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Safety
Health and
Environment
SHE2013
The 24th Energy Industry Safety,
Health and Environment
Management Conference

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SHE2013
Annual
Conference
Joining
Instructions
Conference venue
The SHE2013 Conference is being held
at The Hilton Manchester Deansgate.
Further information can be found at:
www.hilton.com
Registration
The registration desk will be situated
inside Cloud 23 during the opening
night’s reception on Wednesday 1 May
from 19:00–21:00. Cloud 23 is situated
on Floor 23 at the venue and is accessed
by the lift next to the hotel reception. As
of Thursday 2 May the reception desk
will be located in the Deansgate Foyer,
which is outside of the main conference
room. The desk will be open from 08:00
on Thursday 2 May until the end of
Session 4 at 17:15 and open again
on Friday 3 May from 08:30.
The conference begins at 09:00
on Thursday 2 May and concludes
with lunch provided at 13:15 on
Friday 3 May.
Lunch and coffee breaks
Coffee breaks and lunch will take place
in the Deansgate Foyer.
Dress code
There is no dress code for the conference
however delegates tend to dress to
at least “business casual”. The dress
code for the conference dinner will be
lounge suit.
Pre-conference welcome
reception
All delegates attending the conference
are invited to the welcome reception
hosted by ENA. There will be drinks and
hot food available. The event will run from
19:00–21:00 on Wednesday 1 May. The
event will be held in Cloud 23.
Drinks reception and
conference dinner
All delegates attending the conference
are invited to the conference drinks
reception and dinner hosted by Electricity
North West on the evening of the
Thursday 2 May.
If you are planning not to attend the dinner
or drinks reception for whatever reason
please advise the conference staff when
you register.
The drinks reception and the conference
dinner will be held at the Museum of
Science and Industry, a 5 minute walk
from The Hilton. Staff will be on hand to
direct you to the Museum, which is directly
opposite the hotel’s main entrance. The
drinks reception will be held between
19:00–20:00 and the conference dinner
will be held from 20:00.
If you would have any special dietary
requirements for the conference
dinner please email Jane Eccleston,
jane.eccleston@enwl.co.uk.
Conference papers
All presentations will be posted on the
ENA website shortly after the conference.
Conference staff
Conference staff can be identified by their
blue badges and will be happy to deal with
any queries or problems that you might
have during the conference. The
registration desk will be manned
throughout the conference.
Emergency
If there are any delays or problems in
reaching the venue, ENA conference staff
can be contacted on 07581 659 453.
In the event of a fire or emergency:
> > Leave by the nearest fire exit and make
your way to the Guest Assembly Point
situated to the front of the Hotel.
> > Do not stop to collect personal
belongings.
> > Do not re-enter the building until
advised by the manager on duty.

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SHE2013
Conference
Objectives
The Energy Industry SHE Management Conference
promotes the highest standards of addressing and
managing SHE issues within our industry.
It provides a forum for all stakeholders – employees,
employers, trade unions and regulators – to network,
share best practice and review safety, health and
environment challenges and concerns.
The Conference aims to foster co-operation and
improve contact between, and within, the organisations
and companies that comprise our industry.
Organising Committee 2013
ENA
Peter Coyle (Chair)
Tim Field
Richard Le Gros
Mike Leppard
Jane Eccleston
Electricity North West
Hazel Joyes
Western Power Distribution
Lucy Innes
UK Power Networks
Nigel Lilley
National Grid
Brian Ludlow
Magnox

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Foreword
David Smith
Chief Executive
Energy Networks Association
Welcome to the 24th Energy Industry
Safety, Health and Environment
Conference. This year marks 10 years of
ENA organising this conference on behalf
of the energy industry and we are proud to
support this show of commitment to what
is such a vital part of delivering safe and
secure energy.
The next couple of days promise to be
another great opportunity to engage with
industry colleagues and share experiences
on many topics. We are committed to
helping improve the health and safety of
all who work in our industry and the
environment we live in.
Last year we heard how safety was a
‘golden thread’ aligning the interests of
employees and shareholders, and how
improving safety and reducing injuries
required a joint solution for the workforce
and the company. These topics provided
an excellent starting point for discussions
around the 2013 theme for Powering
Improvement - Human and Organisational
Factors: Behavioural Safety and Personal
Responsibility. These discussions
continue over the next two days and are
an important part of our ongoing efforts
to improve health and safety.
