Our Team

Adrian Caneris

Managing Director, Senior Principal Wildlife Specialist

Dip Man, MEIANZ, CEnvP Ecology Specialist

Adrian is a Certified Environmental Practitioner – Ecology Specialist (EIANZ) with expertise in vertebrate fauna assessment and identification, assessment of terrestrial habitats, ecological monitoring, wildlife management, biodiversity planning, feral species management and community liaison and facilitation. He has been involved in research, management, consulting, tertiary teaching and community based studies of terrestrial ecology, particularly vertebrate fauna, throughout South-east Queensland for over 30 years.

Adrian has undertaken specialist consultancy work for local and state governments and private organisations, undertaking fauna investigations and providing advice for fauna management and species recovery planning for numerous projects and significant species management.

Throughout his career Adrian has been appointed to numerous advisory and/or management committees. His experience and expertise are regularly sought for matters before the Queensland Planning and Environment Court and as independent advice for local governments to provide peer review and/or advice on significant development applications.

His commitment to the application of sound scientific investigation techniques to wildlife management issues is valued by policy-makers, land use planners, land managers, community organisations and private enterprise in Queensland.

He is a recognised leader in wildlife management and through his career he has been a pioneer on and responsible for numerous projects which have advanced the knowledge or application of wildlife management. Adrian has been the state president for the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland and is a founding member and Director of the Wildlife Land Trust Ltd Qld.

Paulette Jones

Managing Director, Senior Principal Environmental Scientist, Compliance Manager

BSc, Grad Cert, Dip Man, FEIANZ, CEnvP

Paulette is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (EIANZ) with expertise in natural resource planning and management, impact assessment and environmental project management. She has been an environmental consultant for over 30 years, primarily contributing to the ecological components of multidisciplinary assessments, but also as a manager of environmental assessments for a broad range of projects in Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. Her experience is varied from undertaking and/or managing ecological assessments of port facilities, army training areas, airport radar towers and mines, to the management of environmental impact statements for major industrial facilities.

Over the past 20 years with BAAM Paulette’s work has been focused on terrestrial ecology. Paulette’s technical responsibilities include taking a Project Director role for major projects, researching, and writing ecological assessments, training and mentoring internal project managers, and editing reports issued by BAAM. Her managerial responsibilities include developing, enhancing, and managing BAAM’s Quality Management System.

Jedd Appleton

Director, Operations and Technical Manager, Senior Ecologist

BSc (Hons), MEIANZ, CEnvP

Jedd is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (EIANZ) and an experienced project manager who has been responsible for the preparation and coordination of reports to a diverse range of clients and applications, including large Environmental Impact Statements.

During his 18 years as an environmental and ecological consultant he has fulfilled numerous roles in various aspects of environmental management that has required knowledge of numerous disciplines, particularly terrestrial, riparian and aquatic ecology, environmental legislation and planning.

Jedd has been involved in the management of numerous projects and participated in numerous comprehensive field surveys throughout his employment, as well as a number of professional and voluntary field and literature-based research programs.

His key duties including project tracking, project team coordination, client and sub-consultant liaison, the preparation and coordination of fee proposals and preparation and coordination of ethics clearance and scientific use applications and procedures for regulatory authorities and BAAM staff. Jedd prepares formal impact assessment and environmental management documentation for a range of clients and applications and his role includes reviewing BAAM’s reports for Quality Assurance purposes.

Penn Lloyd

Director, Senior Principal Ecologist

PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), MEIANZ, CEnvP Ecology Specialist

Penn is a Certified Environmental Practitioner – Ecology Specialist (EIANZ). He has 30 years of field experience as a researcher in the fields of ornithology and conservation biology, having worked on animal communities in a wide variety of habitats in six different countries in Africa, North America, and now Australia. Since joining BAAM in 2010, Penn has undertaken baseline studies and/or contributed to fauna sections of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for small and large infrastructure projects.

He has also managed and authored the reports for a variety of ecological assessments and species management plans/programs within the mining, infrastructure, industrial and residential sectors.

Penn has extensive experience with methods for surveying and measuring animal abundance and breeding productivity. He also has expert knowledge of the taxonomy, biology and population ecology of various animal groups, particularly birds, the key ecological processes that limit animal distribution and abundance, has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications in these fields, and continues to peer review for international ecological journals.

He has a keen interest in continuously improving ecological survey techniques, habitat mapping methodologies and reporting to ensure best practice ecological assessment to meet relevant Commonwealth, State and local government guidelines.

Elizabeth Williams

Principal Ecologist and Ecology Team Lead

PhD, BSc (Hons), MEIANZ

Elizabeth has expertise in vertebrate and invertebrate surveys, monitoring, research and advice, particularly related to applied ecological challenges in the resources industries and threatened species conservation. Additionally, she has experience in ecosystem restoration planning, monitoring, assessment and recommendations for various end-uses, including natural habitat, grazing and tourism.

