David Ransom
Principal
Cardno HRP
David draws from over eighteen years of experience as a town planner in his role as a Gold Coast Principal and former Director of Humphreys Reynolds Perkins Gold Coast. During this time David enjoyed seven years at the Gold Coast City Council in both strategic and statutory town planning capacities. David was employed in a senior capacity within the Council's Planning Environment and Transport Directorate, assessing a range of significant development applications within the southern part of the city. In private practice, David has worked on a variety of residential, commercial and mixed-use development proposals ranging from greenfield subdivisions to large mixed-use tower developments. David also provides expert evidence in the Planning and Environment Court. David is a member of the Planning Institute of Australia, a Fellow of the Urban Development Institute of Australia and President of the UDIA (Qld) Gold Coast Logan branch.
 
Nelson Wills
Director and Project Director
New Ground
Nelson Wills is a Director and Project Director at New Ground. In Nelson’s role as Project Director, he is responsible for the formulation and implementation of ecological approval, assessment and management strategies such that our client’s organizational objectives are realized. Nelson is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) and has been consulting in environmental approvals planning, environmental impact assessment, ecological assessment and environmental management since 2001. He has worked across the onshore oil and gas, resources, extractive industry, infrastructure, land development and public sectors. Nelson applies his ‘hands on’ technical experience in ecological and environmental assessment to create pragmatic and technically rigorous project strategies which are aimed at enhancing the social license of our clients while improving project efficiency and reducing project cost. Nelson is passionate about the role of innovation and collaboration in creating quality project outcomes.