This year’s conference will examine
the significance of “behavioural safety”,
including global best practice, as well
as current industry issues both of
conventional assets as well as addressing
issues emerging as part of the drive for
innovation on our networks.
So as always, please make the most of
this valuable networking opportunity to
share your thoughts, plans and innovative
initiatives to achieve the vision of being
a world leader in health and safety
performance by 2015.
This conference is about sharing best
practice and learning from industry
experiences. We also want to inspire
thoughtful discussion, so with this in
mind you can follow ENA on Twitter
(@EnergyNetworks) and we encourage
you to use #SHE2013 to engage in the
debate online.
David Smith
Chief Executive
Energy Networks Association

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Wednesday
1 May
Day one
Thursday
2 May
Pre-conference reception hosted by Energy Networks Association 19:00 — 21:00
Session one: Keynote presentations
Chair: David Smith, Energy Networks Association
Welcome and introductions 09:00 — 09:10
> > David Smith, Energy Networks Association
Protecting our people, our customers and our environment – 09:10 — 09:30
Continuing the SHE mission
> > Steve Johnson, Electricity North West
Health and Safety: Delivering the solution together 09:30 — 10:00
> > Jane Willis, HSE
Facing the challenge of new technologies in the workplace – 10:00 — 10:30
The role of the H&S practitioner
> > Gerard Hand, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Question and answer session 10:30 — 10:40
Tea and coffee 10:40 — 11:10
Session two: Powering Improvement
Chair: Peter McCormick, Energy Networks Association
Achievements and challenges 11:10 — 11:30
> > Doug Wilson, ScottishPower
Returning home 11:30 — 11:50
> > Frank Mitchell, ScottishPower Energy Networks
Leadership and trust – Trade union reflections 11:50 — 12:10
> > Mike Clancy, Prospect
Powering Improvement: Asset Management and Maintenance – 12:10 — 12:30
A field perspective on “what ‘better’ AM&M should look like”
> > Nick Gill, Northern Powergrid
Question and answer session 12:30 — 12:40
Lunch 12:40 — 13:40

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Day one
Thursday
2 May
Session three: Current industry issues
Chair: Greg Fernie, Electricity North West
The role of the UAG within the utility industry 13:40 — 13:55
> > Karl Lee, West Coast Network Services
High voltage live line working 13:55 — 14:10
> > Dick Milton, UK Power Networks and Chris Land, National Grid
Recognising smarter networks within the SHE arena 14:10 — 14:40
> > Paul Fidler, Energy Networks Association
Innovating for a safer work environment 14:40 — 14:55
> > Denise Massey, Energy Innovation Centre
Question and answer session 14:55 — 15:05
Tea and coffee 15:05 — 15:30
Session four: Human and
organisational factors
Chair: Kevin Coyne, Unite
The safety family 15:30 — 15:50
> > Peter Vujanic and Barry Bridgman, SSE
Influencing safety behaviour and culture 15:50 — 16:10
– The New Zealand journey
> > Bernard Healy, Electrical Engineers Association
Behavioural leadership – A way of life 16:10 — 16:30
> > Ian Graves and Alan Cheung, Costain
The problem with behavioural safety 16:30 — 17:10
> > Tony Roscoe, Ryder-Marsh
Question and answer session 17:10 — 17:15
Close of first day 17:15
Drinks reception 19:00
Conference dinner 20:00

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Day two
Friday
3 May
Session five: Occupational health issues
Chair: Dr Neil Davies, Independent Consultant in Occupational Medicine
The benefits and problems of including drugs and alcohol 09:00 — 09:45
testing in policies
> > Benefits: Dr Olivia Carlton, Transport for London
> > Problems: Dr John McCaul, RWE npower
Stress – Is it a load of Trollope 09:45 — 10:00
> > Dr Brian Ludlow, Magnox
Asbestos diseases 10:00 — 10:25
> > Dr Alastair Robertson, Consultant Occupational Physician
The CEGB cohort - the first 30 years - and next 10:25 — 10:40
> > Dr Ian Torrance, Occupational Physician
Question and answer session 10:40 — 10:50
Tea and coffee 10:50 — 11:15
Session six: Closing keynotes
Chair: Doug Wilson, ScottishPower
Crossrail: The collaborative client. Managing contractor 11:15 — 11:45
performance
> > Steve Hails, Crossrail
Healthy employees make healthy companies 11:45 — 12:15
> > Dominique Vacher, International Social Security Association
They who laugh, last 12:15 — 13:10
> > Kate Hull Rodgers, Humour Us
Closing remarks 13:10 — 13:15
> > Doug Wilson, ScottishPower
Conference closes 13:15

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Speaker
and chair
biographies
Barry Bridgman
Business Safety, Health &
Environmental Manager, SSE
Barry has been with SSE in its various
guises since 1971 when he joined as an
apprentice electrician, after completing
what was then a 4 year apprenticeship
he did installation work until crossing
over to the old “engineering” side of
the company in 1980 to become an
installation inspector. After privatisation
when Southern Electric merged with
Scottish Hydro Electric, Barry became
a team manager and an SAP on supply
restoration looking after all of the faults
on the network for 10 years until taking
up a full time safety role as a Business
SHE Manager in 2004.
