Andy is HiDef’s Managing Director and moved to HiDef after 28 years with JNCC where h… Read more
OUR COMPANY
OUR PEOPLE
Board Members
Elaine Southward – Operations Director
Elaine is HiDef’s Operations Director, managing survey operations, as well as da… Read more
Martin Scott – Commercial Director
Martin brings his strong ornithology background to the role of Commercial Directo… Read more
Rhys Hexter – Technology Director
Rhys re-joined HiDef in July 2020 as HiDef’s Technology Director. He has overall re… Read more
Dr. Georg Nehls – BioConsult SH Managing Director
Georg is BioConsult SH’s Managing Director and brings over 25 years of marine envir… Read more
Technology
Simon Peckham – IT Manager
Simon joined the HiDef’s team as our IT Technician and is responsible for managing t… Read more
Tom Fail – Apprentice Infrastructure Technician
Tom started as a reviewer with us in 2013, showing keen interest with how the footage … Read more
Piotr Krol – Hardware Engineer
Piotr joined HiDef in August 2020 after moving from his previous role as an Electric… Read more
Mike Cameron – Hardware Engineer
Hardware Engineer
Adam Whitehouse – Hardware Engineer
Adam initially joined HiDef in 2014 as engineering support, he left the company due … Read more
Cameron Caine – Engineering Apprentice
Cameron joined HiDef in November 2019 as a Reviewer and quickly gained a solid under
Jonathan Wainwright – Software Developer
Jonathan started at HIDef in March 2021 and is responsible for software developmen… Read more
Consultancy & Project delivery
Dr. Grant Humphries – Lead Data Scientist
Dr. Grant Humphries joined HiDef in early 2018 and is a marine ornithologist with a b… Read more
Catherine Irwin – Lead Project Manager
Catherine has a background in geography and spatial analysis, having completed an … Read more
Billy Southward – Project Manager
Billy is our Project Manager, he started with HiDef as a PM apprentice, during this t… Read more
Ruth Peters-Grundy – Ecological Consultant
Ruth joined HiDef in 2019 as an Imagery Analyst/Ecological Consultant. She has a ba… Read more
Catriona Gall – Principal Consultant
Catriona joined HiDef as Principal Consultant in March 2020 and will be leading on E… Read more
Jaz Harker – Ecological Consultant
Jaz joined HiDef in November 2020 and has a background in marine biology gained from … Read more
Dr. Katharine Keogan – Marine Data Scientist
Dr. Kat Keogan joined HiDef as a Data Scientist in late 2020, having previously work… Read more
Kelly Macleod
Dr Kelly Macleod joined HiDef in May 2021 and is a marine mammal scientist with more t… Read more
Operations
Aidan Harrison – Operations Manager
Aidan is HiDef’s Operations Manager, he is responsible for the day to day running of … Read more
Joshua Jardine – Operations Assistant
Josh is one of our Senior Operations assistants and a member of the Operations Dep… Read more
Laura Matthews – Operations Assistant
Laura is one of our Operations assistants and a member of the Operations Departm… Read more
James Wilcock – Operations Assistant
James is one of our Operations assistants and a member of the Operations Department … Read more
Lynn Williams – Office Manager
Lynn joined HiDef as a reviewer in 2009, before moving to the role of Administration … Read more
Glenda Ellis – Administrative Assistant
Glenda joined HiDef in October 2019, before joining HiDef Glenda worked in Finance … Read more
Jacqueline Haile – Finance Officer
Jacqueline is HiDef’s Finance Officer. She has a degree in Business Studies and is C… Read more
Lead Ornithologists
Paul French – Senior Ornithologist
Paul’s role within HiDef is senior ornithologist, undertaking bird and marine mam… Read more
Richard Schofield – Senior Ornithologist
Richard brings over 35 years of ornithological technical expertise and ID to our id… Read more
Simon Pinder – Ornithologist
Simon is an Approved JNCC ESAS (European Seabirds at Sea) trainer since April 2010 w… Read more
Torcuil Grant – Ornithologist
Torcuil has acquired and developed a range of skills in a career spanning more than 1… Read more
ID Team
Amy Corrin
Andy Chick
Bill Aspin
Brian Minshul
Calum Scott
Chas Holt
Colin Nisbet
Craig Robson
Dave Farrow
Dave Poole
Dayle Bickley
Garry Taylor
Graeme Ruthven
Harry Hussey
Ian Gordon
Jake Gearty
Lynn Hobbs
Megan Watson
Micky Maher
Nick Richardson
Pete Ullrich
Rachel Griffin
Rik Morley
Stuart Rivers
Tim Drew
Tim Jones
ID Team
Amy Corrin
Andy Chick
Bill Aspin
Brian Minshul
Calum Scott
Chas Holt
Colin Nisbet
Craig Robson
Dave Farrow
Dave Poole
Dayle Bickley
Garry Taylor
Graeme Ruthven
Harry Hussey
Ian Gordon
Jake Gearty
Lynn Hobbs
Megan Watson
Micky Maher
Nick Richardson
Pete Ullrich
Rachel Griffin
Rik Morley
Stuart Rivers
Tim Drew
Tim Jones
Review Team Leaders / Auditors
Andrea Smith
Anna Edgar
Eddie Dawson
Review Team Leaders / Auditors
Andrea Smith
Anna Edgar
Eddie Dawson
Review Team
Alison Woolaghan
Angela Barrow
Arthur Cullnean
Beth Barrow
Dayne Middleton
Demi Miller
Ellis Murray
Margaret Cullinan
Mary Earl
Natalie Walker
Nathan Newstead
Russell Fail
Sophie Smith
Terrence Fail
Vicci Logan
Victoria Cullinan
Yvonne Hart
Review Team
Alison Woolaghan
Angela Barrow
Arthur Cullnean
Beth Barrow
Dayne Middleton
Demi Miller
Ellis Murray
Margaret Cullinan
Mary Earl
Natalie Walker
Nathan Newstead
Russell Fail
Sophie Smith
Terrence Fail
Vicci Logan
Victoria Cullinan
Yvonne Hart
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