Mat Bewley

Mat is the Managing Director and founder of 3B Training, a multi-accredited health and safety training provider. Mat has worked in and around the construction industry for nearly 20 years and is now a health and safety professional with extensive experience in training. He is also Fit2fit accredited and a Mental Health First Aider with a passion for peoples health and wellbeing.

Sessions:

9th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Health & well-being

Lee Dargue

Lee currently works for Siemens, in the Rail Automation division. His role includes occupational health and safety and is currently specialising in areas such as behavioural safety, mental health and fatigue management. With an academic background in psychology, Lee is currently working to improve best practice around fatigue management and has worked with HSE (HSL) to improve their guidance.

In addition to workplace improvements around mental health, Lee has also experience working with national government and charities on mental health, particularly around service improvements and reducing stigma. Lee is also part of the team of Thrive WM, the mental health commission working within the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Sessions:

9th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Health & well-being

Andrew Drewary

Andrew Drewary is an award-winning road safety specialist and collision/incident investigator and analyst, and a regular speaker at fleet, logistics and road safety conferences.

He has managed the investigation and analysis process for more than 37,000 road traffic collisions and logistics incidents over the last 17 years. He has used the information from these collisions to provide bespoke, innovative and interactive road safety solutions to fleet operators.

Andrew is currently working with a police authority on an initiative to reduce road fatalities, and how these are linked to social demographics. This will be through direct engagement with proactive education of new drivers and re-education of habitual driving offenders.

Sessions:

9th April | 11:45 - 12:15 | Driver Health: Asking the awkward questions

Lauren Fraser

Lauren Fraser is a dynamic designer with a passion for User Experience and User Research. She has extensive experience in leading research informing processes, personas, and design iterations, developing design languages and improving user experiences.

In her role as a UX/UI Designer at SHE Software, she works closely with customers to ensure on-going product development is reflective of their needs. Lauren is highly skilled in her field and passionate about driving interdisciplinary collaboration to creatively solve organisations health and safety challenges.

Sessions:

9th April | 09:15 - 10:00 | Breakfast Briefing : What can 'design thinking' teach us about improving employee engagement?

Ricardo German

Ricardo works in the technical department assisting the technical manager, Ben Dobbs, in developing and updating LEEA Guidance Documents and other LEEA technical publications. Ricardo also supports the technical committee and technical working groups. Ricardo has a BEng (Hons) in Aeronautical Engineering, speaks fluent Spanish and is a keen collector of English clichés.

Sessions:

9th April | 13:25 - 13:55 | The importance of taking responsibility for lifting equipment maintenance

Ian Hatherley

Degrees and certifications:
BSc, MSc, PhD, CMIOSH and MCIEH

Sessions:

9th April | 14:10 - 14:40 | Loading bay pitfalls - increasing employee engagement

Nigel Heaton

Nigel is a founder director of Human Applications, a risk management company. He has provided expert advice on civil and criminal issues relating to lone working for more than 20 years, advising defendants and claimants in sectors including local Government; education; gambling; beers, wines and spirits; and the NHS. He also recently acted as an interim executive director of a plc following a lone worker incident.

Sessions:

9th April | 10:30 - 11:00 | Duty of care for loneworkers - managing our legal responsibilities

Louise Hosking

Louise is a risk management specialist with over 27 years' experience working alongside teams in blue chips, SMEs and public sector organisations to project manage the development of arrangements to develop positive occupational safety & health (OSH) strategies and mitigate risk.

She is committed to changing the image of OSH as a profession by focusing on positive achievements and the benefits to business of operating in a healthy, safe, sustainable and fair manner. With today’s working environment steadily changing Louise is passionate about improving the mental and physical wellbeing of the UK’s workforce and is a licensed practitioner for the IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing course. She has implemented within her own business a structure of flexible working, and is passionate about sharing practical strategies businesses can use to introduce, or improve, flexible working within their own businesses.

Louise was elected IOSH Vice-President in November 2017 and re-elected again in September 2018 for a three-year term.

