
Alison Carruthers
Alison is an Associate Hydrogeologist at Mott MacDonald working primarily on contaminated land but also providing support for water resources projects. Alison is a Chartered Geologist and SiLC with over 20 years’ experience. She has a BSc in Geology from Manchester University, an MSc in Hydrogeology from UCL and a PhD in hydrogeochemistry from UCL/Natural History Museum / Royal Institution. Her experience includes site work (usually either in the UK in dire weather conditions or basking heat in the Middle East). She spent some time on secondment to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency reviewing various planning applications and their impacts to human health or water resources. She has used various models to simulate geochemical interactions and fate and transport, from MODFLOW to ConSim, PHREEQC and ab inito models looking at surficial interactions.

Allan Bell
Regional Director for Land Quality, Hydrock
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Matthew Axton
Matthew has been a regulator since 2014, currently with South Cambridgeshire District Council and previously at West Suffolk Council covering air quality, contaminated land and permitting. Matthew has over 15 years’ experience in the contaminated land industry having previously managed the Geotechnical department at a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy where he worked on a range of projects from desk studies to site investigations, risk assessments and remediation throughout the east and southeast of England. Matthew also has experience working at the Environment Agency and for a specialist Geophysics surveying company. He holds a Master’s Degree in Geology from the University of Leicester.

Nathan Pittam
Senior Environmental Management Officer at Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
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Matt Lennard
Matt is Principal Geo-Environmental Engineer for NHBC, Chartered Geologist and Accredited Risk Assessor for human health and vapour intrusion with the Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA). Specialising in contaminated land risk investigation and risk assessment, he has over 20 years professional experience working for consultants, contractors, regulators and land-owners in all phases of contaminated land management from initial desk studies to site investigation, DQRA and remediation. Matt holds a MSc in Applied Environmental Geology from Cardiff University and a BSc in Geophysical Sciences from Southampton University.

Colleen Nunn
Colleen Nunn is Associate Director at TRC Companies Ltd. She has over 20 years professional experience in the investigation, assessment and remediation of contaminated land sites across the UK and has particular interest in waste classification, materials management and asbestos in soil. Colleen is a Chartered Geologist and a registered Qualified Person with respect to the CL:AIRE Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice (DoWCoP). Colleen holds a MSc in Environmental Biogeochemistry from the University of Newcastle, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (2000) and an undergraduate degree in Environmental Geoscience from University of Wales, Cardiff (1999).

Diane Robson
Director, Green Earth Management Company (GEMCO)
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Jim Dawson
Director Geosphere Environmental
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