Tim Rolfe

Tim has directed and managed hundreds of investigations into the management and assessment of contaminated land. He specialises in Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment (DQRA) of health risks, vapour intrusion, and risks to aquifers or surface waters.

He has held senior positions in multinational consultancies across many sectors, including upstream and downstream oil and gas, pharmaceutical, major infrastructure projects, military land and housing development.

Tim has acted as regional portfolio manager for a consultant to the Shell Global Environmental Services Strategy (GESS), technical advisor for HS2 and as a risk assessor on the Poplar Riverside redevelopment of a former gasworks. At AECOM, he supported the set-up of GESS teams in India and South Africa, and more recently assisted a multinational consultancy in setting up a contaminated land team in the Middle East, including provision of in-person training on field sampling techniques. Tim is also a member of the Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA) Executive Committee which promotes best practice risk assessment in the UK, and has contributed to several UK guidance documents.

He has an MSc in Environmental Diagnosis from Imperial College, and a BSc in Environmental Biology. Tim’s professional qualifications and certifications include Chartered Water & Environmental Manager (C.WEM), Chartered Scientist (CSci), and SoBRA Accredited Risk Assessor (A.SoBRA) for Human Health, Vapour Intrusion and Controlled Waters DQRA.