Staff and Trustees

Staff:

Peter Campbell - Environment Centre Manager

Sonya Sedgwick - Trees for Hawke's Bay Nursery Manager

Sonya has been with the nursery since March 2008. She has a Bachelor of Resource Studies in Ecology from Lincoln University and can provide Landscape Ecology assistance.

Trustees:

Ben Keet - Chairman

Ben started his career at the Free University of Amsterdam, teaching groundwater modelling for 5 years. Shell saw him travelling the world for 5 years and then in 1988 he started his own business here in New Zealand which soon expanded into the Australian market. In 1993 he started a Bioremediation Research and Development company in Holland. He has worked on over 4000 contaminated site projects in 10 different countries and is still very active in research and development which over the last 3 years has expanded to include alternative energy sources, waste to energy and adaptation to climate change projects as well as initiating the Environmental Protection Association Inc. in 2008.

Ian Coard M.Eng.

Ian is currently working on sustainable liquid fuel solutions for New Zealand and Pacific Islands. He has worked in the Oil & Gas industry for most of his 32 year career involving capital stewardship of major projects focusing on the establishment of new businesses in Asia, Middle East and Latin America. His experience includes the development of wide range of oil industry systems, standards & processes for white oils, black oils, aviation, marine, lubes, asphalt, ethanol, CNG & LPG. He retired in 2007 as Chevron's Manager - Global Downstream Projects (Houston) and was up to 2002 Manager - Engineering & Projects for Caltex International (Dallas & Singapore) and up to 1997 Manager - Operations Engineering for Caltex NZ. His objectives for the SHBT are true sustainability of the New Zealand society which he sees to be under threat due to a move of oil being a commodity to oil being a strategic asset.

Royston Gillett M.Ed.

Royston has 25 yrs experience in teaching, managing international schools in Africa and SE Asia and the last 7 years auditor of the international school exams for the regions Africa and South East Asia. He has a wide range of knowledge on chemicals in our daily environment, the effects they have on human health and analytical procedures. Over the last years Royston has also worked on many aspects of chemicals affecting daily living of residents in Hawkes Bay and with the sustainability of an organic farm and farm stay business leading marketing and advertising campaigns

Steve Rutherford

Steve has a farming background and has spent the last 25 years overseas developing a number of business enterprises. He has extensive experience in all aspects of the business environment including management, staffing, administration, marketing and promotion. More recently Steve has set up a thriving worm farming enterprise on his farm and is now our key supplier for worms at the Environment Centre.