Sessions:

9th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Health & Wellbeing

Pete Langley

Pete Langley is the Technical Director of Reax Ltd.

Pete has served for 31 years as a Fire Officer with Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service. In that period he has attended many specialist rescues and been at the forefront of developing the Services Rescue capability.

He was the team leader for 16 years for the Services Rope Rescue Unit , one of the UK's first operational Technical Rope Rescue Units. Within his role he was responsible for the overseeing of all training, the implementation of new techniques and equipment and operational cover within the North West of England.

Pete gained the Diploma on the very first course to be run from Coventry University in Technical Response and Incident Management for Specialist Rescue.

Since retirement from the Service in 2012 Pete started a Specialist Access & Rescue Training company, Reax Ltd which employs current or ex Service personnel including Paramedics, Breathing Apparatus Instructors, Confined Space Technicians and Work at Height and Rescue Specialists.

This wealth of experience enables us to deliver a gold standard training package for a wide range of industries to meet their needs based on operational incidents that we have all attended.

Sessions:

9th April | 13:45 - 14:15 | Working in Confined Spaces

Jane Lassey

Jane is Deputy Director of Health and Safety in HSE's Field Operations Division with responsibility for Wales, the Midlands and the South West.

Jane is responsible for colleagues who regulate a wide range of employment sectors covering a significant proportion of the GB economy including agriculture, general manufacturing, engineering, food and drink, entertainment, education, health services, local and central government and domestic gas safety.

Jane has had a wealth of experiences whilst working for HSE and was involved, post Buncefield, in developing with the onshore Petroleum and Chemicals sector ‘Principles for Process Safety Leadership’ Jane has also represented the UK in China, Estonia and Italy sharing HSE’s approach to the regulation of Major Hazards and other sectors.

Jane is part of HSE’s senior leadership team and is passionate about the role of HSE as a fair and proportionate regulator supporting the public and private sectors to deliver what they do safely - protecting people, the environment and reducing risks. Jane is keen to ensure that those who are most vulnerable in the workplace have a voice.

As a senior leader within HSE Jane wants to ensure that HSE is one that supports Equality, Diversity and Inclusiveness and that the health, safety and well being of HSE’s own workforce is at its heart.

Jane joined HSE as a factory inspector in 1991 and has worked for HSE in Birmingham, Worcester and Cardiff.

Sessions:

9th April | 14:00 - 15:00 | The future of Health & Safety regulation: Panel Discussion (Q&A)

Ed Milne

Ed is a chartered ergonomics specialist who works mainly in the area of musculoskeletal risks. With business partner and ex-HSE colleague Sarah Tapley, Ed has written detailed guidance on musculoskeletal risks associated with mobile working and the use of mobile devices, which is available free online via the CIEHF website. Ed provides consultancy services to help organisations manage the ergonomics issues of moving to increased agile and remote working, as well as on-going assessment and management of associated health risks.

Sessions:

9th April | 14:00 - 14:30 | Managing the musculoskeletal risks of mobile working

John Mowbray

John is Operations Manager for the West Midlands region and has 41 years mining experience, 35 of them as full time Mines Rescue. He is a qualified and competent rescue officer and has operated in a high risk industry such as mining, water, energy, chemical, oil, gas and nuclear. He is able to share real life stories to make the theory come alive. As Operations Manager, he has responsibilities for all aspects of our operations of the West Midlands region. This includes responsibility for providing consultancy with regard to health & safety training and particular specialism in confined spaces including risk assessments, categorisation, identification and emergency on-site rescue cover.

Sessions:

9th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Working in Confined Spaces

Arad Parsi

Arad is Head of Business Development at Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the UK's pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority in the UK. Arad has been with the Trust since 2018 and responsible for all commercial, fundraising and corporate partnership activities.

Sessions:

9th April | 14:30 - 15:00 | Personal Safety In The Workplace : Protecting Lone & Frontline Workers

Chris Phillips GCGI, FCiiSCM, FSyI

Chris Phillips is a consultant, speaker and widely acknowledged as an expert in Counter Terrorism and Security on National and World media. He has written many articles for magazines and is a commentator on Policing, Security and Counter Terrorism matters on all the main media outlets in the UK and has also appeared in South East Asia and Canada.

