater treatment research.  She is currently employed in the East London office of CES as a senior environmental consultant.

Curriculum Vitae Cherie-Lynn Mack

Email: c.mack@cesnet.co.za

Mr Roy de Kock, Environmental Consultant, holds a BSc Honours in Geology and an MSc in Botany from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. His MSc thesis focussed on Rehabilitation Ecology with the focus on Mine Rehabilitation. He has been working for CES since 2010, and is based at the East London branch where he focuses on ecological impact assessments, geological and hydro geological analysis, environmental management plans and various environmental impact studies.

Curriculum Vitae Roy de Kock

Email: r.dekock@cesnet.co.za

Curriculum Vitae Eric Igbinigie

Email: e.igbinigie@cesnet.co.za 

Mr Thomas King, Environmental Consultant; Thomas holds a BSc degree with specialisation in Zoology from the University of Pretoria and an Honours degree in Biodiversity and Conservation from Rhodes University. As part of his Honours degree, Thomas was trained in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in addition to the required biological sciences courses. His honours thesis investigated the rate at which Subtropical Thicket recovers naturally after heavy grazing by ostriches (Struthio camelus). His interest areas are: climate change and the investigation of possible solutions, waste management, and rehabilitation ecology.

 Curriculum Vitae Thomas King

Email: t.king@cesnet.co.za

Ms Nikita Steele, Environmental Consultant; holds has a BSc degree in Zoology and Ichthyology and a BSc Honours in Marine Biology from Rhodes University. Nikita’s academic focus has been directed in the field of predator-prey interactions and lifestyle dynamics of the African Penguin and various estuarine studies.  Nikita has been involved in a number of diverse activities. Her interests lay within a broad range of marine studies, namely conservation, fisheries management, predator-prey interactions and ecology. She is currently working in the East London branch.

 Curriculum Vitae Nikita Steele

Email: n.steele@cesnet.co.za

Ms Amber Jackson, Environmental Consultant, has an MPhil in Environmental Management from the University of Cape Town. Topics covered included environmental management theory, social and ecological systems, climate change and environmental law. With a dissertation in food security that investigated the complex food system of soft vegetables produced in the Philippi Horticultural Area and the soft vegetables purchased at different links, both formal and informal, in the food system. Prior to this she obtained a BSc degree in Zoology and ‘Ecology, Conservation and Environment’ and a BSc (Hons) in ‘Ecology, Conservation and Environment‘from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her honours thesis title was: Landscape Effects on the Richness and Abundance of the Herpetofauna in the Kruger National Park.

 Curriculum Vitae Amber Jackson

Email: a.jackson@cesnet.co.za 

Dr Chantel Bezuidenhout, Senior Environmental Consultant, holds a MSc and PhD in Botany and a BSc degree in Botany and Geography from NMMU. Chantel’s main focus is estuarine ecology and as a result she has been involved in a number of ecological reserve determination studies. Recently she has been focused on environmental management and has been involved in number of environmental impact assessments and management plans. She is currently employed in the Grahamstown office of CES.
 
                                    Curriculum Vitae Chantel Bezuidenhout

Email: c.bezuidenhout@cesnet.co.za

Ms Nande Suka, Nande Suka holds a B.Sc. degree with majors in Botany and Zoology (2010) and B.Sc. Honours in Terrestrial Botany (2011), both obtained at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.  Her academic focus was in the broad field of Environmental Management and with great interest on impact assessments, environmental planning and conservation.

Curriculum Vitae Nande Suka

Email: n.suka@cesnet.co.za

Mr Jadon Schmidt, Senior Environmental Consultant, holds a BSc degree in Geology and Botany, a BSc Honours degree in Botany (both from NMMU) and an MBA from Rhodes University with a core environmental management & sustainability focus. His MBA thesis addressed resource economic issues of marine protected areas. He is currently completing an MSc in estuarine ecology dealing specifically with sea level rise impacts on sediment and vegetation dynamics.

Curriculum Vitae Jadon Schmidt

Email:  j.schmidt@cesnet.co.za