Graduate wildlife biologists, Aaron Mocciaro and Maggie Murphy, joined Avisure a little over six months ago. Based in Avisure’s Melbourne office, they enjoy working with a mix of Defence and civil airports.
Elaine Anderson and Sanya Masood, graduate wildlife biologists, joined Avisure’s Southern regional team in September last year.
Program Manager, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Feather Identification Lab
James Binkhorst is a wildlife biologist and Victorian wildlife team leader based in Avisure’s southern office.
Barely a month after his 75th birthday, Dutch aviation ornithologist of world standing, Luit (pronounced Lute) Buurma died as a result of a massive heart attack.
Andrew Walters started his latest role at Melbourne Airport in May 2021 somewhat inauspiciously. Quarantined in a Sydney hotel at the height of COVID, he spent his first couple of weeks as the airport’s manager, airfield operations, managing via Teams meetings, with his wife still living in Dubai and 4 months pregnant.
Dionysios Ntampakis has been Wildlife Hazard Manager with Fraport Greece since January 2017, returning to Greece that year after spending several years in Berlin.
Charlotte Kok, Avisure environmental scientist and team leader, is on the cusp of celebrating two years with the company. Malaysian-born to Chinese parents, she explains her real name is Xiang Ning Kok, her first name being pronounced ‘Sheeyang’. ‘It doesn’t really have a meaning, my parents just thought it had a nice sound.’
Avisure acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we work. We pay deep respect to Elders past and present who hold the Songlines and Dreaming of this Country. We honour and support the continuation of educational, cultural and spiritual customs of First Nations peoples.
Acknowledgement artwork completed by Raymond Garrett, a Darumbal and Wulli Wulli Traditional Owner, 2021
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