He headed up the policing of stadiums. Including Wimbledon tennis, Twickenham rugby and events including the Rolling Stones , the Red Hot Chilli Peppers along with many other events.

Chris is the founder and Managing Director of the International Protect and Prepare Security Office. He started the company after thirty years as a Police officer. His recent work on crisis management has included writing and delivering crisis management training and exercising for many corporates and SME’s. His recent work in developing an E-learning Terrorism Awareness Course has won critical acclaim.

Sessions:

9th April | 11:00 - 11:40 | Managing the security of lone workers travelling home & abroad

Neal Stone

Neal Stone is a Policy Adviser at the McOnie Agency providing briefing and advice on health and safety issues.

Neal previously worked for the British Safety Council from 2008-2016 and his roles included Acting Chief Executive and Policy Director. From 1992-2008 Neal was a Policy Adviser with the Health and Safety Executive. His roles included the policy lead on director leadership and worker involvement and as Policy Adviser to Sir Bill Callaghan, HSE’s Chair

Sessions:

9th April | 10:15 - 11:15 | Are tougher sentences achieving the objectives of punishing those who breach health and safety law and deterring others? You are the jury.

Julian Taylor

Julian Taylor is Head of Solutions Architects at SHE Software. He manages a global team based in the UK and North America, who all work closely with organisations to clearly map out their issues, challenges and objectives to identify how technology can support and resolve/meet these.

He has worked within the health and safety sector for 20 years in a variety of HR and training roles and is NEBOSH qualified. Julian regularly presents on our webinar series discussing how organisations can take an innovative approach to managing health and safety through the use of technology.

He is passionate about engaging and empowering the broader teams within organisations to make safety happen and 'simply be part of what we do'.

Sessions:

9th April | 09:15 - 10:00 | Breakfast Briefing : What can 'design thinking' teach us about improving employee engagement?

Andrew Watson

Andrew is an experienced Health & Safety professional who has managed an operational emergency fire, escape and rescue facility associated with the underground mining industry. He has developed numerous training courses and is currently the Company’s Centre Co-ordinator for City & Guilds and Extractive Minerals Awarding Body. Through these awarding bodies, Andrew has been involved in creating and developing National Occupational Standards, National Vocational Qualifications and Vocationally Recognised Qualifications in health and safety subjects, e.g. confined spaces, mining, mining supervision, rescue, fire fighting, first aid and senior management qualifications. He has written and had published several papers on Health and Safety issues and on competence in relation to production and its connection to Health and Safety. Is a Fellow of IOM3 and was awarded the Medal for Excellence in 2010 and was presented an Award for International Co-operation from Emercom of Russia in 2015.

Sessions:

9th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Working at Height & Preventing Falls

10th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Using respiratory protective equipment

10th April | 13:45 - 14:15 | Working at height & preventing falls

11th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Slips, Trips & Falls

11th April | 13:45 - 14:15 | Working at Height & Preventing Falls

11th April | 15:00 - 15:00 | Training & Competence

Jennifer Webster

Jen Webster joined the Health and Safety Executive's research laboratory in Buxton in 2008 and is a Chartered Psychologist (Occupational Psychology) and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychology Society. Jen works mainly with organisations to help develop their safety culture both here in the UK and overseas. More recently, she has been involved in helping HSE develop its existing body of knowledge around the impact demographic change will have on health and safety, and she is also leading on research to understand the potential risks posed by new ways of working and technological change.

Sessions:

9th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Health & well-being

Ben Woodruff

Ben Woodruff is the Head of Business Development at SHE Software and leads a team of EMEA Sales professionals who work with prospective clients across a range of different sectors. He has worked within the technology sector for over 10 years, with 9 years spent within the health and safety sector.

