Umhlaba Environmental Consulting Our team min 2

LYNN WHITTINGTON-JONES
– Principal Consultant:

Lynn is a Principal Environmental Consultant and a Founding Member of Umhlaba. She is a registered Professional Natural Scientist (Pr.Sci.Nat.) in the fields of Environmental Management and Zoology. Her qualifications include a B.Sc. Honours in Geology, a M.Sc. in Zoology, and attendance of various courses, concentrating on environmental auditing, management, monitoring, and legal requirements.

Lynn has been consulting since 2000, and has specialised in auditing of Environmental Authorisations and Management Programmes / Plans, drafting of site-specific environmental management reports (including assistance with implementation), environmental training, and environmental monitoring.

GREG COATES
– Senior Consultant
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Greg holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture and M.Sc. in Zoology from the University of KZN, starting his career in the ecotourism industry (5 years), followed by working abroad in the climate change arena. His environmental consulting career began when he joined Umhlaba in 2013 where he has developed a skillset as a generalist consultant and is able to competently manage or collaborate on the wide variety of environmental projects including; Environmental Authorisations (EA) in terms of NEMA (EAPASA registration in process), auditing of EA (as lead or assistant auditor), and assisting with Financial Provisioning requirements and interpretation of environmental monitoring results.

Greg is dedicated to mentoring junior staff and providing input to the continued progression of the company. Since 2019 he has been based in the Durban area to concentrate on the company’s growing KZN client base.

MFUNDO ZONDANI
– Junior Consultant
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Mfundo has been working on the field of environmental monitoring since 2015. He started his career as an Environmental Technician with an international laboratory and joined Umhlaba in February 2018. During his career, he has primarily been involved in the Environmental Monitoring sector for mines and has had exposure to monitoring at power stations and pipeline depots. His monitoring experience includes; undertaking dust fallout monitoring, passive monitoring, leak detection and repair, water quality monitoring and installation and maintenance of Davis weather stations. Currently he is progressing into more general consulting in the mining sector under the supervision of senior colleagues, using the skills he acquired while obtaining his National Diploma in Environmental Management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Mfundo is an asset to the Umhlaba team as he has the ability to retrieve all necessary environmental data during sampling; from making crucial observations and recording site specific details, to consolidating the information with the monitoring results to generate meaningful reports. His attention to detail, his meticulous record keeping and his ability of interpreting the results from the laboratory helps Umhlaba provide a professional service to their clients.