Who We Are
O2 Marine is a boutique marine environmental and oceanographic consulting business with offices in Western Australia and Queensland.
Since O2 Marine was founded in 2014, we have quickly become one of the largest specialist marine consulting teams in Australia. An achievement that was recognised in November 2021, when O2 Marine was named in the Australian Financial Review as one of the TOP 100 fastest growing companies in Australia and O2 Metocean was named as in the Top 100 fastest growing start-ups in Australia.
At O2 Marine, we understand that our continued success is not possible without the outstanding contribution of our passionate, motivated and engaged team. It is our team and our culture that has allowed us to build a strong reputation as a highly competent marine technical consultancy.
Although only recognised as a ‘small to medium-sized business’, O2 Marine has the corporate structure, established corporate procedures and internationally accredited management systems (e.g. ISO9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems, ISO45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems) that our clients typically expect of a major international consulting company, with the primary differences being our more personalised and accountable approach, our flexibility and our lower cost base.
Our team
The O2 Marine team is led by practical experience, with our company directors actively involved in project delivery. At O2 Marine, our staff know they will be both challenged and rewarded as they strive to ensure positive outcomes for our clients and their projects.
At O2 Marine, we select and train our staff to ensure that they can perform both the technical and practical elements of what it means to be a marine scientist or oceanographer at O2 Marine. This means that many of our scientists and engineers are also trained mariners, commercial divers, vessel masters and riggers.
Meet our current team below:

Chris Lane
Principal Marine Scientist/ Co-Managing Director

Claudio Del Deo
Principal Marine Scientist / Co-Managing Director

Travis Hurley
Technical Director – Environment

Nadene Claydon
Marine Scientist

Josh Abbott
Principal Marine Scientist

Adam Gartner
Principle Marine Scientist

Brooke Campbell
Graduate Marine Scientist

David Gull
Field Operations Manager/Senior Marine Scientist

Sebastian Morillo
Technical Director – Metocean

Senior Marine Scientist

Shona Wharton
Marine Scientist

James Owen-Conway
Metocean/Coastal Engineer

Emil Sottopietra
Metocean Engineer

Lauren March
Office Manager

Dylan Todd
Graduate Marine Scientist

Caleb Newton
Graduate Marine Scientist

Daniella Hanf
Principal Marine Scientist – Marine Fauna

Max Stacey
Marine Scientist/GIS Analyst

Cameron Holder
Graduate Marine Scientist

Jack Collins
Marine Field Technician

Sean Webb-Martin
Graduate Marine Scientist

Federico Vitelli
Marine Scientist

Gordon Motherwell
Principal Marine Scientist – Approvals

Sophie Preston
Marine Scientist

David Spencer
Senior Marine Scientist

Bridget Miller
Marine Scientist

Emma Jackson
Senior Spatial Analyst

Max Wellington
Marine Scientist

Melanie Donda
Marine Scientist

Samuel Billinghurst
Marine Scientist

Cameron Jones
Senior GIS Analyst & Database Manager

Amanda Billotti
Marine Scientist

Russell Stevens
Principal Marine Scientist – Ports

Ben Jones
Marine Scientist

Michael Byers
Marine Scientist

Jesse Shakespeare
Regional Manager/Senior Marine Scientist

Lilly Palmer
Marine Scientist

Sue Silver
Accounts
Vacancies
As an O2 Marine staff member, you won’t be chained to a desk – no matter where you are in your career, in our team you’ll get to interact with the environment that inspired you to join your field.
Under the guidance of our technical experts, you’ll be exposed to ideas and approaches propelling you further forward in your career than you though possible.
If you’re senior or principal, you’ll be working with and challenged by equally experienced colleagues to solve new and difficult problems – plus, you’ll get to see the impact your mentorship has on the next generation of experts. If you’re more junior, you’ll learn by doing.
Our core values of ‘Social Capital’ and ‘CANI’ (Continuous and never-ending improvement), mean that in a role with O2 Marine you will be both engaged and challenged.