Our People
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Dr. Olivier Ausseil
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
Dr. Olivier Ausseil has over 20 years’ of experience as a practicing scientist, successively working as a researcher, a regional council scientist, and a private consultant.
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Simon Bendall
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL PLANNER
With over 20 years’ of experience in the environmental planning sector, Simon has worked extensively with local government, Iwi, and private sector clients on a wide range of environmental projects.
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Fiona Death
SCIENCE AND PRACTICE MANAGER
Fiona has over 20 years of research experience in freshwater ecology both in New Zealand and overseas (UK, USA, Spain, Chile).
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Lovisa Ekelund
FRESHWATER SCIENTIST
Lovisa has been a Freshwater Scientist with Traverse since 2017 and is based in Christchurch. Lovisa holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and a Master of Environmental Management from Massey University.
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Dr. Mark Heath
SENIOR SCIENTIST
Mark is based in Traverse’s Wellington office and has over 10 years of experience as a freshwater scientist, including seven years working at Greater Wellington Regional Council as a freshwater ecologist.
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Laura Keenan
SENIOR FRESHWATER SCIENTIST
Laura is a Senior Freshwater Scientist in Traverse’s Wellington office. Laura has more than 20 years’ experience in freshwater science, with expertise in hydrology, water allocation and groundwater–surface water interaction.
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Deborah Kissick
PRINCIPAL PLANNER
Deborah has worked as an environmental planning consultant since 2015, following various planning and compliance roles at local authorities in Auckland, the Manawatu and the UK.
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Juliet Milne
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
Juliet is an applied environmental scientist with 25 years of experience working across a range of science and regulatory roles in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Gemma Mitchell
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Gemma joined Traverse Environmental in 2021, following a career of over 15 years in a range of local and regional government planning advisory roles in the Waikato Region.
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Dr. Dimitrios Rados
FRESHWATER SCIENTIST
Dimitrios is a Freshwater Scientist with expertise in freshwater macroinvertebrate ecology and is based in our office in Palmerston North.