He had been a Trade Union Safety Rep
for over 20 years at that point as well as
a shop steward (as they were then called)
and sat on groups such as the company
HESAC.
Dr Olivia Carlton
Head of Occupational Health, Transport
for London, President of the Faculty
of Occupational Medicine
Olivia is an Occupational Physician and
has worked for Transport for London
(formerly London Transport) for more
than 20 years. She advises Transport
for London and in particular London
Underground on occupational health
policy and strategy. She also head’s up
TfL’s multi-disciplinary occupational health
team. Integrating the physical, mental and
social aspects of good occupational
health management has been a focus for
this team for some considerable time.
She is the current President of the Faculty
of Occupational Medicine and a former
President of the Society of Occupational
Medicine.
Alan Cheung
Director for Behavioural Management,
Costain Group
Alan has been instrumental in the
development and implementation of
the Costain Behavioural Safety (CBS)
Programme, which began in 2006. In
2011 he successfully took the CBS
Programme through third party
accreditation with the Cambridge
Center for Behavioral Studies, making
CBS the first third party accredited
behavioural safety programme in the UK.
Alan has a degree in Civil Engineering
from Loughborough University, is a
Chartered Civil Engineer and Member
of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He
has over 23 years experience of working
in the UK Construction Industry and
prior to taking on his current role Alan
headed up Costain’s £440M United
Utilities Contract.
Mike Clancy
General Secretary, PROSPECT
Mike is the General Secretary of
PROSPECT, a trade union representing
120,000 professional staff in both public
and private sectors. He was elected to
this position in January 2013.
Formerly, he held overall responsibility
for members employed in the Energy
and Defence Sectors and was the policy
lead for Health and Safety and Legal
Services. In earlier negotiating roles he
represented members in Electricity Supply
and Defence at national level. Mike
combines 24 years of experience as
a trade union officer with 8 years as an
Employment Tribunal member. In 2002
he was also appointed to the Employment
Appeal Tribunal.
Mike holds a degree in Law, an M.A.
in Industrial Relations (Warwick) and
an M.B.A. (Cranfield). He is a Chartered
member of the Institute of Personnel and
Development, and has held several board
level positions in his earlier career in
government trading funds and the skills
environment.

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chair biographies
Continued
Kevin Coyne
National Officer, Energy & Utilities
Sector, Unite the Union
Kevin is the National Officer for Unite the
Union in the Energy and Utilities Sector.
Unite has a membership of over 50,000
skilled workers in this sector.
Kevin negotiates with employers,
Government departments and regulators
on a whole raft of issues from pay and
conditions to wider energy policy and the
long term future of the industry. He is
passionate about safety within the sector
and takes an active interest in company
HESACs. He is currently chair of the
National HESAC.
Kevin has been a trade Union Official for
15 years. He has wide experience within
the engineering sector and has actively
represented members in the shipbuilding,
aerospace, offshore oil and gas and
nuclear industries. He was originally based
in the north west of England, where he
became the Regional Secretary for Unite.
More recently he has held responsibility for
members at a national level in the National
Health Service and the Ministry of
Defence, prior to taking up his current
role. He is a board member of Energy
and Utility Skills.
