Sean Sweeney

Country Manager

Tara Kennedy

Australia Market Lead

Alan Roberts

Business Development, Offshore Wind UK & APAC

Tim Golding

Director, Marine Infrastructure

Sarah Strong

Director, Marine Infrastructure

Jamie Holmes

Director, Navigational Risk and Port Safety

Steph McGovern

Director, Marine Wildlife Surveys

Richard Barker

Director, LVIA

Alistair Davison

Managing Director,
Marine Science & Development

From a young age, Alistair’s ambition was to become a marine biologist. With an immense respect for the oceans, he spends as much time as possible in or near the sea, working to preserve the marine environment.

After completing his degree in Marine Biology, Alistair’s career as an environmentalist began in academia, then moving to nature conservation management for Scottish Natural Heritage, where he gained insight in policy making and legislation. Alistair then changed tack with a role at the WWF, applying marine science policy in an NGO setting.

Environmental consultancy allowed Alistair to combine his environmentalism and knowledge of policy to large marine infrastructure developments. Applying the principles of sustainability and environmentalism to marine development, Alistair relishes being able to influence and manage teams, and to come up with solutions that are sustainable, consentable and buildable.

“That’s the challenge, and the exciting bit. Policy and legislation are supporting us, and are getting more rigorous. With issues like Biodiversity Net Gain, derogation and compensation in the mainstream for the first time, we have to consider sustainability from the outset of any development. The bare minimum is no longer enough: now, the more environmental considerations are made, the more chance of gaining consent more quickly.”

Part of Alistair’s role is to maintain APEM’s growth journey to become a major force in the global environmental and ecological consulting market.

“For offshore renewables, we’ve got strong systems, culture and teams at APEM, and with the recent sector acquisitions of GoBe and NASH Maritime, we are in a great position to grow sustainably. There’s a great collaborative and cooperative culture, and that bringing-together of diverse teams forms the foundation of the client-first attitude across the whole Group.”

“I’ve been a marine environmentalist my entire career, and the most important thing I can do is empower my teams to have an internal compass of what is sustainable: what’s the right thing to do for a project and to have the confidence to speak up.”