Ben is extremely knowledgeable in his field, speaking to health and safety professionals daily, developing an understanding of their core challenges, and delivering technology solutions that will help improve their safety culture, performance and compliance. He has presented at a number of external high profile conferences and events across Europe.

Sessions:

9th April | 09:15 - 10:00 | Breakfast Briefing : What can 'design thinking' teach us about improving employee engagement?

Richard Denton

Degrees and certifications:
NEBOSH Certificate, NVQ 5/6 in Occupational Safety and Health, and Graduate Membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Sessions:

10th April | 14:10 - 14:40 | Loading bay pitfalls - increasing employee engagement

Clare Forshaw

Clare Forshaw is an Occupational Health & Hygiene Partner with Park Health & Safety Partnership.

She previously worked at HSE and has over 20 years’ experience in workplace health management. Her role involves assisting organisations in achieving their goals in health risk management. With a strong interest and experience in assisting organisations develop a strategic and sustainable approach to health management, she also works closely with senior management teams to embed appropriate leadership and culture for organisational health maturity.

She has been actively involved in progressing the knowledge base and promoting best practice in noise control, health surveillance and improving the profile of noise risk for most of her career. She pioneered UK research on a novel alternative to pure tone audiometry, organised and hosted the first UK Hearing Conservation Conference in 2016 and more recently chaired the NHS England Action Plan on Hearing Loss Prevention Working Group. Clare has been a driving force behind establishing a new UK Hearing Conservation Association which was launched in March 2019 and aims to prevent damage to people’s hearing health and other noise related health conditions; through practical, evidenced and cost-effective communications and solutions.

Sessions:

10th April | 10:15 - 11:15 | The business benefits of promoting health and wellbeing within the workplace

10th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Managing noise & vibration

Rob Gilbert

Rob's consultative and end-user-focused approach enables Lone Worker Solutions' clients to fully customise lone working protection for every facet of their business. He ensures that clients achieve a lasting, best-of-breed solution working in partnership with the NHS Supply Chain, and the Procurement for Housing (PfH) Framework to protect lone workers.

Sessions:

10th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Case study - lone working in the housing sector

Liz Groundland

Safety starts and ends with people, and I truly believe that every accident is preventable. What I’ve learnt in over 15 years in the construction industry is that by working alongside people, it’s easier to create and implement systems that support the delivery of a quality output. I’ve also learnt that simple is best, and that if you keep it simple, it’s more likely to be right first time. The most important thing for me is knowing that everyone goes home safe at the end of every working day, if that happens, I know we’re getting it right.

Sessions:

10th April | 11:45 - 12:30 | The significance of Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

Andy Hall

Degrees and certifications:
BSc (Hons), MSc, PGDip and Graduate Membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Sessions:

10th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Managing noise & vibration

Paul Hammond

Paul made the move to SoloProtect just under 2 years ago and welcomes the opportunity to improve the safety and welfare of staff at risk each day. “I love the objective we all share at SoloProtect, to make a positive impact on the lives of our customers and doing the right thing by the client. We have invested heavily in people, processes, technology and infrastructure to offer the best solution in the market today and our clients are seeing the difference this can make”

Sessions:

10th April | 13:45 - 14:15 | A Lone Worker Case Study – Unite Students

David Harrison

Senior communications developer for 35 years and in Lone Working for 20 years. Rich background in software design and applications for the real world where user psychology meets technology.

Sessions:

10th April | 14:15 - 14:45 | Lone working: Are you rolling the dice?

Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones has been on the UK Asbestos Training Association Board of Directors since 2016. Part of this role involves sitting on the HSE technical working group for Asbestos helping to make sure the industry practices and regulations are current. With a construction and telecoms background and over 20 years dealing with Asbestos Gareth started POD training and consultancy 8 ½ years ago to deliver UKATA Asbestos awareness & removal, Telecoms Rigging and Health & Safety courses approved and regulated by CITB,MATS Group, ARQIVA, WPD, National Grid, OFQUAL etc. Away from work Gareth actively involved with coaching rugby for the last 25 yrs. Formerly Head coach for Devon U20's and Senior rugby and Currently team manager Plymouth Albion RFC.