Dr Neil Davies
Independent Consultant in
Occupational Medicine
Neil is an occupational physician who has
spent most of his medical career in the
energy industry, starting off as a Medical
Adviser with Mobil Oil in the UK with some
overseas and offshore assignments. After
8 years he joined the CEGB as an Area
Medical Officer and since then he has had
26 years in the electricity generating
sector, primarily nuclear focussed with
Nuclear Electric and Magnox, his last
appointment until retiring in 2011 being
the Chief Medical Officer of British Energy.
He then worked part-time as Medical
Adviser to EDF Energy Nuclear Generation
in Barnwood until 31 March this year. His
main occupational health interests are in
fitness for duty in safety critical
environments, health effects of ionising
and non ionising radiations and drugs
and alcohol at work.
He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational
Medicine and served 6 years as an ordinary
board member. He was a Trustee of the
British Occupational Health Research
Foundation charity for 15 years and is
a co-author of the FOM publication
‘Guidance on alcohol and drug misuse
in the Workplace’. He has also served a
term as Chair of the Occupational Health
Advisory Group and has been a member
of the Compensation Scheme Council for
radiation linked diseases and its technical
working party, the BMA occupational health
committee and various epidemiology
research steering groups.
Greg Fernie
Operations Director, Electricity
North West
Greg joined Electricity North West as
Operations Director in July 2010 from
United Utilities where he was Operations
Director of Engineering Services. As
well as Operations, Greg’s role at United
Utilities included business development
in the UK multi-utilities and private network
market. Greg has 16 years experience in
utilities and has previously held positions
in DJ Ryan, Enterprise plc and was
Operations Director with Bethell Power
Services. Greg studied Management of
Utilities at Manchester Business School
and is a member of the Institute of
Directors.
Paul Fidler
Director of Operations, Energy
Networks Association
Paul took up the role of Director of
Operations for ENA in April 2013 looking
after Engineering, Standards, Future
Networks, Smart Metering and Safety,
Health and Environment. He has over
22 years experience in the electricity
network industry, with 20 of those working
for ScottishPower in various operational,
design and asset management roles
where he was instrumental in introducing
Condition Based Maintenance techniques
for 11kV and 33kV switchgear.
He joined ENA in April 2011 as Engineering
Development Manager liaising with all
network operators on matters associated
with R&D and Smarter Networks including
Heat Pumps and Electric Vehicles and he
leads on the LCN Fund Conference and
proposed Smart Networks Catalogues
within the LCN Fund and Work Stream
5 frameworks. Paul also looks after street
work matters and sits on the National Joint
Utilities Group board as Safety and Policy
Director. He holds a MSC (Distinction) in
Electricity Management and Technology.
Nick Gill
Field Operations Director, Northern
Powergrid
Nick is Northern Powergrid’s Field
Operations Director, responsible for
delivery of distribution field activities
and network operations since 2006.
He joined the power distribution industry
in 1985 in the Northeast licence area,
and undertook a wide variety of REC
management positions at increasingly
senior level in the 1990s, including a
3 year period in Supply and Metering.
Nick was responsible for the transition
programme which integrated the Yorkshire
and Northeast DNO licences, and he
spent two years in Iowa in the USA
delivering major changes in safety, risk
and training for MidAmerican Energy
Company. Nick routinely represents
Northern Powergrid on the ENA SHE
Committee and the DECC E3C
Committee and is a Board Director
at Northern Powergrid.

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Ian Graves
Power Sector Director, Costain Group
Ian is responsible for Costain’s engineering
solutions in the Power Sector. This includes
offers to customers in Renewables,
Transmission and Distribution and all
aspects of Power Generation, including
the development of new Nuclear in the
UK. Ian leads activities across the Group
to ensure Costain provide the best service
to our Power customers, leveraging
Costain’s engineering capability and track
record in infrastructure and process
engineering.
Prior to joining Costain, Ian began his
career in the electricity networks industry,
joining Midlands Electricity as a sponsored
graduate. He remained in this sector for
10 years, leading major projects company
wide and all of the network activity in
Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and
Hereford at the time of the acquisition by
E.ON. With E.ON, Ian enjoyed senior roles
in Power Generation and fleet wide asset
management, including a secondment to
HM Government to assist with low carbon
generation strategy and policy. Over the
last 3 years, Ian has worked as a Director
in the supply chain for the power and
energy industry.
