About Us

Principal Consultant Heath Frewin created UVM Strategy with a simple goal in mind: to help accelerate the advancement of the utility vegetation management (UVM) industry.

For over 20 years, Heath has specialised in helping organisations identify and realise their vision for vegetation management. Previous work includes holding positions of Vegetation Strategy Manager at both Ergon Energy and Essential Energy, as well as Head of Distribution at Energy Networks Australia.

Heath is passionate about applying asset management and risk management science into UVM, helping to improve the maturity of UVM program designs.  Heath is also adept at understanding and clearly communicating the practical changes needed to successfully integrate technology innovation into UVM programs.

Heath holds advanced qualifications in forestry, policy and project management. The quality and impact of his work has been recognised with an industry award and appearance on the UVM Podcast.

Heath is Chair of the Utility Arborists Association of Australia (UAAA) and was previously Deputy Chair of the International Wildfire Risk Mitigation Consortium (IWRMC) Vegetation Management group.

Specific services UVM Strategy provides includes:

• Vision, Strategy & Innovation Roadmap creation
• Technology integration facilitation
• Research, analysis & report writing
• Regulatory compliance strategy
• Commercial models & accountability structures
• Contract specifications for vegetation management & LiDAR
• Contract tender analysis
• Maintenance program design
• Asset management system integration
• Audit & assurance frameworks
• Process mapping
• Project management
• Executive & Board briefings
• Stakeholder engagement & influencing