Martin brings his strong ornithology background to the role of Managing Director. … 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
Rhys Hexter – Technology Director
Rhys re-joined HiDef in July 2020 as HiDef’s Technology Director. He has overall re… Read more
Julie Sibbald – PA / Board Secretary
Julie has worked for several years as an Executive Assistant within the Aquacultur… Read more
Dr. Georg Nehls – BioConsult SH Managing Director
Georg is owner of HiDef and BioConsult SH’s Managing Director, bringing over 30 yea… Read more
Consultancy & Project delivery
Dr Kelly Macleod – Head of Science
Dr Kelly Macleod joined HiDef in May 2021 and is a marine mammal scientist with more t… Read more
Dr. Grant Humphries – Lead Data Scientist
Dr. Grant Humphries joined HiDef in early 2018 and is a marine ornithologist with a b… Read more
Dilwyn Jones – Business Development Manager
Dilwyn Jones has recently started at HiDef as the Business Development Manager. He … Read more
Catherine Irwin – Senior Project Manager
Catherine has a background in geography and spatial analysis, having completed an … Read more
Kate Tyler – GIS Data Analyst
Kate joined HiDef in October 2021. Kate’s background is in History and Heritage, ha… Read more
Mairi Semple – Project Manager
Mairi joined HiDef in June 2021 as an Image Analyst. She has a background in marine bi… Read more
Ruth Peters-Grundy – Senior 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
Rory Thomson – Marine Data Scientist
Rory recently joined HiDef in March 2022 as part of the Data Science team. He has deve… Read more
William Peden – Marine Data Scientist
William joined HiDef in 2022 bringing a range of skills having previously worked in … Read more
Diane Pavat – Ecological Consultant
Diane recently joined HiDef in October 2021 as an Ecological Consultant. She has a b… Read more
David Thain – Project Manager
David is responsible for the planning and oversight of a variety of projects. Ensur… Read more
Anna Macklin – Project Manager
Anna joined HiDef in June 2022 as a Project Manager. She has a passion for the marine … Read more
Technology
Andy MacBain – Head of ICT
Andy joined HiDef as Head of ICT. Andy brings with him over 35 years of IT Technical Su… Read more
Tom Fail – Infrastructure Technician
Tom started as a reviewer with us in 2013, showing keen interest with how the footage … Read more
Adam Whitehouse – Engineering Manager
Adam initially joined HiDef in 2014 as engineering support, he left the company due … Read more
Mike Cameron – Hardware Engineer
Hardware Engineer
Piotr Krol – Hardware Engineer
Piotr joined after moving from his previous role as an Electrical Engineer where he … Read more
Joe Patterson – Engineering Technician
Joe joined the team as an Engineering technician, Having previously served in the R… Read more
Simon Peckham – Engineering Technician
Simon joined the HiDef’s team as our IT Technician and is responsible for managing t… Read more
Cameron Caine – Engineering Apprentice
Cameron joined HiDef as a Reviewer and quickly gained a solid understanding of the H
Jonathan Wainwright – Software Developer
Jonathan is responsible for software development for a number of projects at HiDef … Read more
Calum Burgess – Software Developer
After secondary school in 2016 Calum moved to Cumbria and studied Computing at coll… Read more
Stephen Mazurek – R&D Project Manager
Steve joined HiDef in April 2022 as an R&D Project Manager. He has a background i… Read more
Will Houghton – Research and Development Engineer
Will has a varied background in engineering disciplines gained from his MEng in Aer… 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 – Senior Operations Controller
Josh is one of our Senior Operations assistants and a member of the Operations Dep… Read more
Laura Matthews – Operations Controller
Laura is one of our Operations Controllers and a member of the Operations Departm… Read more
Sarah Lucas – Operations Controller
Sarah is one of our Operations controllers joining HiDef in September 2021. She has
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Shannon Standing – Operations Controller
Shannon is one of our Operations Controllers, and a member of the Operations Depart… Read more
Daniel Goodfellow – Operations Controller
Daniel joined our Flight Operation team in February 2022. Daniel joined us with pr… 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
Joan Walsh – Finance Manager
Joan Walsh joined the HiDef team in 2022 to provide additional guidance and support … Read more
Jacqueline Haile – Finance Officer
Jacqueline is HiDef’s Finance Officer. She has a degree in Business Studies and is C… Read more
Laura Taylor – Finance and Admin Officer
I have very recently relocated to Gosforth after living in Accrington in Lancashir
Isaac Wilson – Operations Controller
Karen Armstrong – HR Manager
Karen Armstrong joined the HiDef management team in May 2022 as HR Manager. Karen ha… 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
Adam Hutt
Amy Corrin
Bill Aspin
Calum Scott
Dave Farrow
Dave Pullan
Garry Taylor
Graeme Ruthven
Graham Smith
Harry Hussey
Ian Dearing
Ian Gordon
Jonathan Farooqi
Jonnie Fisk
Lynn Hobbs
Megan Watson
Michael Murphy
Micky Maher
Nick Richardson
Pete Morris
Pete Ullrich
Rachel Griffin
Rik Morley
Steve Mann
Stuart Rivers
Tim Jones
ID Team
Adam Hutt
Amy Corrin
Bill Aspin
Calum Scott
Dave Farrow
Dave Pullan
Garry Taylor
Graeme Ruthven
Graham Smith
Harry Hussey
Ian Dearing
Ian Gordon
Jonathan Farooqi
Jonnie Fisk
Lynn Hobbs
Megan Watson
Michael Murphy
Micky Maher
Nick Richardson
Pete Morris
Pete Ullrich
Rachel Griffin
Rik Morley
Steve Mann
Stuart Rivers
Tim Jones
Review Team Leaders / Auditors
Andrea Smith
Natalie Walker
Review Team Leaders / Auditors
Andrea Smith
Natalie Walker
Review Team
Abbi Bennett
Alex Murray
Angela Barrow
Anna Edgar
Arthur Cullnean
Claire O’Neill
Daniel Tinnion
Dave Gair
Dayne Middleton
Demi Miller
Eddie Dawson
Eilidh Kyle
Ellis Murray
Jackie Bell
Jennifer McLachlan
Jordan Eland
Keelan Sharp
Lorna Turner-Jepson
Louise Nicholson
Lynda Stephenson
Marcus Renney
Margaret Cullinan
Martin Graham
Mary Earl
Michael Talbot
Morgan Cape
Natasha Dawson
Nathan Newstead
Nicole Benson
Poppy Crowe
Russell Fail
Ryan Garner
Scott Hucknall
Sophie Smith
Terrence Fail
Yvonne Hart
Review Team
Abbi Bennett
Alex Murray
Angela Barrow
Anna Edgar
Arthur Cullnean
Claire O’Neill
Daniel Tinnion
Dave Gair
Dayne Middleton
Demi Miller
Eddie Dawson
Eilidh Kyle
Ellis Murray
Jackie Bell
Jennifer McLachlan
Jordan Eland
Keelan Sharp
Lorna Turner-Jepson
Louise Nicholson
Lynda Stephenson
Marcus Renney
Margaret Cullinan
Martin Graham
Mary Earl
Michael Talbot
Morgan Cape
Natasha Dawson
Nathan Newstead
Nicole Benson
Poppy Crowe
Russell Fail
Ryan Garner
Scott Hucknall
Sophie Smith
Terrence Fail
Yvonne Hart
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