Leeds Office

Damian is an Executive Director and an experienced projects director having delivered numerous multi-jurisdictional EHS, sustainability and real estate due diligence projects over a career spanning 18 years. He has worked with leading blue chip industrial and manufacturing, logistics, financial and real estate investment clients providing support on environmental risk quantification and management strategies, as well as business resilience and future proofing initiatives to protect client assets. He was part of the senior management team of a global environmental consultancy that won Acquisition Monthly's Environmental Advisor of the Year award, three years out of five.

Damian has a strong passion for effective CRM, strategic business planning and new market entry and positioning initiatives, which he refined during a period with a leading international marine civils contractor. He has a demonstrable track record of building profitable, energetic and highly successful teams that adopt a client-centric, commercial approach to delivering effective consultancy and the creation of long-term business partnerships built on trust.

Joining Delta-Simons in 2014 as Environmental Planning Unit Director and subsequently becoming Techical Director, Ali brings over 15 years hands-on experience in environmental consultancy to the company. Ali has worked in a multitude of differing roles within the sector including appointments as an environmental audit co-ordinator, contaminated land consultant, and auditing and technical team manager. 

Having gained several years' experience managing large project teams and working with client/design teams to deliver complex EIA and planning reports for major applications, Ali has worked across multiple sectors including energy and waste, linear civil projects, food and drink, and commercial & residential. 

Having also worked on client side for a low carbon developer, Ali also brings significant appreciation for early stage input and recognition of key development constraints, as well as commercial solutions and alternative options.

Damian is an Executive Director and an experienced projects director having delivered numerous multi-jurisdictional EHS, sustainability and real estate due diligence projects over a career spanning 18 years. He has worked with leading blue chip industrial and manufacturing, logistics, financial and real estate investment clients providing support on environmental risk quantification and management strategies, as well as business resilience and future proofing initiatives to protect client assets. He was part of the senior management team of a global environmental consultancy that won Acquisition Monthly's Environmental Advisor of the Year award, three years out of five.

Damian has a strong passion for effective CRM, strategic business planning and new market entry and positioning initiatives, which he refined during a period with a leading international marine civils contractor. He has a demonstrable track record of building profitable, energetic and highly successful teams that adopt a client-centric, commercial approach to delivering effective consultancy and the creation of long-term business partnerships built on trust.

Mike joined Delta Simons at the beginning of 2015 to lead the Geoenvironmental team in the newly established Leeds office. Mike brings with him nine years' experience working within the geo-environmental sector in the North, as well as a range of experience on investigations and environmental assessments across the UK. His project experience includes former gas works, collieries, chemical facilities, petroleum storage facilities, ports, industrial premises, Part 2A as well as greenfield sites.

Chris joined Delta-Simons in 2018 and brings over twenty years’ experience focusing on ground risk, working across a range of sectors including Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals; Oil and Gas, Mining, Property Development and Finance.

Having worked for a variety of UK-based and International consultancies, Chris has specific experience in characterisation and remediation of complex sites, including operational chemical works, former gasworks, and power infrastructure projects, provision of strategic advice on ground risk to large scale schemes including coal mining legacy issues, managing commercial issues around transactions and investment with respect to ground conditions as well as supporting schemes through the planning process, including EIA scale developments and the technical requirements of such support.

David joined the company in 2018, having spent 15 years' as a Contaminated Land Adviser with a Local Authority.  David's specialisms are identifying potentially contaminated sites and subsequent remediation, as well as brownfield site regulation through the planning process.  

David is a Prince 2 Project Management Practitioner, SoBRA Executive Committee Member and a Member of the Defra Contaminated Land Expert Panel.

Gabor has over 10 years' experience in the areas of ambient air quality monitoring, dispersion modelling, data collation, and interpretation, environmental permit application and project management. Detailed knowledge of the application of UK National and European Environmental legislation with regards to Environmental Permitting/Industrial Emissions Directive, in particular its application in the UK.

Gabor has extensive knowledge of key air pollution policy, with clear understanding of air quality assessment methods for environmental impact assessments.  He also has significant experience in air dispersion modelling of road vehicle and industrial emissions and expertise in preparation of factual and interpretative Air Quality Assessment (AQA) reports and Air Quality Environmental Statement chapters.

Gabor has provided technical support and air quality lead for a range of planning and environmental permit applications including residential developments, road schemes and industrial processes.

Graham joined Delta-Simons as Associate Director within the Transaction Support team in 2017, bringing with him 15 years’ of environmental experience, specifically in the management and delivery of single and multi-site real estate and M&A projects.  Graham is a Chartered Environmentalist and has significant experience within environmental due diligence, environmental permitting and environmental impact assessments.

Graham’s role within the company is to strengthen the existing M&A capabilities of the Transaction Support team, support our existing clients and identify opportunities within the real estate and M&A sector.

Alex Perryman joined Delta-SImons as an Associate in 2018, bringing with him over 15 years’ experience in the water industry and geospatial arena. Alex is a flood risk technical specialist and project manager, and has delivered numerous complex flood risk management projects including multimillion pound megaprojects in the Middle East. Alex has undertaken and led the delivery of numerous detailed Flood Risk Assessments (FRA), Surface Water Management Plans, Water Cycle Studies, Catchment and Flood Warning Management Plans, culvert studies and due diligence projects for a range of high profile public and private clients.

Alex leads the completion of the flood risk elements of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) including hydrology, hydraulic modelling, drainage and culvert assessments (baseline and developed cases) and has vast experience in complex flood risk analysis and mentoring junior staff.

Rob joined Delta-Simons as EHS&S Unit Director in 2019 bringing 14 years' of energy and sustainability experience, with specific focus on energy auditing, carbon reporting and thermal modelling/building physics.

Rob has provided solutions to clients across new build construction, property, retail, leisure and industrial sectors, and has helped hundreds of businesses to meet a range of challenging legislative compliance needs.

Rob is an accredited ESOS Lead Assessor, holds qualifications/accreditations in relation to Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), TM44 Air Conditioning Inspections, Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), Display Energy Certificates (DECs) and has a strong background in Mechanical Building Services design.

Michael is a Chartered Environmentalist with over 18 years’ experience as a Project Manager and technical Lead EIA Specialist for multi-discipline engineering and environmental-planning projects across the transport, energy, buildings, industrial and water sectors. His experience includes delivery of route corridor studies, options appraisals, specialist environmental studies and statutory Environmental Impact Assessments in support of consent applications (Town & Country Planning, DCOs for NSIPs and Hybrid Bills). He is also competent in facilitating external stakeholder engagement, including achieving mutual resolutions on contentious projects.

Michael seeks to understand client end-use needs and applies his understanding of the complex interconnectivity of project delivery to foresee and manage environmental-planning risks and solutions / opportunities for management of existing estates, site expansion plans or new developments. Michael works collaboratively with clients and designers, raising awareness of project delivery risks early in order to proactively tailor project scopes, programmes and designs to manage potential risks, often delivering adding value in the process.