AURORA ENVIRONMENTAL - Key Persons


Brad Dermody

Job Titles:
  • Principal Environmental Scientist
  • Technical Director / DWER Accredited Contaminated Sites Auditor
Brad is a renowned principal environmental scientist with over 20 years of consulting experience. He is dedicated to delivering responsive, high-quality, and clear guidance. His pragmatic and collaborative approach ensures effective solutions for our clients contaminated site issues. Brad applies his broad technical skills and experience to provide risk-based, cost effective and tailored solutions to contaminated site assessment, remediation and management projects. Brad is also a WA DWER Accredited Contaminated Site Auditor.

Bryony Frith

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Office Manager
Bryony has numerous years' experience in business administration, project management and leadership. She has a passion for identifying processes which enable efficiency and simplicity whilst maintaining a high standard of quality output and delivering optimum level support.

Greg Milner

Job Titles:
  • Director / Principal Scientist - Contaminated Land
Greg has worked in most fields of the environmental sector with a primary focus on site contamination assessment and remediation. His competency, cooperative approach and ability to form productive working relationships are valued by clients. His particular experience is within brownfields projects.

Mark Shepherd - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Founder
  • Special Projects Manager
Mark is the founder of Aurora Environmental who specialises in Intractable Waste and Karst Management. He is now the Special Projects Manager and is focussed on expanding our Radiation Consulting services

Melanie Price

Job Titles:
  • Director ( Albany ) / Principal Scientist - EIA
Melanie has extensive experience in strategic environmental planning for natural resource management, including risk assessment related to climate change, impact assessment for development, and facilitating community consultation.

Paul Zuvela

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / Principal Scientist - EIA
Paul's expertise is in EIA across various sectors including land development, infrastructure and mining. He has a thorough understanding of issues related to managing flora, vegetation, fauna, wetlands, drainage, coastal and riverine environments, as well as statutory obligations and approvals processes.

Renee Rattray

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • General Manager
Renee is responsible for day-to-day operations of Aurora Environmental and has been an integral member of the business since its inception in 2011. She is an inquisitive and adaptive problem solver with proven skills in delivering operational outcomes.

Stephen Patmore

Job Titles:
  • Director / Contaminated Sites Manager
Stephen has been working as an environmental consultant specialising in contaminated sites since 2011 and has been with Aurora Environmental since 2016 and currently manages our Contaminated Sites team. Stephen has a specific interest in being able to identify and pragmatically address environmental risks for clients whilst being mindful of financial / commercial and legal liabilities when developing outcomes-based project strategies.