Steve Hails
Health & Safety Director, Crossrail Ltd
A Chartered Member of IOSH, Associate
Member of IEMA and with a Masters
degree in Health, Safety & Environment,
Steve progressed into HS&E management
through his career spent in engineering,
within the nuclear industry, and also
through the manufacturing sector. With
20 years experience in the development
and implementation of effective strategies,
policies and systems in engineering and
construction environments, Steve has
worked for Nuclear Electric, Procter &
Gamble and the Engineering Employers’
Federation before joining Siemens in 2006
where he fulfilled a number of senior roles
including UK Head of EHS for Siemens
Energy Service, UK Head of EHSQ for
Siemens Energy Renewables and latterly
Global Head of EHS for Siemens Wind
Power where he led a global team of EHS
professionals supporting the construction
of onshore and offshore wind farms.
Steve joined Crossrail in April 2012
and is responsible for the successful
implementation and application of the
Target Zero principles and for encouraging
the demonstration of inspirational health
and safety management by those
delivering the project.
Gerard Hand
President, Institution of Occupational
Safety and Health
Gerard is a Chartered Member of IOSH
and he is currently the Company Director
of GPH Safety. Gerard is a highly
experienced health and safety professional
with a career history primarily with blue
chip organisations covering retail, local
authority, food manufacturing and police
service sectors. He also has over 17 years
proven expertise in both advising on
legislative requirements and strategic
implementation of innovative health and
safety management systems. Gerard
began his career with Sainsbury’s
Supermarkets Ltd. Gerard has an array
of experience and involvement in the
governance and committee structure of
IOSH. He has served as the Chair of the
Retail and Distribution Group, the Vice
Chair of the Groups’ Management
Sub-committee the past Chair of the
Groups Management Committee and a
member of the Networks and International
Committee. Gerard is also a member of
Council and is currently President of IOSH.
Bernard Healy
Safety Coordinator, Electrical
Engineers Association
Prior to joining the EEA in 2005 Bernard
worked in a health and safety advisory
capacity with Transpower New Zealand
Limited for 14 years. Bernard is currently
engaged in a number of health and safety
projects at EEA, among these introducing
the industry Safety Climate Project concept
and providing coordination services.
Bernard is also a member of the EEA
Safety Strategy Policy Group. During his
earlier 10 years’ experience as a field
consultant and National Safety Coordinator
with the Accident Compensation
Coorperation, Bernard jointly introduced
the International Safety Rating System
with the supporting auditor training and
accreditation system to New Zealand.
Bernard’s background prior to health and
safety was as an officer in the Executive
Branch of the Royal New Zealand Navy
where he held professional qualifications
for sea-borne duties such as bridge
watch-keeping and navigation.
Kate Hull Rodgers
Director, HumourUs Limited
Kate is an international leading authority
on humour in the workplace. She has
pioneered work in the fields of laughter
therapy, stress management, work-life
balance and building relationships. For the
past 18 years her advice has been sought
by governments, health organizations and
businesses in 29 countries on five
continents. Her clients include HSBC
Bank Plc, Lloyds TSB, Barclays Wealth,
the World Health Organization, IBM,
KPMG, the Canadian High Commission
of Human Rights and the Office of the
Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Kate is resident expert for ITV’s Job Finder,
an author, business journalist, and
member of the Professional Speakers
Association. She is an award winning
comedienne and playwright. Kate is the
only woman ever to win The Markus
Markoni Press Prize – one of Europe’s
most prestigious competitions for variety
acts. Her work and personal story of
recovery from mental illness is the subject
of the ITV documentary “Laughter is the
Best Medicine”. Her first book “Pearls of
Bizdom” has become a British business
best seller and outlines how businesses
can go from grit to great.
Steve Johnson
Chief Executive Officer, Electricity
North West
Steve has been Electricity North West’s
Chief Executive Officer since September
2008 and led the transition of more than
1,000 staff members from United Utilities
Electricity Services to Electricity North
West following its acquisition in 2010.
In October 2011, he was appointed
Chairman of Energy Networks
Association, the industry body for the UK’s
electricity and gas distribution and
transmission networks. He is also a
member of Ofgem and DECC’s Smart
Grid Forum. Steve has worked in both
the electricity and water sectors, spending
his early career at Yorkshire Electricity and
Norweb. He was Managing Director in
United Utilities Contract Solutions
business, and in 2001 led the Welsh Water
operations contract. He joined AWG Plc
in 2006 as MD of Morrison (the support
services group) and successfully led the
sale process of Morrison Utilities to
private equity.

