Tristan has over 20 years of experience as an Environmental Engineer working across a variety of sectors including process engineering, water, solid waste, contaminated land management and, most recently energy and international development. Tristan joined PDP in 2013 as a contaminated land expert, leading site investigation, remediation, validation, risk assessment and long-term management work covering a wide range of contaminants and land uses, along with associated planning activities (preparation of an assessment of environmental effects and resource consent applications). Tristan led the development of PDP’s services around asbestos, helping significant national clients manage human health risk and comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016.
Since mid-2018 Tristan has been based in Vientiane, Lao PDR, managing the New Zealand-ASEAN Renewable Energy Facility funded by the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Over 5 years the Facility has supported the Government of Lao PDR across a range of activities including developing an energy planning, dam safety, energy efficiency and power system operation. The Facility has also recently commenced work in Cambodia where energy demand is increasing rapidly and there are opportunities (and challenges) for RE to meet this demand.