Who we are

At Elgin Associates we provide environmental consulting services for projects in terrestrial, coastal, marine and freshwater environments. Our specialist areas of expertise are water quality, marine ecology and contaminated site assessment.

We have internal resource capacity, expertise and experience with logistics and planning in order to provide advanced, novel environmental advice and solutions. We maintain inhouse equipment so that we can respond quickly to project needs, including vehicles, boats, remotely operated video, sampling pumps, landfill gas analysers, water quality meters, and numerous other sampling equipment.

Our consultants work with advanced field taxonomic skills to maximise outputs on surveys and have expertise in science communication and engagement to work with any community groups involved.

Formed in 2007 by our three principal scientists – Dr Luke Finley, Andrew Roberts and Dr Nicholas Yee, Elgin Associates brings together more than 60 years collective knowledge and experience developed from our individual backgrounds in consulting, research and industry.

Our scientists work with you through all stages of your project to provide innovative and effective advice to ensure long-term solutions that benefit the client, community and environment.

Our People

Luke Finley

Managing Director & Senior Principal Environmental Scientist

Luke is Managing Director and Senior Principal Environmental Scientist at Elgin Associates with over 25 years’ experience working in the fields of marine ecology, environmental monitoring, landfill gas and environmental management.

Andrew Roberts

Senior Principal Environmental Scientist

Andrew is a Senior Principal Environmental Scientist and Director of Elgin Associates with over 25 years of experience in the environmental field and has been a Certified Environmental Practitioner since 2009.

Nicholas Yee

Senior Principal Environmental Scientist

Nicholas is a Senior Principal Environmental Scientist and Director of Elgin Associates Pty Ltd with over 25 years of experience working in marine and freshwater environments with specialist expertise in marine macroalgal taxonomy and ecology.

Sophie Le Roux

Senior Principal Environmental Scientist

Sophie is a Senior Principal Environmental Chemist with 25 years’ experience in regulatory compliance, contaminated land management and remediation, hazardous waste management and water quality assessments.

Daniel Laver

Principal Environmental Scientist

Daniel is an experienced Principal Environmental Scientist with over 20 years project delivery experience encompassing the design and implementation of complex contaminated site investigations, site remediation and health and environmental risk assessment.

Tim Smith

Principal Environmental Geologist

Tim is a geologist and environmental consultant with over 20 years’ experience managing and collaborating on environmental assessment, human health and environmental risk assessment and remediation projects across Australia. His contribution to the environmental industry spans multiple market sectors including oil and gas, Defence, state and territory government, mining and aviation.

Erika Heiden

Associate Environmental Scientist

Erika is an Associate contaminated lands specialist with over 15 years experience providing specialist advice and technical services across a range of sectors, with a particular interest in all aspects of environmental due diligence, data and analytics.

Annette Heath

Senior Environmental Scientist / Field Manager

Annette has more than 15 years’ experience with undertaking field surveys, preparing environmental impact assessments and developing environmental management plans.

Holly Baird

Senior Marine Scientist

Holly is a Senior Marine Scientist with experience in marine ecology, invasive marine pest detection and management and documentation of the marine environment through photography, videography, and visual survey. Holly is an ADAS Part II Surface Supply Diver and assists Elgin with both vessel and diving operations.

Ruginia Duffy

Senior Environmental Scientist

Ruginia has over 10 years’ experience in environmental management, having worked in mining and natural resource management, is experienced with field sampling and GIS, and holds a remote pilot licence.

Chris Fortini

Environmental Scientist

Chris is a an Environmental Scientist with 9 year’s experience in environmental management and conservation. Having worked in regulatory compliance, water quality and aquatic ecology, Chris is experienced in remote area fieldwork and holds a PADI Divemaster and ADAS Scientific Diver accreditation.

Hudson Trigg

Environmental Scientist

Hudson is an Environmental Scientist with six years of experience in contaminated site assessment, management, and remediation. He has worked on multi-phased assessments across various industry sectors in South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania.

Hudson Trigg

Tom Mailler

Environmental Engineer

Tom is an Environmental Engineer working in contaminated land management. Having worked on a wide range of environmental site assessment and remediation projects, Tom is experienced in both field and desktop assessment, GIS and data management.

Roger Scott

Environmental Scientist

(Casual)

Roger started his career as an Environmental Scienist in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. In 2005 he retrained as a film maker and has been working as a lighting technician, writer and director. Roger now assists Elgin as an Environmental Scientist on a casual basis.

Bikram Sedhai

Graduate Geospatial Scientist (GIS)

Bikram is an early-career Environmental Geospatial Scientist with a multidisciplinary background and experience in GIS and remote sensing. He began his career in the development sector and brings strong skills in spatial analysis and field data collection to support environmental monitoring projects.

Ben Sullivan

Lead Marine Technician / Scientist

(Casual)

Ben has over 20 years experience working on a wide range of commercial fishing boats as a scientific observer, managing at-sea teams and working to design and test bycatch mitigation reduction technology.

Lachlan Dorward

Graduate Scientist

Lachlan is an early career trainee scientist that assists Elgin with field programs and office based activities whenever possible.