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Chris Land
Live Line Engineer, National Grid
Chris has been part of the National Grid
Overhead Line live line team since its
inception in 1992, carrying out
maintenance using bare hand live line
techniques at 400Kv using helicopter
access techniques.
Karl Lee
Chair, Utilities Aboricultural Group
A professional forester by trade Karl
worked as a manager within the Forestry
Commission for 20 years in a variety of
roles in middle and senior management
positions. In 2004 he co-founded West
Coast Network Services as Managing
Director with a view to growing a company
that offered high standards, long-term
employment and career prospects for
staff, the company is now one of the major
suppliers of Utility Arboriculture in the UK.
Karl took on the role of Chairman of the
UAG at the start of this year and is
committed to seeing tangible
improvements within the Utility
Arboricultural Industry.
Dr Brian Ludlow
Chief Medical Officer, Magnox Ltd
Brian has been Chief Medical Officer for
Magnox Limited and its predecessor
Companies since December 2001. During
that time the Company has been through
a number of transitions and changes and
now only has one of its 10 power station
sites still generating, hence supporting
people through change has been a
significant part of the work of the
Occupational Health team.
Prior to joining Magnox Brian was Chief
Medical Officer for Jaguar Cars and before
that spent over 20 years as a Medical
Officer in the Royal Air Force, initially in
‘General Practice, latterly as Consultant
Occupational Physician. For a period he
was seconded to work with the
Employment Medical Advisory Service.
Brian is an Examiner and Dissertation
Assessor for the Faculty of Occupational
Medicine, and lectures on the Royal
Society of Public Health Diploma Courses.
He also provides Occupational Health
advice and clinical Occupational Health
Services for Gloucestershire’s clergy and
Diocesan lay staff.
Denise Massey
Director, Energy Innovation Centre
With more than 16 years of strategic
planning and development experience,
Denise heads up the world-class Energy
Innovation Centre, taking the lead in
assisting individuals and businesses in
getting their ideas to commercialisation.
In her career to date, Denise has acquired
extensive skills and knowledge in
developing new markets in the private
sector to deliver outsourced public
services. With experience on both a
national and international scale, Denise
has worked with Eastern European
Governments to advise them in the
management and development of
emerging markets to deliver public
services. Over the last 3 years, Denise
has been instrumental in the launch,
development and growth of the Energy
Innovation Centre and has worked closely
with her team to take the Centre from a
publically grant funded organisation to a
private commercial entity. Denise works
closely with organisations such as Ofgem
and the Department for Energy and
Climate Change. She persistently
represents and protects the interests of
the innovator and the small business in
a variety of national forums.
Dr John McCaul
Chief Medical Officer, RWE npower
After a few years in hospital medicine,
John moved to a training post in
occupational medicine at Ford Motor
Company in the days when Dagenham
alone employed 22,000 people and made
complete cars - in his time the Fiesta,
Cortina and Sierra. After completing his
training, he stayed with Ford for 9 years
and during this time he was also the
Secretary of the Society of Occupational
Medicine. He then moved to the electricity
sector to join the newly formed National
Power Company. Within 3 years he was
their Chief Medical Officer (CMO) heading
up the occupational health service and, in
effect, he has remained there although his
CV would say he was then CMO of Innogy,
RWE Innogy and finally RWE npower!
John’s main interests in occupational
medicine are the collection of data (on
both process and outcome), which he
believes is the secret to justifying the
practice of occupational health), the
health risks of burning biomass, EMF
and mental health.
Peter McCormick
Powering Improvement Coordinator,
Energy Networks Association
Peter is an Electricity Supply Industry
trained engineer with over 30 years
experience in the operation, construction
and maintenance of electricity distribution
networks. Peter has held progressively
senior management posts with CE Electric
(now Northern Powergrid) and its
predecessor companies. He was Director
of Group Health Safety and Environment
for CE Electric UK and also Chair of both
National HESAC and ENA’s Safety, Health
and Environment Committee before his
“retirement” in 2011. Since June 2011 he
has been providing leadership to the
industry’s Powering Improvement strategy.
