Our Trainers
Graham A Brown
Graham holds a Master of Science and has over 40 years industrial and commercial experience in the environmental industry. Graham is a certified auditor in Australia, the UK and USA and has completed over 200 audits nationally and internationally. Graham is an experienced lecturer and trainer, having developed and delivered training in a range of formats, including presentation of papers at several Australian universities.
Graham has assisted with the training of more than 2000 coal miners in environmental awareness, as well as several thousand others from government and industry in environmental awareness, environmental auditing, environmental management systems, pollution control, risk management, waste management and other topics.
Graham was a joint presenter in Australia of Dialogue on the Environment, a world wide environmental awareness training program for Volvo and runs executive-level due diligence workshops for several of Australia’s leading business and government organisations.
Rodney Ingersoll
Rodney Ingersoll holds an Honours Degree in Applied Science majoring in Environmental Resource Management. His qualifications are complemented by over 10 years experience in environmental management, climate change science, sustainability, OH&S, training development and delivery and community economic development projects in Australia and Papua New Guinea. He has developed systems to manage and train indigenous staff in over 245 community and need-based skill development short courses throughout PNG. Courses included village water supply, land management, chicken and duck farming, fish farming, carpentry, village leadership, hygiene and sanitation, literacy, sewing, local markets establishment, vegetable and coffee farming.
Rodney has presented posters and papers at conferences, delivered topics to students at University level including field trips and classroom delivery as well as published over 50 newspaper and magazine articles on sustainability. He has worked with and made presentations to all manner of stakeholders involved in environmental and cultural heritage projects including the general public, indigenous land-owners, external contractors and company personnel.
Taariq Bousaleh
Taariq Bousaleh holds a Master of Environmental and Business Management, Diploma of Education and a Bachelor of Science with a major in Chemistry, from the University of Newcastle. This integration of business management with teaching has provided a solid platform for environmental consulting, founded on a deep rooted understanding of complex scientific principles. His ongoing pursuit for knowledge has currently led him to undertake further studies at the University of Newcastle through a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Science, with a focus on Management Systems, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.
Taariq has successfully managed a team of environmental consultants responsible for over 135 audits and environmental infrastructure projects across NSW. His knowledge and experience lie in the areas of stakeholder consultation around the development of Integrated management systems, EHS auditing, project management, water and energy auditing, integrated management system software, radiochemistry, implementation of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 accredited environmental and safety management systems, environmental training and trend analysis of monitoring data.
As an Environmental Co-ordinator at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Taariq worked on revision and implementation of changes to the ISO 14001 accredited Environmental Management System, covering the National Medical Cyclotron and the Lucas Heights new OPAL (Open Pool Australian Light-water) reactor. During the course of his career, Taariq has successfully worked in a number of roles heavily involved in Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.