Blair holds a PhD in Zoology from the University of Western Australia and has over 25 years of experience in ecological research, management and consultancy working across much of Western Australia.

As Director – Impact, Blair leads Greening Australia’s design, monitoring and evaluation of ecological restoration, to inform further strategy and research.

Blair is passionate about accelerating positive environmental change and seeing Greening Australia’s restoration efforts generate multiple benefits for biodiversity, people and productivity based on sound science. His specialisations and research experience include landscape and restoration ecology, terrestrial vertebrate ecology, biodiversity offsets, Conservation Action Planning, threatened species monitoring and conservation management, GIS and habitat and distribution modelling.

Prior to joining Greening Australia, Blair has held roles in ecological consultancy, and with Australian Wildlife Conservancy and CSIRO, focusing on biodiversity surveys, threatened species research and monitoring, environmental impact assessments, biodiversity offsets and spatial ecology. Blair maintains strong links across a range of sectors including academia, government, industry, consultancy and natural resource management.