Peter is currently a visiting lecturer at
Newcastle University on the MSC power
system engineering course and Chair of
the British Safety Council energy and
utilities sector group.
Dick Milton
Operational Policy Engineer,
UK Power Networks
Dick joined the industry (SEEBOARD)
straight from school in 1977 as an
apprentice overhead linesman. Since then
he has enjoyed many different roles from
Linesman, Instructor, Management,
Development and his current role as
Operational Policy Engineer in Health,
Safety and Sustainability. He has worked
on a wide range of ENA working groups
and committees including Working at
Height, Wood Poles, Towers, Fitting,
Ladders and Mechanical Harvesters.
He currently chairs the ENA High Voltage
Live Line Working Committee.
Frank Mitchell
CEO, ScottishPower Energy Networks
Frank is responsible for Transmission and
Distribution in South Scotland, Merseyside
and North Wales. He has over 25 year’s
international experience in every sector
covering all aspects of a power company’s
value chain. He is a professional engineer
with extensive leadership and operational
background covering Gas and Electricity
Infrastructure. He has been involved in
market restructures in the UK and USA
covering fundamentals of Energy Sector
economics. Frank has a particular focus
in leading change, including modernisation
of Industrial Relations, Asset
Management, Health and Safety and
Operational Efficiency. He is a Non-
Executive Director on various Boards.

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Dr Alastair Robertson
Consultant Occupational Health
Physician
Alastair is a Consultant Occupational
Health Physician within the NHS currently
working as Head of the Occupational
Health and Safety Department at the
University Hospital Birmingham N.H.S.
Foundation Trust.
His work also includes occupational
respiratory disease and he currently does
clinics at the Occupational Lung Disease
Unit, Birmingham Chest Clinic as part of
his appointment as Honorary Consultant
in Occupational Respiratory Disease
alongside Professor Burge.
Tony Roscoe
Principal Consultant, Ryder Marsh
Tony is a Principal Consultant for Ryder
Marsh for whom he has worked for since
2009. He holds an MSc in Applied
Behaviour Analysis and is a member of
IOSH. He has travelled widely, delivering
consultancy and training for Ryder Marsh
in Australia, China, Singapore and Europe.
Prior to joining Ryder Marsh, Tony worked
in both management consultancy and as
a director of a company providing support
for people with learning difficulties and/or
challenging behaviour. He also delivered a
range of programs including: Organisation
Behaviour Management and Stress
Management Training.
Tony has experience in a wide range of
industries, including Utilities, Oil and Gas,
Ship Building Defence, Quarrying and
Aggregates and Manufacturing. Tony
applies strong interpersonal skills to
provide Human Factors support at all
levels within a company (from front line
to board level).
David Smith
Chief Executive, Energy Networks
Association
David joined ENA in July 2003 as Director
of Policy, and was appointed Chief
Executive in October 2007. Previously,
he was Director of Corporate Affairs at
the British Retail Consortium where he
was responsible for the retail industry
implementation of ‘Chip & Pin’ in the
UK, as well as all internal and external
communications for the organisation.
David is Vice President of GEODE, the
European association for the electricity
and gas distribution networks. In the UK
he chairs the Energy Emergency Executive
Communications Group and sits on the
Government Industry Contact Group on
Distributed Energy. David is a Fellow of the
Institute of Association Management, a
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company
of Fuellers and a Member of both the
Institute of Directors and the Chartered
Institute for Public Relations.
Dr Ian Torrance
Occupational Physician
Ian is an Occupational Physician who
joined the CEGB in 1987 and at
Privatisation became Group Occupational
Health Advisor in the National Grid Division.
He was employed there until 1993 and has
had an on-going consultancy role since.
He has been a member of the Electricity
Industry Mortality Study Steering Group
since it came into being at the time of
privatisation of the CEGB in 1990. He
has been its chairman since 1995.
He has worked in the Public and Private
Sectors and is currently working with Tata
Steel. He is an Honorary Senior Research
Fellow at Birmingham University.
Dominque Vacher
Vice President, International Social
Security Association
From January 2008 to date, Dominique
has been the occupational health and
safety coordinator of EDF Group. Since
2007 he has also been professor at
the Conservatoire National des Arts et
Métiers (Cnam) in the health and safety
department.
