Your connection to sustainability excellence in biodiversity offsets
Greg Steenbeeke
Botanist & Accredited Assesor
As a botanist and accredited assessor under the BAM, Greg brings extensive expertise in environmental assessment to Thesium as its Principal Ecologist. He has participated in regional and state-scale vegetation mapping projects, as well as intensive site assessments for their ecological attributes. Drawing upon his fieldwork on many of the threatened plant species and ecological communities in NSW, Greg served multiple roles for its government environment agencies, and at the end of his 27-year government career was at Planning and Environment
Apart from life sciences, Greg also brings scholarship in geology, governance and policy, as well as environmental restoration and rehabilitation to Thesium. While employed by state government, he developed wide-ranging and productive relationships with community, industry, local government and consultants. Greg has extensive experience in drafting and developing the biodiversity offsets scheme and also personally participating in it through establishing offset sites. As a result, he possesses a deep understanding of how its principles can be applied for the greater good regionally, locally and even internationally. Greg uniquely understands how the natural world co-authors the advancements and setbacks of human society. This unique knowledge helps Thesium’s clients navigate the complexity of modern development.
mobile: 0402 068 489
email: gregs@thesium.com.au
Paul Cubelic
Managing Director
As a licensed master builder with over 35 years of experience, Paul Cubelic has an expansive property development background. Born into a family of home builders, Paul has constructed homes which are routinely featured in Australian media for their sleek aesthetics and utilisation of the natural world, earning him membership in the Master Builders Association of Australia. During his three decades of building he has overseen the construction and project management of numerous commercial, residential and mixed-use developments.
Since first engaging with biodiversity offset credits a decade ago, Paul specialises in developing mutually-beneficial strategic utilisations of untapped biodiversity credit value that generates financial returns for buyer and seller alike. In addition to his work in building and biodiversity, Paul is active in community support and social good, having been the vice president of an aged care facility and currently serving as a voluntary director of a community-based club.
mobile: 0474 888 000
email: paulc@thesium.com.au