Tom is a scientist and expert witness on water quality in New Zealand, building on strong background in tertiary research, industry and local government agencies. His technical expertise is centred on freshwater and coastal science, resource management policy and integrated catchment management for rural pand urban stakeholders including mana whenua, pastoral and horticultural sectors and central government.
Tom’s previous responsibilities have included leading water quality accounting in Auckland Council (Freshwater Management Tool – sources of, effects of, management interventions for and optimal investment strategies to manage for instream, lake and coastal water quality objectives) and more recently, supporting the Kaipara Moana Remediation programme (mana whenua-government partnership) to develop a bespoke catchment decision-support tool for remediation of instream and harbour water quality (Tātaki Wai, acting as product owner for the $200M remediation group).
Tom also has experience with operating at the science-engineering-planning interface to generate rigorous evidence for decisions on state and trend, causes for, remediation options and costing for alternative approaches to managing waterway health.