With top class project management skills and a First Class Honours Degree in Applied Science (Agriculture) from Charles Sturt University, Sean is a valuable team member with a reputation for getting things done! With solid experience of managing natural resource projects Sean is equally comfortable working in agriculture and Natural Resource Management contexts.

Prior to joining Prior to joining Clear Horizon in February 2009, Sean worked for the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority and held roles in project implementation and community engagement. Sean has been working directly in the NRM in NSW for the past 8 years. During this time he developed a sound knowledge of a range of government NRM arrangements and operations. Sean’s roles at the CMA included the delivery of funds to landholders in the Murrumbidgee catchment with the aim of enhancing biodiversity, water quality and soil health via on-ground works including revegetation, erosion control, and salinity mitigation. The funds involved are delivered via Property Vegetation Plans (PVP) between landholders and the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority.

Sean has excellent analytical skills in both qualitative and quantitative data. He has experience of conducting semi-structured interviews and has done qualitative analysis as part of the following projects:

• A review of landholders’ perceptions of Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group.
• A study of Wagga Wagga residents’ awareness and knowledge of urban salinity.
• A survey of landholders in the western Riverina on the extent of a mouse plague.

In other positions Sean has used his excellent analytical skills to interpret data as part of an investigation of herbicide carry over in crop stubbles. This included quantitative data analysis to determine the significance of interactions between treatments.

Sean is also an experienced workshop facilitator and has completed a course in ‘Effective Facilitation Skills’ where he gained a grounding in adult learning principles and facilitation techniques.