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MRA's head office IS located IN sydney, nSW. WE ALSO HAVE OFFICES IN MELBOURNE, PERTH AND CANBERRA.
MRA is a dynamic team with solid experience and heavy-hitting qualifications.
Mike Ritchie Mike Ritchie
Managing Director
MSc Oxford, MBA Sydney and BSc Hons Griffith University

With 25 years experience in environmental policy and business development, Mike is currently Chair of the Carbon Division and AWT Working Group and Director of Environment Business Australia.

He has previously been General Manager with several major waste companies, National Vice President and NSW President of WMAA, and Sessional Commissioner of the Land and Environment Court NSW.

David Cocks
Katherine Dodd
General Manager & Principal Consultant – Strategy
BSc Environmental & Physical Geography

Katherine specialises in project and contract management, circular economy, waste management strategies, feasibility studies, options analysis, waste collection systems and resource recovery.

Dr Ron Wainberg
Dr Ron Wainberg
Technical Director
BEng Hons 1, PhD Chemical Engineering

With over 30 years experience in the waste sector, Ron specialises in project and contract management, waste management strategies, waste processing technologies, resource recovery, technical advice and quality review.

David Cocks
David Cocks
Victoria & Tasmania Manager
BSc (Hons) Computer Science

David specialises in business development, waste and resource recovery strategy and program delivery.

Esther Hughes Bruce Edgerton
Canberra Regional Manager & Principal Consultant
MBA, BEng (Hons 1) Chemical Engineering

Bruce specialises in policy and strategy, business case development, infrastructure procurement, waste management and resource recovery, and renewable energy and sustainable transport fuels.

Virginia Brunton
Virginia Brunton
Principal Consultant – Organics & Community Engagement
MSc Sustainable Agriculture, BSc Environmental Biology

Virginia specialises in natural resource management, recycled organics and sustainability.

Dimitris Dimoliatis Dimitris Dimoliatis
Principal Consultant – Strategy & Policy
MSc Environmental Management, BSc Hons Applied Ecology

Dimitris specialises in local government strategies, cost modelling and landfill pricing.

Esther Hughes Esther Hughes
Principal Environmental Consultant – Planning & Approvals
BA Hons Classical Studies, MA Coptic Studies, Grad Dip URP, MEnvSc Environmental Impact Assessment

Esther specialises in planning, environmental/sustainability
consulting, EIS and SEE.

Victoria Bond
Victoria Bond
Principal Consultant
MRes Recycling Technology, BSc Geography (Hons)

Victoria is a chartered Waste Manager (M.CIWM) specialising in waste strategy, waste infrastructure, resource recovery and collections, natural resource management, landfill operations management, environmental monitoring and waste planning.

Victoria Bond
Phil Black
Principal Consultant
BEng, Graduate Diploma Process Technology

With a strong industry background including EIS, process optimisation and air emissions, Phil specialises in waste strategy and infrastructure, waste minimisation, resource recovery and collections, landfill and waste operations, process engineering, risk management and environmental management planning.

Victoria Bond
Richard Paschke
Senior Consultant
Dipl Environmental Management

Richard has a strong background in waste services procurement, including ACCC approvals and collaborative kerbside tenders. He specialises in contracts drafting, waste tender development, procurement, landfill operations, landfill management and design, and planning and approvals.

 
Tay Lai Chan Tay Lai Chan
Environmental Consultant – Policy & Contracts Specialist
LL.B, LL.M

Tay specialises in contracts drafting, policy and strategy, legal risk analysis, negotiations and advising.

Emma Yuen
Emma Yuen
Senior Environmental Consultant – Grants
BE Chemical, BCom, CPA, MEng

Emma specialises in waste audits, business analysis, financial analysis, forecasting and cost/benefit analysis.

Matt Hyatt Matt Hyatt
Senior Environmental Consultant
BSc Env Ecology Hons

Matt specialises in waste management, waste regulations, waste audits, organics recycling, project management and research.

James Cosgrove
James Cosgrove
Senior Environmental Consultant
BSc Earth Science, BSocSc Geography/Social Research and Policy

James specialises in compliance assessments, EIS, SEE and waste management plans.

Claire Mahendradatta Claire Mahendradatta
Senior Environmental Consultant
BSc Environmental Forensics

Claire specialises in waste audits, waste management
for public and private sectors, environmental/sustainability
education and organic laboratory sample production
(contaminated soil).

Claire Mahendradatta Raman McCaskill
Environmental Consultant
BSc Environmental Science

Raman specialises in waste audits, waste management, sustainable buildings, renewables and carbon, project management, consolidated cost modelling and multi-criteria analysis.

Maya Deacock
Maya Deacock
Environmental Consultant
BSc Env Ecology (Hons)

Maya specialises in waste assessments, audits, research and waste management plans.

Robin Gonzalez Carmona
Robin Gonzalez Carmona
Environmental Consultant
MEng Sustainability and Environmental, MBA, BEng Chemical

Robin specialises in carbon modelling, business and financial analysis, research and data analytics.

James Smith
Environmental Consultant
BEng Environmental Engineering

James specialises in waste assessments, audits, research and waste management plans.

Solomon Wadani
Ashlee Bowen
Halve Waste Project Officer & Environmental Consultant
BSc Environmental Science and Management

Ashlee specialises in customer service, community engagement, project implementation, environmental education and awareness, waste minimisation, waste assessments and networking.

Solomon Wadani
Solomon Wadani
Environmental Consultant
BEnvSci Marine Biology (Hons – First Class)

Solomon specialises in environmental monitoring, research, organics and modelling.

Kala Thiruchelvam
Kala Thiruchelvam
Finance Manager
BBus Accounting, CIMAUK

Kala provides financial bookkeeping and accounting support to the MRA team.

Doris McDonald-Seaton
Doris McDonald-Seaton
Office Manager & Personal Assistant
BA (Hons) Political Science & Sociology, MA International Relations & Peace and Conflict Studies

Doris specialises in executive and personal assistance, administrative management, office management, HR management and project logistics.

Doris McDonald-Seaton
Palwasha Arif
Office & Administration Assistant
BA (Hons) Economics

Palwasha provides administrative support to the MRA team.

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