Elizabeth has over 18 years’ experience working on a range of projects in Queensland and New South Wales, spanning ecology, invasive species management, wildlife conservation, habitat restoration and land management. She has also provided advice and represented Queensland and Australia at national and international forums on best-practice methods for land and species management.

Elizabeth has numerous scientific and community publications on her fauna projects, particularly relating to microbats, birds and invertebrates.

Peter Spencer

Principal Botanist

BSc Hons, MEIANZ

His professional skills include field ecology, specialising in plant identification and vegetation mapping, report writing, ecological data analysis, project management, and environmental and planning regulation, EPBC Act, development assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment.

Colin Trainor

Senior Ecologist

PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), MEIANZ

Colin has a broad range of experience and expertise in ecological consultancy and wildlife conservation research nationally and internationally. He has been involved in targeted surveys of threatened mammals in Victoria and broad-scale wildlife surveys in the Northern Territory. Colin has been involved in research, consulting, and community-based studies of terrestrial ecology, particularly avifauna for over 15 years.

He has provided specialist advice for a range of projects, applying field and literature-based research, including specialist knowledge, coordination and application of ecological survey techniques and data analysis. These have included major infrastructure projects including mine expansions, wind farms and airports. He has experience on projects focussing on development impacts on migrant shorebirds in Australia and Timor-Leste.

Colin has numerous publications covering his fauna work in Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Australia, particularly covering effects on avian status and threats. He has delivered extensive technical reports on fauna and biodiversity surveys including Dili Airport, Iralalaro Hydropower scheme, Wetar Island and Fortescue marsh.

Chris Sanderson

Senior Ecologist

BSc (Hons), MEIANZ

Chris is a highly experienced fauna ecologist with expertise in both vertebrate and invertebrate identification, habitat assessment, monitoring and research. He has worked in environmental consulting, research, government, and environmental NGOs, including 5 years with the Queensland Government producing policy and legislative tools like essential habitat mapping and the Biodiversity Planning Assessments and Aquatic Conservation Assessments. In addition to general fauna skills, he is an expert in migratory shorebirds.

Chris has over 20 years of experience working on a diverse range of projects in all states and territories in Australia, ranging from general fauna impact assessments to research projects and publications on birds, reptiles, butterflies, and threatened species policy. This includes contributing to the 2017 complete reassessment of Australian squamate reptiles for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and contributing to the Queensland Government’s offset policy for threatened Brigalow Belt reptiles.

Shelley Trevaskis

Senior Ecologist

BSc, MEIANZ, CEnvP

Shelley is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (EIANZ) with expertise in ecological survey, environmental planning and project management.

Shelley has 14 years’ experience as an environmental consultant. She has also been employed in bush regeneration on North Stradbroke Island and carried out a role with the (former) Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) on North Stradbroke Island during the establishment of the national park and the resolution of native title over parts of the island.

Shelley has experience and skills in flora and fauna identification and fieldwork techniques, report writing and project management. She also maintains an up-to-date knowledge of relevant environmental ordinances (local, state, federal) relating to environmental management, particularly with regards to flora and fauna.

Victoria Thomson

Senior Ecologist

Victoria is a Senior Ecologist at BAAM with over five years’ experience delivering ecological assessment, threatened species management and environmental advisory services across Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. She has led projects involving threatened species management, disease management, environmental offset delivery, and the provision of specialist ecological advice for the aviation and Defence sectors.

Her experience includes threatened species population monitoring and management, environmental offset management, and environmental compliance for major infrastructure projects, particularly within the transport sector.

Victoria has provided specialist advice to government and private industry on raptor biology and ecology, particularly in relation to nesting management. She also provided specialist expertise on wildlife hazard management during the planning and design of a major international airport, as well as projects within the Defence sector.

She has also contributed to the development of government strategies for koala conservation and management and is well published in scientific literature.

Nicole Bonney

Project Ecologist

BSc Env Sc, AdvDip Urban Horticulture, AdvDip Aquatic Resource Management, Diploma of Arboriculture (AQF Level 5 Certified Arborist), MEIANZ

Nicky is a Project Ecologist with expertise in plant ecology, land management, urban horticulture, project management and stakeholder engagement. She is skilled in communication and is accustomed to working with diverse stakeholders including government departments, resource and private industries, research faculties and Indigenous groups.

Her current role includes development of rehabilitation plans, implementation of protected plant monitoring and assessment, planning and implementation of protected plant translocations, desktop and field ecological assessments, and reporting on matters of national (MNES), state, (MSES) and local ecological significance (MLES) .

Conor O’Brien

Project Ecologist

BSc, MEIANZ

Conor is a Project Ecologist with expertise in vegetation and botanical surveys and ecological restoration, with six years experience in bushland regeneration. His current role includes including desktop, field-based ecological assessment and report preparation.

Juliann Cregan

Administration Manager

Jules is responsible for project establishment, logistics, invoicing and receipts.

She has over 30 years of accounts and administrative experience and is currently studying a diploma of accounting to ensure that her skills are up to date.