Meet the team

Profiles for each of our staff are below. All staff hold appropriate professional qualifications and full CVs are available on request.

 

Sue Radbourne

Director of Finance and Administration

Sue Radbourne

Sue Radbourne joined DustScan in 2005, shortly after the firm was established. She has extensive experience in managing the day to day functions and finances of SMEs. Sue initially took the position of Office Manager but her role has evolved as the firm has grown and she was appointed Director of Finance and Administration in 2016. She is responsible for business, HR, financial and key account management whilst continuing to manage the day to day organisation of our offices. Sue has long standing relationships with many clients and suppliers.

Oliver Puddle

Technical Director

Oliver Puddle (BSc, CSci, MIEnvSc, MIAQM, AFOH)

Oliver joined DustScan in 2006; he is a Chartered Scientist and has an honours degree in Environmental Science from the University of Portsmouth. He is responsible for business management, development, planning and strategy. His consulting expertise lie in occupational exposure and indoor air quality assessment. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Air Quality Working Group and was a member of the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) IAQ Working Group, and co-author of their IAQ Guidance: Assessment, Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigation. Oliver has also previously served on the Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES) Council and trustee board.

Gordon Allison

Principal Consultant

Gordon Allison (BSc, MSc, CEnv, MIAQM, MIEnvSc)

Gordon Allison joined DustScan in 2019 as a Principal Consultant. He has a degree in Environmental Chemistry and an MSc in Air Pollution Management & Control from the University of Birmingham, where he has been a guest lecturer since 2001. Gordon has over 20 years’ experience in environmental consultancy, with a focus on air quality from transport and industrial sources. He has been an expert witness for air quality at planning enquiries. He was the lead for air quality for High Speed Two between 2013 and 2016, providing the evidence for the Phase 1 Parliamentary select committees, and assisting in negotiating the settlements with stakeholders, writing the HS2 Air Quality Strategy, and setting its targets for health impact and carbon vehicle emissions. Gordon has contributed to the development of IAQM odour guidance, construction dust monitoring guidance and to the 2019 Environment Bill.

John Bruce

Principal Consultant

John Bruce (PhD, BSc, MIAQM, MIEnvSc)

John Bruce joined DustScan in 2012, and in 2021 completed a PhD on 'Developing dust prediction modelling techniques through sticky pad dust monitoring' at the University of Portsmouth. He also holds a first class honours degree in Environmental Forensics. He works within the consultancy team on both dust and air quality matters and on related R&D including empirical modelling techniques. John has published widely on dust monitoring and modelling. Some of his recent projects include dust and air quality assessments for mineral planning applications.

Andrew Green

Principal Consultant

Andrew Green (BSc, CSci, MIEnvSc, MIAQM, AFOH)

Andrew Green joined DustScan in 2014 after graduating from the University of Portsmouth with a first class honours degree in Environmental Science. Andrew assists with overseeing the day to day operations of the business and managing projects and staff resources. He works on a range of dust and air quality projects and has helped develop some of the firm’s laboratory activities that use detailed analytical methods for environmental forensic investigations. He also assists with workplace/occupational exposure assessments and indoor air quality monitoring and consultancy work.

Daniel Quinn

Principal Consultant

Daniel Quinn (BA, MSc, MIEnvSc, MIAQM)

Daniel Quinn joined the firm in June 2015 with a BA in Earth Sciences from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Quaternary Sciences from Royal Holloway University of London. His primary consultancy work includes carrying out air quality and transport assessments. Daniel also supports with detailed dust characterisation and microscopy work. His recent projects include air quality and odour assessments for power plants and transport assessments for residential and commercial projects

Andy Fisher

Principal Consultant

Andy Fisher (BSc, CertOH, LFOH)

Andy Fisher joined DustScan in 2023 as a Principal Consultant. He has an honours degree in Environmental Biology, holds the Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene and is a Licentiate member of the BOHS. Andy has had a range of roles in environmental consultancy, starting with laboratory work (wet chemistry and microbiology) before going into environmental field work, and progressing into H&S compliance and specialising in occupational hygiene (workplace exposure risk assessing). He has nearly two decades of experience in occupational hygiene/workplace assessments including hazardous substance, workplace noise and vibration, and local exhaust ventilation (LEV) testing.

Ian Mason

Principal Consultant

Ian Mason (BSc, CertOH, LFOH)

Ian Mason joined DustScan in 2024 as a Principal Consultant. He has an honours degree in Environmental Science, holds the Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene and is a Licentiate member of the BOHS. Ian has had a long and varied career in the environmental sector, which has included roles in ecology and nature conservation as well as environmental monitoring and compliance. He has 13 years occupational hygiene assessment experience including hazardous substance and noise monitoring and local exhaust ventilation (LEV) testing. He also assists with our environmental and indoor air quality monitoring and consultancy work.

Paul Eaton

Senior Consultant

Paul Eaton (BSc, AMIEnvSc, AMIAQM)

Paul joined DustScan in 2018 after graduating from Durham University where he read Environmental Geoscience. He is working on a range of Air Quality projects including planning assessments and dispersion modelling used to support the Construction, Manufacturing and Extractive Industries.

