UK – Compliance Archaeology & Environmental Impact Assessments

Neil Fairburn joined Chronicle Heritage’s International Heritage division in 2024 with nearly thirty years of multidisciplinary experience in project management (IMPA) and design, with an emphasis on directing and executing heritage impact assessments, cultural heritage management plans, excavations, and initiatives aimed at ensuring the sustainable conservation and protection of archaeological sites. His areas of focus include UNESCO, ICOMOS, and European and world heritage management for mining and large linear construction projects. Neil holds a B.A. in History and Archaeology along with numerous professional certifications in project management and change management.

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Rob Woodside is a highly respected built heritage specialist with extensive experience in historic building analysis and conservation strategy. His appointment strengthens Chronicle’s capacity to deliver expert heritage advice in the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, as well as globally, ensuring clients benefit from industry-leading insight and a rigorous, evidence-based approach to managing the historic environment, in line with delivering informed, high-quality built heritage advice across complex and sensitive projects. Rob has over 30 years of experience caring for some of the most significant historic buildings and ancient monuments in the UK, including Stonehenge, Hadrian’s Wall, Osborne House, and Dover Castle.

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Dr. Jennifer Tremblay joined Chronicle Heritage in 2023, continuing her successful career in research, project management, and stakeholder and community engagement. Since joining the firm, Jennifer has led archaeological monitoring initiatives, excavations, surveys, value assessments, and heritage impact assessments for dozens of projects in Saudi Arabia and Oman. She has also conducted archaeological fieldwork at UNESCO World Heritage sites in Nepal and coordinated heritage exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Nepal, and Taiwan. Jennifer earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Archaeology at Durham University and her B.A. in Anthropology at the University of Victoria.

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Dr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg joined Chronicle Heritage in 2022, bringing more than two decades of experience managing archaeological surveys and excavation projects. Julian earned his Ph.D. at the University of Exeter and his M.A. in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton. He has worked with the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage and the World Monument Fund on various initiatives and has published extensively on rock art, island and coastal archaeology, and maritime trade within the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. One of Julian’s recent projects is a multidisciplinary study funded by National Geographic on the population history of the island of Soqotra, Yemen, published in Nature.

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Matthew Astill became a member of the Chronicle Heritage team in 2024, adding to the International Heritage division over two decades of experience in heritage consulting and diving instruction. Matthew has participated in numerous marine, coastal, and terrestrial projects, conducting underwater surveys and managing the heritage requirements of development initiatives from offshore renewables to large-scale urban regeneration projects. Matthew earned his M.A. in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton, his B.S. in Marine Environmental Science at the University of Portsmouth, and his B.A. in Social Sciences at the University of Leicester.

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Dr. Tom Fitton has been with Chronicle Heritage since 2023 and brings to the International Heritage division over fifteen years of experience using multifaceted field surveys, geophysics, remote sensing, GIS, drone mapping, and 3D modeling to consider archaeological settlements within their contemporary cultural and environmental landscapes. Tom holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of York, an M.A. in Archaeology from Durham University, and a B.A. in Archaeology from the University of Southampton. His research interests include early medieval Islamic landscapes and the maritime landscapes and coastal settlements of the Swahili Coast of Eastern Africa.

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Andy Miller joined Chronicle Heritage’s International Heritage division in 2025 bringing over 27 years of international experience within the built heritage, World Heritage Site (UNESCO, ICOMOS) conservation and sustainable development sectors, often in politically challenging environments. Over an extensive career, he has gained global expertise with a focus on the Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq/Kurdistan, Syria, southeast Turkey) Central Asia (Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan), North and East Africa, and the western Balkans. Core attributes include high-profile international government liaison and advisory roles, complex program management and cultural diplomacy, whilst offering multiple technical skills including the preparation of HIAs, CMPs/CHMPs, EIA’s and DRMP’s.