Contact Us

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Phone, Fax and Video conference
Phone:  (03) 358 0200
Fax:      (03) 358 0211
ISDN Video Conference number: +64 3 357 2562
Equipment: Polycom VSX6000s with VSX Visual Concert facility
Connection speeds to 384 kbps

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE: LOU SANSON – CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Evelyn Ussher - Executive Assistant
Hilary Rose - Administration Officer
Paula Youds - Receptionist and Accounts Payable
Matt Vance - Communications Advisor
Applications for media or artists programmes; media and general communications enquiries

CORPORATE SERVICES: PETER SMITH – MANAGER
Responsible for support services: Human resources, IT, and financial management and reporting
Greg Jack - IT Project Manager
Sue Stenhouse - Human Resources Advisor
Recruitment for all Christchurch and annual Scott Base seasonal vacancies
Mike Mahon - IT Administrator 
Brad Phillips - Accountant

ENVIRONMENT: NEIL GILBERT – MANAGER
Responsible for environmental strategy; planning and management; Non-science programme
Jana Newman - Environmental Advisor
Environmental monitoring; environmental clean up; spill response; biosecurity; sustainability
Miranda Huston - Environmental Advisor
Environmental Impact Assessment process (Notifications/Permits); Waste Management System; Protected (ASPA) and Managed Areas (ASMA)
Renee Burns - Environmental Officer

SCIENCE AND INFORMATION: DEAN PETERSON – MANAGER
Responsible for the strategic direction of Antarctic science and the science bidding round; Information management 
Shulamit Gordon - Science Advisor and LGP Project Manager
Latitudinal Gradient Project (LGP) Manager; Postgraduate Scholarships; Post-Antarctic Reporting; website science pages; Metadata and Data Management; Annual Antarctic Conference; Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica (EBA) SCAR Programme Secretary
Ursula Ryan - Information Advisor
Information management and supply including Pictorial requests; website content management; library; Art collection enquiries

ANTARCTIC PROGRAMME: ERIK BARNES – MANAGER
Responsible for on-Ice annual programme; Scott Base staff; infrastructure and plant; maintenance system; Event planning system
Rod Strachan and Simon Trotter - Operations Planners / Scott Base Programme Support Supervisors
Pre-season event planning and PI contact point; co-ordination of field training programme and safety and emergency response system; delivery of Event programme; Scott Base programme support
Yvonne Boesterling - Base Services Planner / Scott Base Co-ordinator
Planning all service-related functions at Scott Base during pre-season months; co-ordinates delivery of services at Scott Base during the summer season
Kevin Rigarlsford - Maintenance Engineer
Management of the ongoing capability of Scott Base engineering resources, including all buildings, plant, equipment, vehicles and the provision of field engineering support
Alison Whitaker - Administration Officer

ANTARCTIC SUPPORT: IAIN MILLER – MANAGER
Responsible for intercontinental logistics and resupply system; capital projects; ship-based programmes; Project ANDRILL
Peter Brookman - Facilities Engineer
Management of new infrastructure projects
Jonathan Leitch - Project Engineer
Paul Woodgate - Logistics Co-ordinator
Co-ordinating the movement of personnel and cargo to and from Antarctica; management of the operation of the warehouse and supply system
Rob Stewart - Logistics Officer (Cargo)
Despatch and receipt of all cargo
Chris Gilbert - Logistics Officer (Clothing)
Michael Nottage - Purchasing Officer