Joanne Andrews

Technical Assistant

Joanne Andrews

Jo joined DustScan in 2022. She has an extensive background in the Customer Service industry, having previously worked for the John Lewis Partnership for 14 years, where she also developed her passion regarding employee ownership. Before then, she worked in an NHS Pharmacy as a Dispenser. She is responsible for monitoring and processing the hundreds of incoming samples we receive every month and preparing them for routine analysis. She also assists in the day to day running of the business and is often the friendly voice you may recognise at the end of the phone.

Sarah Doyle

Graduate Consultant

Sarah Doyle (BSc, MSc, AMIEnvSc, AMIAQM)

Sarah Doyle joined DustScan in February 2023 after completing an air quality internship at an award-winning international planning, engineering and design consultancy. She graduated in 2022 from the University of Reading with an MSc in Environmental Pollution and also has a first-class honours degree in Geography from Liverpool John Moores University. Sarah is part of our air quality team and helps deliver a wide range of projects, from planning assessments to detailed emissions modelling. She also assists with the firm’s laboratory analysis and dust consultancy work.

Timothy Smith

Technical / Laboratory Assistant

Timothy Smith

Tim has a background in technical, electrical engineering and laboratory-based quality control in the food sector. Tim also served in the Territorial Army for 12 years. He is responsible for the manufacture and installation of our monitoring equipment, routine sample analysis in our laboratory and reporting client data.

Holly Hope

Graduate Consultant

Holly Hope (BSc)

Holly Hope joined DustScan in September 2024 after graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University with a first-class (hons) BSc in Environmental Science. Holly has joined our dust consultancy team where she will be working on dust and air quality monitoring reports, impact and climate change assessments and management plans, mainly for clients in the minerals sector. She is already assisting on client projects: summarising and presenting air quality monitoring data and carrying out microscopy analyses.

Hugh Datson

External Consultant

Hugh Datson (PhD, CSci, MIEnvSc, MIAQM, FIQ, FGS)

Hugh Datson has a PhD from Leeds University’s School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering and a first class honours degree in geology and environmental sciences from Oxford Brookes University. He first joined DustScan Ltd in 2004 and now acts as an External Consultant on some of our largest and most complex projects. Hugh has contributed to various Good Practice and Technical Guidance documents, has authored numerous Dust and Air Quality Assessments and is a recognised UK expert in dust consultancy, monitoring and characterisation.

Kerstin Macdonald

Technical Services Manager

Kerstin Macdonald (BEd, AMIEnvSc, AMIAQM, REnvTech)

Kerstin joined DustScan in 2021, and is responsible for managing our laboratory testing and analytical services. She also asissts within our lab, reporting data, assembling equipment and preparing orders, as well as visiting sites for installations.

The business was formed in 2004

We are employee owned

Over 145,000 samples analysed

Clients across all 7 continents

“Professional and courteous service. Highly recommended ”
Hull Bulk Handling Ltd
“Professional and courteous service. Highly recommended”
Hull Bulk Handling Ltd
Hull Bulk Handling Ltd
“Thank you for the excellent report and professional service ”
D. Hartley
Hider Food Imports
“Thank you for the excellent report and professional service”
D. Hartley, Hider Food Imports
D. Hartley
Hider Food Imports
“Thank you for your service over the last 4 years … your support has been fantastic ”
P. Beauchamp
Brookfield Multiplex Europe
“Thank you for your service over the last 4 years… your support has been fantastic”
P. Beauchamp, Brookfield Multiplex Europe
P. Beauchamp
Brookfield Multiplex Europe
“Thank you for the (Dust Monitoring) Seminar. It was extremely interesting and informative ”
J. Pullen
RPS Consultants
“Thank you for the (Dust Monitoring) Seminar. It was extremely interesting and informative”
J. Pullen, RPS Consultants
J. Pullen
RPS Consultants
“The report looks good and shows factual data to base our COSHH assessments on ”
S. Jarratt
Whelan and Grant
“The report looks good and shows factual data to base our COSHH assessments on”
S. Jarratt, Whelan and Grant
S. Jarratt
Whelan and Grant
“Thank you for report. This is a great help for our business ”
Mid Cheshire Pallets
“Thank you for report. This is a great help for our business”
Mid Cheshire Pallets
Mid Cheshire Pallets
“Extensively proficient services ”
N. Sullivan
Blu-3 Construction
“Extensively proficient services”
N. Sullivan, Blu-3 Construction
N. Sullivan
Blu-3 Construction
“Your DustScan service was just what we needed ”
G. Pearce
MCS Ltd
“Your DustScan service was just what we needed”
G. Pearce, MCS Ltd
G. Pearce
MCS Ltd
“Many thanks for your help throughout the year with our sampling ”
N. Dickson
WYG
“Many thanks for your help throughout the year with our sampling”
N. Dickson, WYG
N. Dickson
WYG
“Just (wanted) to say a big thank you … it was a pleasure to work with you ”
B. Thomas
Bike Park Wales
“Just (wanted) to say a big thank you… it was a pleasure to work with you”
B. Thomas, Bike Park Wales
B. Thomas
Bike Park Wales

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