As part of all of these responsibilities he is
Vice President of the electrical section of
ISSA, President since 2000 of the Health
and Safety Working Group of the
European Centre of Public Enterprises
(CEEP: social partner of the European
Commission representing the public
employer and is a member of the working
group of Business Europe (social partner
of the European Commission representing
the private employer). In addition
Dominique is responsible in France for the
Group of Exchange of Inter-enterprises
Preventors (GEPI), and a contributor to
the work of the French Association of
Normalization (AFNOR), particularly in
the field of sustainable development and
corporate social responsibility.
In the past, he has been Human
Resources Director and previously
manager in several business units of
EDF and Gaz de France in charge of
the distribution of natural gas and
electricity in France.
In 2011, in parallel with his other activities,
Dominique started his own consultancy
focussing on CSR and Governance,
manager’s behaviour and Health and
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SHE2013 speaker and
chair biographies
Continued
Peter Vujanic
Operations SHE Manager, SSE
Peter’s career can simply be summarised
as having gone full circle: from poacher to
gamekeeper and back again! Initially, he
started his working life at South Western
Electricity (more recently known as
Western Power Distribution) as a Graduate
Management Trainee. There he spent over
a decade in numerous roles gaining
experience in many electricity distribution
disciplines such as construction,
maintenance, commissioning, operations,
policy, and project management at all
voltages up to and including 132kV.
Following this, Peter then spent around
8 years in a regulatory enforcement
environment; formerly at Department
for Trade and Industry as a Senior
Engineering Inspector and latterly at the
Health & Safety Executive as a Principal
Specialist Inspector (Electrical Networks).
It was in these roles that Peter developed
his keen interest in Health and Safety
matters affecting the ESI. In early 2010,
Peter realised that poaching had better
long-term prospects and so jumped at the
opportunity to return to the private sector.
He is now Operations SHE Manager in the
Group SHE team at SSE.
Jane Willis
Director of Cross-cutting Interventions,
Health and Safety Executive
Jane has worked in HSE for much of her
career gaining experience in policy,
corporate and strategic roles. She was
promoted to the Senior Civil Service
in 1998.
From 1998 to 2002, she was HSE’s Head
of General and Technical Safety Policy
where she dealt with a wide range of
issues relating to the workplace and public
safety. She chaired the Health and Safety
Commission’s Adventure Activities
Industry Advisory Committee and was a
member of the Fire Safety Advisory Board
and the Department of Health’s Accidental
Injury Task Force. During this period, she
was a non-Executive Director on the
Board of Trustees for the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
She then became HSE’s Head of
Planning, Efficiency and Finance leading
work on managing HSE’s resources and
performance reporting following the 2002
Spending Review.
In December 2003 she was promoted to
Director to lead HSE’s Policy Group and in
October 2004 she initiated the “FIT3” (Fit
for work, fit for life, fit for tomorrow)
Programme aimed at delivering national
targets for reducing ill health, injuries and
days lost due to work activities.
In June 2009, she took up a new policy
role as Director of Cross-cutting
Interventions at HSE. Most recently, she
has been involved in leading the response
to Professor Ragnar Lofstedt’s Review of
Health and Safety Legislation and HSE’s
work on the Red Tape Challenge. She is
HSE’s Better Regulation Champion, a
member of the Cross-Government Health
Work and Wellbeing Executive, and part
of HSE’s corporate leadership Senior
Management Team.
Doug Wilson
UK Director General Services,
ScottishPower
Doug is UK Director General Services
and UK Director Health & Safety at
ScottishPower. He chairs the ENA Safety,
Health & Environment Committee and is
joint-Chair National HESAC. He is also an
ENA Ex-Officio Board Member.
Doug is a Chartered Professional Health
and Safety Practitioner with over 25 years
experience. During his career he has held
senior roles within a number of industry
sectors including transportation,
construction, spirits and wine,
entertainment, utilities and financial
services. The businesses he has worked
for include Standard Life; Vivendi
Universal; Pernod Ricard; Seagram Spirits
& Wine; Scottish Equitable Balfour Beatty
and First Engineering. His work has
allowed him to gain extensive international
business experience operating in USA,
Canada, Asia and Europe. In addition to
his current remit within Scottish Power,
part of the Iberdrola Group, he holds a
number of external industry positions and
responsibilities.

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