Meet the WEW Team
Michael Dixon
Michael is the Director and founder of Waratah Eco Works. He has worked in ecological restoration and assessment for 24 years. He has extensive experience and is passionate about the role of native plants in the environment.
Katrina Amos
Katrina is our Chief Operations Officer and manages our Quality, Environmental Management Systems and Work Health & Safety documentation, training, implementation and reporting, Katrina is a qualified lawyer with over 22 years professional experience.
Tim Lever
Tim is our General Manager with over 12 years’ experience in ecological restoration. He has a background in natural resource management, having worked on projects in Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Tim has specialist skills in Sydney Sandstone vegetation community and in subtropical and cool temperate rain forest communities.
Melinda Eygelshoven
Melinda is our Project Manager and a senior site supervisor with over 6 year’s experience in supervising bush regeneration. Melinda has a passion for the environment and has worked across a variety of bushland sites ranging from sites in Blacktown to the Northern Beaches. Mel conducts our internal Quality Project Audits to ensure all projects meet with our Quality , WHS and Environmental objectives.
James Donnelly
James is a site supervisor with over 10 year’s experience in bush regeneration. James has specialist skill sin the restoration of a number of EECs including Blue Gum High Forest, Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest, Shale Sandstone Transition Forest and Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub. James also has extensive experience in pre fire preparation and post fire hand weeding.
Sharnicka Hampson
Sharnicka is a site supervisor who has been working with Waratah Eco Works for 4 years . Sharnicka is enthusiastic about plant identification and the outcomes for native ecosystems that result from good bush regeneration practices.
Scott Penfold
Scott is a site supervisor with 5 years of Bush Regeneration experience and a passion for ecology. During his honours degree he conducted a research project studying animal interactions including snakes and spiders in bushland near Nowra. During his time in bush regeneration he has become fascinated by plant identification and effective site management strategies that reduce weed cover and promote native habitat.
Kumi Kulasinghe Arachchi
Kumi is a Site Supervisor with 3 years bushland management experience. Kumi is a passionate bushland practitioner who has worked across a variety of bushland sites with a main focus on vegetation in the Mosman Sydney Sandstone Gully Forest community. Kumi also supervises Bushcare groups for local councils.
Nik Adams
Nik is a Site Supervisor and Ropes Team Specialist with 2 years bush regeneration experience.Nik has worked on a variety of vegetation communities from Coastal to Cumberland and is passionate about restoring ecosystems, maintaining resilience and habitat creation.
Charlie de Jager
Charlie is an Assistant Supervisor and Ropes Team Specialist with 3 years bush regeneration experience. Ropes Team Specialist . Bush regeneration is a challenging job, but I love being out in nature everyday and being able to make a difference to Sydney’s diverse and complex vegetation communities. I love working in Eastern Suburbs Banksia scrub, sand dune foreshores scrubland, sandstone ridgetop woodland, sandstone slopes forest and littoral rainforest. The rope access team adds another awesome aspect of the job as I get to abseil down cliffs and steep terrain to tackle hard to reach invasives. I volunteer at North Head Sanctuary and AABR events
Tim Rutten
Tim is our Tubestock Nursery Manager, he has over 5 years experience in nurseries with a strong passion in native plant propagation and identification, a passion that has led him into bush regeneration and now has 2 years experience in the field. Tim is especially interested in Duffy’s Forest Vegetation and Open Heath Communities. Tim will assist Bush Regeneration teams when needed and supervise volunteer groups weekly.