AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ramboll Environ is pleased to announce the establishment of an office in Auckland, New Zealand. Principal Kenneth Macdonald and Senior Manager Dr Daniel McClary will lead the firm's New Zealand operations from the new Auckland office of the global environmental, health and sustainability consultancy.
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Kenneth Macdonald has more than 25 years of regulatory and consulting experience in water quality, industrial pollution control, regulatory compliance and auditing. He has worked for a range of public- and private-sector organisations, including 15 years working for environmental protection authorities in Scotland and Europe and more than a dozen years as an environmental consultant in the UK, Europe, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. His clients represent a wide range of sectors, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, power, food and drink, cement and lime, steel production, pulp and paper, water, wastewater and transport. A Chartered Chemist and a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, Ken has published on the effects of environmental regulation on business competitiveness, and lectured on environmental management at the post-graduate level. Most recently, he managed implementation of a major environmental and public health improvement programme in the Cook Islands, which involved establishing new policies and legislation, building technical teams, developing water quality monitoring programmes, and upgrading sanitation systems at 240 sites.
Dr Daniel McClary is a marine biologist with over 25 years of international experience in marine science research, consulting and management. He has significant expertise in marine biosecurity and in assessing the effects and impacts of industry on the environment. Dan has provided strategic regulatory support to a wide variety of commercial clients and government agencies in New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia. He has been listed by the United Nations Environment Programme on the Roster of Experts in marine and coastal biodiversity and biosecurity. An Associate Editor with the Journal of Aquaculture and Marine Biology, he is past President of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society and past Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board of the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.
Brian Bell, Managing Principal of Ramboll Environ's Australian and New Zealand operations, says, "We are very excited by these developments. Establishing operations in New Zealand this year represents a significant step for us. We are pleased to be building our business there with such high-caliber professionals. The Auckland-based staff will be supported by our existing global network, enabling us to assist regional clients with all of our global service capabilities."
Ken and Dan can be reached at:
Ramboll Environ New Zealand Limited | Level 7, 62 Victoria Street West, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
kmacdonald@environcorp.com | dmcclary@environcorp.com | +64 (0)9 303 0170
About Ramboll Environ
Ramboll Environ is a leading global environmental and health consulting firm with 2200 consultants working across 130 offices in 26 countries. We help a diverse industrial, financial, legal and government client base to solve their most challenging environmental, health and social issues and support a sustainable society. Ramboll Environ was formed by the December 2014 acquisition of global consultancy ENVIRON by Ramboll.
About Ramboll
Ramboll is a leading engineering, design and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945. The company employs close to 12,500 experts. With more than 300 offices in 35 countries, Ramboll combines local experience with a global knowledge base constantly striving to achieve inspiring and exacting solutions that make a genuine difference to our customers, the end-users and society as a whole. Ramboll works across the markets: Buildings, Transport, Environment, Water, Energy, Oil & Gas and Management Consulting.