Sessions:

10th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Using respiratory protective equipment

11th April | 15:00 - 15:30 | Training & Competance

Chris MacKenzie MBE

Chris retired from the police service after 30 years, having specialised in crime reduction for nearly all of his service. He spent his last 10 years as the Force Crime Reduction Advisor, training and supporting Crime Prevention Officers and advising on force and national crime reduction initiatives and policies.

He has written several books on volume crime prevention (burglary, personal safety, business crime, etc). In the 2006 New Year Honours he was appointed MBE for his services in preventing crime. Since 2009 he has worked full time for National Monitoring who protect lone workers under their Alertcom brand.

Sessions:

10th April | 10:30 - 11:00 | Advice for lone workers: practical solutions

Lynsey Mason

Lynsey is a Regional Manager for the southern region for 3B Training who is a nationwide health & safety training provider. She is Fit2Fit accredited and is very passionate about the importance of delivering quality training to the industry. Lynsey also holds the NCRQ Level 6 in Applied Health & Safety and the Level 3 Award in Education & Training.

Sessions:

10th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Using respiratory protective equipment

11th April | 15:00 - 15:30 | Training & Competence

Phil Moore

Phil joined London City Mission in 1989 and worked with various Churches and community outreach teams. He has recruited and led volunteer teams, developed a mentoring programme for field staff and is also the Safeguarding coordinator.

Phil is passionate about people fulfilling their potential, working in a safe arena and sharing their faith with sensitivity and respect.

Sessions:

10th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | The challenges of managing lone working volunteers: when motivation overrides personal safety

Alan Murray

Alan Murray has been in the Safety and Health Industry since the 1980’s – He has led the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) as Chief Executive since the start of 2014. BSIF manages the Fit2Fit Respiratory Protection Face Fitting Accreditation programme. The BSIF is dedicated to supporting those who keep people safe and healthy at work and passionate that Safety and Health in the UK is appreciated as the force for good that it is. BSIF administers the Registered Safety Suppliers Scheme ensuring quality products are available to users through a capable supply chain. BSIF also manages the Fit2Fit Respiratory Protection Face Fitting Accreditation programme. The BSIF is the recognised Trade Body for the UK Safety and Health market and our members include manufacturers and distributors of Personal Protective Equipment as well as specialist service providers to the Safety and Health market.

Over the last 2 years BSIF has been guiding the market on the transition to the new PPE Regulation (EU) 2016/425 and advising on the impacts of Brexit.

In 2019 Alan Murray became President of the European Safety Federation, the grouping of national bodies whose work is focused on lobbying and advising within the organisation of the EU.

Alan Murray began his career with Kimberly Clark as they embarked on adding work wear and protective clothing to their extensive paper and non - woven based product range. In 1990 he moved to London Rubber Company famous for its Durex and Marigold brands.

Ending as Group Marketing Director for the Industrial Glove business by which time he had established the business as world - wide hand protection experts.

Prior to joining the British Safety Industry Federation he has held a variety of senior posts with commercial operators in the Safety and Health market.

Sessions:

10th April | 09:00 - 10:30 | Breakfast Briefing : The launch of the BSIF Fit2Fit face fitting guidance

10th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Using respiratory protective equipment

Steve Perkins

Steve is a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors, with 20 years of management and executive experience in a range of organisations from corporate to charity and plc to SME. He has served in CEO, Executive and Non-Executive Director roles. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

His experience combines his three passions; business, people and science. After graduating Steve worked in aeroacoustics research for Rolls-Royce plc, later moving onto the business side to lead improvement initiatives and IT transformation.

His second career was spent in the third sector in a senior pastoral role and as the Operations Director and Trustee of a large regional faith-based charity. He still volunteers as a charity trustee today.

