Andrew McKenzie graduated from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton in 1981 with a degree in Engineering Acoustics and Vibration. After 9 months in Sydney Australia with Wilkinson Murray Consulting and Eden Dynamics, he returned to the UK to take up a post as a research assistant at the ISVR. His research included ways to optimise hearing aid design for people with noise-induced hearing loss, leading to a PhD awarded in 1988. After 12 months as a freelance consultant, he returned to the Institute and spent two years as a research fellow, specialising in subjective evaluation of audio and acoustics, before forming Hayes McKenzie with Malcolm Hayes in 1991.

Malcolm Hayes graduated from the Polythechnic of North London in 1982 with a B.Sc. in Electronic and Communication Engineering. He spent 7 years at Hann Tucker Associates of Woking, managing the acoustic design elements of projects including hotel and office developments, film and recording studios, the Jubilee Line Extension and the London Crossrail Link. He reached the position of Associate in 1990 before forming Hayes McKenzie with Andrew McKenzie in 1991.

In addition to the two directors, we currently have 4 further full-time consultants. Following a summer vacation job with us in 2004, Rob Shepherd came to work at the Salisbury office on a permanent basis in Summer 2005 with an M.Eng. in Acoustical Engineering from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research at Southampton University. At the beginning of May 2006, Andy Roberts, who has already had two years experience in our Austrialian office, came over for a 6 month sabattical and is still here! Sylvia Broneske then joined us in July 2007 from the noise department of wind turbine manufacturer Enercon in Germany. Our latest recruit is Tom Levet who joined us in December 2007 from the University of Salford where he obtained his (first class!) degree followed by two years research in conjunction with wind turbine manufacturer GE Wind Energy.

Salisbury Team

(L-R) Andy McKenzie, Rob Shepherd, Sheila Brown (office manager), Andy Roberts and Toby Cambray (now at Cardiff University studying Sustainable Architecture).

Machynlleth Team

(L-R) Tom Levet, Malcolm Hayes and ChaNan Bonser (office manager).