OPENFIELD’s founder, Pádraic Fogarty, has an MSc in Environmental Protection (Sligo IT), a BSc in Analytical Science (DCU), and diplomas in Geography & Environment (OU) and Field Ecology (UCC). He has over 13 years experience in industry and consultancy.

As a member of both the Institute of Ecological & Environmental Management (IEEM) and a full member of the Institute for Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA), OPENFIELD is bound by those organisations’ codes of practice. Pádraic is also a member of the Freshwater Biological Association, the Society for Conservation Biology and the International Association for Impact Assessment.

Since its founding in 2007, OPENFIELD has carried out almost 100 projects for planning consultants, engineers, environmental consultancies, local authorities and private individuals.