In 2009 Steve became the Chief Executive of BOHS, a national professional and awarding body for scientists and leaders in occupational health and safety. During a nine year tenure he led the transformation of BOHS into a growing national and international leader in its field. He secured a Royal Charter in record time, grew the membership, created a profitable business and launched successful national health risk campaigns in the construction and manufacturing sectors.

In 2018 he launched Steve Perkins Associates Limited, to provide effective executive coaching and consultancy to organisational leaders and their teams. He now works with organisational leaders in the UK and around the world in the field of occupational safety, health and well-being.

Sessions:

10th April | 09:15 - 10:00 | VIP Members Session : A Strategic Approach to Health Leadership

10th April | 11:00 - 13:30 | Using respiratory protective equipment

10th April | 14:45 - 15:15 | Managing noise & vibration

Nathan Shipley

Nathan Shipley has worked at BSI for 23 years in all areas of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) approvals from product testing to product certification. Nathan is now the PPE Group Certification Manager and manages the BSI PPE certification team which has seen massive changes over the last couple of years with the introduction of the PPE Regulation and of course Brexit. Nathan has sat on a number of committees relating to PPE certification and standards including heading up the team that wrote the PAS 015:2011 standard for equestrian helmets, he is also the vice chair of the BSIF Test and Certification committee.

Sessions:

10th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Using respiratory protective equipment

Stuart Taylor

Stuart Taylor is a Director on the Board of the Fork Lift Truck Association and Managing Director of Mentor FLT Training, the UK’s leading provider of nationwide workplace transport, materials handling and safety management training.

Stuart has a wealth of experience in the forklift training, logistics and supply chain industries, providing technical/training support to the FLTA, and ensuring both the FLTA and Mentor continue to contribute to improving safety standards throughout the UK.

Sessions:

10th April | 12:40 - 13:10 | Forklift accidents: 10 common causes, 1 recurring theme

Nicole Vazquez

Nicole is the founder of Worthwhile Training and has over 20 years experience in assisting organisations with practical advice to manage the risks associated with employee’s safety, security and wellbeing. Her advice is valued in many sectors including retail, housing, social services and government departments for its pragmatic, straightforward approach and measurable results.

Worthwhile Training provide interactive and effective training solutions including drama-based immersive workshops. These offer an opportunity not only for people to learn but also to apply techniques and receive feedback in a safe environment. A current violence reduction programme for a Train Operating Company has resulted in a 19% year-on-year reduction in physical assails on staff.

Sessions:

9th April | 11:40 - 12:20 | Managing aggression against staff

Irfaan Arif

Irfaan is a behavioural science professional with a focus and passion for diversity and inclusion. He has over 15 years of experience that includes developing organisational cultures that foster inclusion, belonging and engagement by creating strategies and designed interventions to meet specific organisational goals.

Irfaan established his own research led training consultancy and has worked with clients across all sectors. This includes organisations such as the National Health Service (NHS), The Alzheimer’s Society, Ogilvy & Mather and various universities including internationally at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He has recently worked with a number of TV & Film production companies, creating interventions, delivering unconscious bias training and leadership development to improve both on-screen and off-screen diversity. He has also worked across a range of industries including, health, finance, legal, education.

Until recently, Irfaan led the diversity and inclusion agenda at the University of East London. A unique University with almost 70% of its students and 30% of its staff from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, it struggles with key challenges relating to attainment, progression and achievement. Irfaan facilitated the work around inclusion and his interventions led to significant improvements in recruitment, progression and attainment of staff and students from minority backgrounds. One example of an intervention was the introduction of a range of inclusion nudges to the online recruitment system designed to minimise unconscious bias.

Irfaan holds an MBA, an MA in Human Resource Development & Consulting and an MSc in Psychology. He is a qualified coach, excellent communicator and a creative trainer.

Sessions:

11th April | 11:45 - 12:30 | Diversity in the Workplace

Harry Beacall

Harry is the first person a customer will see on their journey with SlipTest. He helps educate customers around the safety of their floors and carries out an audit of the site to understand any underlying issues affecting the risk of slip.

