Our People
Our people are the source of the value we bring to client organisations.
Our value differentiator is sector-focused experience, wisdom and insight. No-one in our ESG advisory or assurance team has less than a 35-year combination of environmental/ social/governance experience. This experience is drawn from operational and senior executive tenures in both Tier 1/Top 100 and growing US, UK and Australian-listed companies, as well as brand-name global consulting and audit firms. Our team members also include currently-serving Board members of engineering, professional services and non-governmental organisations.
To this highly experienced core team below, we add and manage local experts or subject matter specialists that may be needed on a project.
We are a small, value-driven team that has operated sustainably with the same commitment to excellence in our Clients' corporate responsibility since we began.
DAVID SHIRLEY
David has over 40 years of professional experience in the energy, minerals and natural resources sectors. He has qualifications in environmental science and deep experience in safety and risk management systems. David has worked globally; in Asia, Africa, South America, North America and both Western and Eastern Europe.
He has previously held senior management positions at advisory and assurance firms Technica and Det Norsk Veritas. He held a long tenure as KPMG's global head of Sustainability Assurance, before becoming a professional Director. He has led several hundred assurance programs around the world, to a wide selection of sustainability and ESG standards.
David is based in the UK.
Connect directly with David on david@corporateintegrity.co.uk
DR RAYLEIGH JOY
Rayleigh brings to Corporate Integrity’s assurance team decades of investigative and clinical experience in gender equality, mental health, psychological safety and wellbeing, and the dynamics of both cultural and gender diversity in community and organisational settings.
She holds a Bachelor degree in Arts (psychology and gender studies), and Masters and doctorate degrees in Social Work. She is a former lecturer in social sciences, an Australian-accredited mental health practitioner and an expert witness for the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA).
Her 30+ year career includes NGO roles, healthcare, lecturing positions at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology, consulting tenures and a State government role. Rayleigh is MD of the psychology and social sciences firm The Groundworks Lab. She joined Corporate Integrity as an Associate in 2022 and is based in Brisbane, Australia.
DR RAJ ASEERVATHAM
Raj's 35+ year career includes regulatory roles in the Australian mining and water industries, as well as operational engineering and capital project roles with BHP and Rio Tinto. He was also ERM's mining sector leader and served as Origin Energy's leader of Sustainability and ESG Performance for many years.
He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a professional Board Director serving on several Boards in Australia, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). He holds a doctorate in environmental engineering and an MBA.
His ESG experience has included operational, strategic and large capital expenditure ventures in over 30 countries within most continents of the world. Raj is the author of the ESG leadership textbook Leading Tomorrow (Routledge Press 2021). He is based in Brisbane, Australia.
Connect directly with Raj on raj@corporateintegrity.co.uk
MARK HARDIN
Mark has over 40 years of leadership experience in minerals, energy, infrastructure development and other natural resources sectors. He has worked globally in Asia, Africa, South America and North America, and is fluent in the Spanish and French languages.
Mark's career started in the Peace Corps and he was an early pioneer in evolving Social Impact Assessments and associated community planning in the early 1990s for large mining development projects as a consultant in Golder Inc.
In his later mining executive career, Mark held operational and management positions at Freeport McMoRan and China Molybdenum. He joined Corporate Integrity as a leader and Associate in 2020. Mark is located in Colorado in the USA.
Connect directly with Mark on Mark.Hardin@corporateintegrity.co.uk
SABINE LEHANE
Sabine joined Corporate Integrity as an ESG Consultant in 2023 and is based in Brisbane, Australia. She contributes to Corporate Integrity experience in operational management, report writing and due diligence.
Sabine holds Bachelor degrees in Law (First Class Honours) and Behavioural Science (Psychology) (Distinction and First Class Honours). She is currently completing her PhD (Doctor of Philosphy).
Sabine's career has featured acting as an associate to a renowned immigration barrister, mangement consultancy for companies, and report writing.
Connect directly with Sabine on sabine@corporateintegrity.co.uk