GREENLIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANCY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Consultant Arboriculturist
Ben is a "degree qualified" Chartered Forester with over 25 years of experience of advising on farm woodland and tree management in Norfolk. Ben spent over 12 years of those years with Norfolk County Council as Forestry Officer, inspecting trees publicly owned trees and as the main contact in Norfolk for the Anglian Woodland Project. He has since held a diverse range of roles including the management of the Centre of Vocational Excellence project for Easton & Otley College, the delivery of the Landskills East Monitoring Project for Lantra Sector Skills Council, and recently as Woodland Officer for the Forestry Commission. He is a SFEDI accredited Farm Business Adviser and an experienced arboriculturist. He specialises in all aspects of tree and farm woodland survey and management, landscape conservation and skills development.
Having Graduated with a BSC honours degree in Ecology, Daniel Howes joined the Greenlight team in 2022 as an Assistant Ecologist. Having previously worked with Broads Authority and Norwich Fringe Project, Daniel also gained experience at the Norfolk Wildlife Trust conducting Breeding Bird Surveys and Bat surveys.
Ebonie joined the team in 2021 and her main skills are both plant and bird identification. She has a BSc in Land-Based Sciences and completed her MSc in Ecology and Conservation in 2020. With a desire to learn more about the British Wildlife, Ebonie is keen to learn more about the methods used to help mitigate and protect some of our native species. During her spare time, she loves to ride her 2 horses and regularly assisting in surveying nesting nightjars within Thetford forest, during the summer months. Ebonie currently holds a Natural England level 1 great crested newt and level 1 bat license and is working toward her level 2 bat license.
Etienne has been working in the professional services industry for many years and drives the team to ensure that Greenlight provides the highest quality work to tight timescales.
Etienne has particular expertise in landscape, bats, reptiles, amphibians and birds. Etienne is a LANTRA qualified tree inspector and tree climber using ropes, and holds Natural England bat, great crested newt and hazel dormouse licences.
In his spare time, Etienne is a bird ringer and assists in various bat and barn owl voluntary projects.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Graphic Designer
Sanchez has been working as a freelance graphic designer for over 3 years since he graduated from University College Falmouth in 2010 with a degree in 3D Design for sustainability. His broad graphic capabilities allow him to take in a wide array of work from the Planning, Ecology and Landscape sectors. This work includes visuals & photomontages through to graphic packages for EIA's & technical drawings. His ethos is learning by doing, and by doing it well.
Sanchez is based in the heart of Bristol.
Harri is a dedicated Assistant Ecologist with a strong academic background, holding a degree in Zoology and a Master's degree in Species Identification and Survey Skills from the University of Reading. With a keen interest in the ecological impacts of development on wildlife in the UK, they started their carrier by joining the field of ecological consultancy in 2023.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Landscape Architect
Jo has worked as a landscape designer since 2010, having previously worked as a gardener-horticulturalist and planning co-ordinator within a multidisciplinary consultancy. Since qualifying with a MA in Landscape Architecture from Writtle College, Jo has designed hard and soft works schemes for large housing developments, a new biodiversity park for a small country town and community gardens. Additionally, Jo has completed landscape assessments for residential developments and solar farms, extending to Landscape Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA) level of reporting. Jo's interests in ecology and trees informs all of her designs and brings understanding to the wider ecological issues within landscape assessment.
Lucy is a Anglia Ruskin University postgraduate with a M.Sc in Animal Behaviour Applications for Conservation and a University of East Anglia graduate with a B.Sc Honors Degree in Science. She has a broad range of ecological skills, having worked as an Assistant Ecologist, where she has conducted various mammal, bird and amphibian surveys and monitoring. Lucy currently holds a Natural England level 1 great crested newt and level 1 bat license and is working toward her level 2 bat and level 1 hazel dormouse license.
Miranda is a Bournemouth University postgraduate with a B.Sc Honors Degree in Ecology & Wildlife Conservation. She has participated in various volunteer, research assistant and internship roles with an array of wildlife organisations, both in the UK and abroad, since 2011. Having worked as an assistant ecologist since 2017, she has been involved in a variety of protected species surveys, habitat surveys, translocation projects and aquatic invertebrate projects. Miranda currently holds a Natural England level 1 great crested newt and level 1 bat license and is working toward her level 2 bat and level 1 hazel dormouse license.
Nathan is a University of Reading postgraduate with a M.Sc in Species Identification and Surveying, and an Aberystwyth University graduate with a B.Sc Honors Degree in Zoology. Having started out as an Assistant Ecologist, he has progressed to Principal Ecologist and conducted various protected species surveys for great crested newts, reptiles, barn owls, hazel dormice, badgers and bats. Nathan currently holds a Natural England level 1 great crested newt and level 2 bat license and is working toward his level 3 and 4 bat and level 1 hazel dormouse license.
Rachel is an experienced field ornithologist and ecologist based in north Suffolk. She has over ten years experience working in the environmental sector.
Specialising in on and off-shore ornithological surveys, Rachel also has experience of reptile and water vole surveys and has an extensive knowledge of British wildlife. She is experienced in winter bird surveys, wader counts, gull counts, vantage point surveys and single species surveys such as Marsh Harrier, bittern and black redstart.
Rachel is a JNCC accredited European Sea Bird at Sea (ESAS) Surveyor and JNCC Marine Mammal Observer.