He then finds the most effective solution for the customer, in terms of price and results. Meaning Harry brings a wealth of experience to talk about regarding the most common floor safety issues and best ways to take a floor from a high risk of slip to a low risk and ensuring those results are long lasting.

Harry prides himself on being resourceful, not just with customers but in his personal life too. Harry can usually be found in his garage creating or restoring things for a fraction of the cost than if he bought them. A teardrop caravan and child’s ride on car are some of Harry’s latest creations.

Sessions:

11th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Slips, Trips & Falls

Mark Burgess

Mark is the Field Operations Director for Alcumus ISOQAR, responsible for 76 full time auditors and approx. 50 sub-contractors. Key duties are to ensure the field team can carry out their duties and are working effectively. Mark works alongside the operations director and the technical director to ensure processes are followed and delivery of service is to the highest standard.

Previously employed at ISOQAR as the Benchmarking Assessor Manager 2014 to 2016 for audits to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001/ISO 45001, ISO 50001, SSIP, and HACCP. His duties included conducting Certified Stage 1, Sage 2, Surveillance and Recertification audits throughout the UK and Ireland, auditing a very varied client base from the building industry, care homes, IT, Recruiting, Engineering, Hard / Soft FM, and Security. He has a strong background in H&S from his military career in peace time and operations. Mark also provided H&S support to NATO while working as an embedded sub-contractor in Afghanistan. In his current role, he has supported the technical and field team to help implement the ISO 45001 accreditation and migration from OHSAS 18001.

Mark also served in the British Army between 1987 to 2009 and reached the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1, serving his last role as the Divisional Catering Warrant Officer at Head Quarters 4th Division.

Sessions:

11th April | 15:00 - 15:30 | Training & Competence

Ian Dunsford

Degrees and certifications:
HND Environmental Health, BSc (Hons) Environmental Health, PGDip Acoustics and Noise Control, PGDip Occupational Safety and Health Management and Graduate Membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Sessions:

11th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Slipis, Trips & Falls

Terry Fisher

Terry prides himself on being an experienced health and safety professional and auditor specialising in occupational health and safety. Terry boasts an impressive length of service in a large variety of public and private organisations and industries. Including the likes of: Automotive; Heavy Engineering; Medical Manufacturing; General Manufacturing; Wallcovering & Printing; Educational Estates and Transport and Logistics.

As an IOSH member, Terry is also a recognised OHSAS 18001 trainer to new third party assessment auditors delivering effective safety related auditor training courses after having spent the majority of his career involved in safety operations and management efficiency.

Terry’s wealth of knowledge has lead him to a principal assessor role within NQA… “I find auditing a very rewarding career. The vast spectrum of organisations you are invited to and the people you meet are what make it all worthwhile. I would like to think that my practical experience in the real world helps me see things from the client’s view and we can make work an interesting, beneficial and safe place to be.”

Sessions:

11th April | 15:00 - 15:30 | Training & Competence

Kevin Hard

Kevin Hard leads the development team at RM OCAID having joined the company in 2014, bringing with him a wealth of experience in Leadership and Employee Engagement strategies.

Previously he worked in the oilfield in the Middle East and West Africa for 8 years before returning to the UK in 1987 where he set up a successful consultancy business. Clients included the IMF, Warner Brothers and GKN Worldwide. He sold the company to a major UK client in 2000 and moved on to focus on leadership coaching and mentoring.

Working closely with the National Centre for Strategic Leadership he is closely involved in research into neuroscience and the four enablers of engagement i.e. creating a work environment that helps our brains think and perform at their best and now co-leads the Task Action Group (TAG) on Sustainability and Engagement (CSR) for the Governments 'Engage for Success' Task force.

He worked closely with a leading strategic risk organisation in China from 2012 – 2014 where he delivered behavioural safety programmes in Henan province which changed work practices there for the first time and was subsequently invited back to speak to the Chinese Government at a UN Sponsored event.

Kevin has recently published an Organisational Integrated Improvement model based on Leadership, Engagement and Wellbeing (with Nigel Girling – Leader of the Governments Engage for Success Task Force) which has been referenced by many organisations including the HSL at conference and recently adopted by a major Rail organisation to underpin its Health and Wellbeing strategy.

