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Until early 1998 he was a full-time consultant in the
Management Services unit of DNV This unit provides Safety Management System consultancy
for clients in UK, and for multinational groups whose headquarters are in UK. These
services include those related to the International Safety Rating System (ISRS)
Until the end of 1992 he was Director of Technology of DNV Technica
Ltd, responsible for the development and uniformity of all technology used within that
company. He was responsible for technical staff development and training, and also for the
provision of external training courses.
He gained recognition for his work in the field of industrial safety in
1986, when he was elected to the register of Safety and Loss Prevention Specialists of the
Institution of Chemical Engineers. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Training
and Development in 1991 (now the Institute of Personnel and Development). |
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After joining Technica in 1982 he managed more than 100 safety related
consultancy contracts, mainly in the areas of offshore and onshore oil and gas, chemicals
and petrochemicals. He has prepared evidence for a Public Inquiry on safety and
environmental impact of a crude oil pipeline and for the Piper Alpha Inquiry.
He was seconded for 18 months to Technica's US subsidiary where he was
responsible for finances, for quality assurance of projects, provision of training courses
on Safety and Risk Management, and assistance in the implementation of HAZOP Programmes
for two major international chemical companies.
Before joining Technica he gained considerable experience of process
design, startup and operation of petrochemicals plants, during 13 years working with ICI
Petrochemicals and Plastics Division. While with ICI, he worked for 3 years in Holland,
initially directing a contractor's development and process engineering of a world-scale
polypropylene plant, and later as commissioning team leader, and technical advisor for the
first six months of operation.
His first industrial post was with BXL at Manningtree, working as a plant investigator
on nitrocellulose and cellulose plastics plants. He then joined Marconi as a computer
programmer, where he wrote a major programme for calculating critical path networks
Languages
Fluent Dutch, and some German and French.
 | Chartered Engineer |
| Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| Registered Safety Professional (I Chem E) |
| 1998 Independent consultant, providing safety
related consultancy and training services to industry.
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| 1996 Principal Consultant with responsibility for
Safety Management Systems consultancy to the Oil, Chemical, Pharmaceuticals and Nuclear
Power industries.
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| 1993 Manager of DNVI Loss Control Management Unit,
leading a team of 10 which provided training and auditing services associated with the
International Safety Rating System (ISRS).
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| 1992 Director of Technology of DNV Technica,
responsible for technology, quality and training.
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| 1991 Director responsible for Technica's Head
Office in London.
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| 1989 Responsible for planning and start-up of
Stockport (Manchester) office, and for its first year of operation.
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| 1988 Assumed Group responsibility for Quality
Assurance, internal and external Training as well as HAZOP services.
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| 1987 Appointed a Director of Technica's US
subsidiary, taking responsibility for finance and technical aspects. Developed the market
for HAZOP studies, training courses and fault tree analysis. Assisted major client
companies in development of their risk management structures. Assisted two major chemical
multinationals in implementation of HAZOP as part of their quality programs. This required
provision of leader training, management training and team member training and later
reviews of team effectiveness.
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| 1982 Technica Ltd- Appointed a Director in 1984.
Responsible to the Board for the financial control between 1985 and 1987.
Managed a Total Risk Analysis for the Gullfaks B platform and for a
Norwegian refinery extension. Responsible for provision of a company safety policy
document for a major gas production and distribution company in Australia. Managed a
series of HAZOP studies for offshore platforms and onshore plant, and a series of safety
evaluation projects considering the fatality and pollution risks for the Sleipner A
platform in the Norwegian Sector, and chaired a HAZOP study of the platform.
Managed risk analysis projects for a major Concept design of a
Norwegian refinery extension and a gas terminal, including condensate recovery and
separation plant. Was responsible for a safety review of a water injection platform and an
oil drilling and production platform. Managed several QRA and HAZOP studies for North Sea
platforms.
Prepared evidence on leak probability, public safety and environmental
impact for a Public Inquiry on a UK crude oil pipeline.
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| 1969 Imperial Chemical Industries. Senior Research
Engineer, studying plant design and feasibility of novel processes for PVC manufacture.
Successively Contractor Liaison Engineer, Commissioning Team Leader,
and Technical Advisor during design and operation of a polypropylene plant in Holland.
Liaison Engineer, responsible for vetting licensor's design package for
a polypropylene plant for Brazil. Led team of process engineers preparing design package
for a plant for France.
Led process engineering on design of a plastics plant for UK. Also
major contributor to Hazard and Operability Study of this plant.
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| 1967 Marconi. Wrote one a suite of four computer
programmes for critical path analysis and work scheduling.
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| 1965 BXL. Worked as a process investigator on
nitrocellulose and cellulosic plastics plants.
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