Kevin presents on Cultural Safety®, Leadership and Engagement worldwide and has recently returned from engagements in Basel, Brussels, and the Middle East where he presented to the ASSE in Bahrain.

Sessions:

11th April | 14:00 - 15:00 | Establishing an Engaged Culture

Simon Jones

Simon Graduated from Cardiff University with an Honours degree in Environmental Health. He went on to work as an Environmental Health Officer for several Local Authorities experiencing a broad range of commercial enforcement and general public health aspects of the Environmental Health profession.

In 2000 Simon took up the role of Standards Manager for CHSS and set up a governance process to ensure the technical accuracy and quality of the work that was delivered. Simon specialised in delivering high end HSE education through the NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety and became the Principal Examiner for the International version of the qualification when it was introduced in 2007. Examining and delivering the range of qualifications took Simon to work overseas, working with clients in places such as: UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, USA, Saudi Arabia and Oman thereby broadening his experience of health, safety and environmental management in an international context.

As Technical Director for Alcumus HSE, Simon has a senior leadership role covering all aspects of health, safety and environmental technical elements within the business, including governance and competency management, along with product development and providing the technical reference and decision-making point for the business.

With a strong systems knowledge and background and having been involved in enforcement functions, Simon is well placed to comment on technical health, safety and environmental matters. Additionally, he has a keen interest health and safety leadership within organisations and delivers Senior Executive level health and safety technical training and leadership training for clients.

Sessions:

11th April | 15:00 - 15:30 | Training & Competance

Mark Liddle

Mark Liddle is a scientist working in the Human Factors Team within HSE’s Science Division. He has over 20 years experience in scientific analysis and has devoted over eight years of his career to the study of falls prevention. During this time he has undertaken laboratory and field based testing to determine the slip risk associated with flooring, footwear and contamination combinations, as well as performing research projects to better understand factors that can influence the risk of falls. He has presented his work at numerous conferences and has published on the HSE and EU-OSHA websites.

Sessions:

11th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Slips, Trips & Falls

Laura Nelson

For 20 years Laura has lived and breathed the warehousing and logistics industry, working her way through nearly every role possible at RTITB. She became a company director in 2010 and Managing Director in 2015. Laura consistently identifies and develops new, innovative and engaging ways to better improve the standards and delivery of training to our industry.

Sessions:

11th April | 12:40 - 13:10 | Forklift training myths – are you wasting money?

Warren Ottaway

Warren has worked for Skyguard and its associated companies in the Lone Worker Safety industry for over 10 years. His main focus is meeting with both Public and Private sector organisations across a diverse array of industries, to assist with reviewing their lone working procedures and advise on the most suitable solutions. In addition, Warren supports Skyguard's existing client base to ensure the services they provide are utilised fully and most effectively.

Sessions:

11th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Personal safety advice when visiting clients

Peter Upcott

Peter Upcott is the CEO of PPE Specialist, a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) consultancy specialising in product innovations, solutions and business development. Peter has 31 years’ experience in all aspects of PPE working in manufacturing and distribution businesses with Global, European and UK remits. Peter works directly with end users to problem solve and provide advice on the most effective and commercially viable solutions for specific applications and environments. Peter helps to provide awareness of new technologies and product innovations in PPE – more information is available on www.ppe-specialist.com.

Sessions:

11th April | 11:00 - 11:30 | Slips, Trips & Falls

Clive Wheawall

A Mechanical Engineer with an Operations and Engineering background, having risen from being an Apprentice at the National Coal Board to the position of Worldwide Operations Director for JCB Limited. Clive has worked with Osborne since 1998 on SME projects and is a key Consultant to the Defence and IT industry. Clive is presently working with the Advance IT Group a growing Midlands-based IT business whose products include LONEALERT.

Sessions:

11th April | 10:30 - 11:00 | Business Efficiencies of Lone Working: it's not all about risk