Booking line: tel: + 421 257 272 112, fax: + 421 255 644 490email: beata.kyblova@flemingeu<strong>ro</strong>pe.com, www.flemingeu<strong>ro</strong>pe.comwith high hazard industries. She worked as an EHS manager for an Americanpharmaceutical company before joining <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> CBI to lobby on behalf of British business.Her policy areas spanned health, safety, envi<strong>ro</strong>nment, energy, climate change,biotechnology, land use planning, sustainable development and corporate socialresponsibility. She represented UK employers on envi<strong>ro</strong>nment, health and safety atnational, EU and international level and was chairperson of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> EU employers g<strong>ro</strong>upfor OSH dealing with <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean Commission. She has been involved in variousconsultancy <strong>ro</strong>les for ORC Washington, HSE and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> EU. She joined <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> InternationalOrganisation of Employers in Geneva in 2008 as <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>ir envi<strong>ro</strong>nment, safety andhealth adviser. Her focus is developing a global OSH and sustainability network ofmultinational companies and influencing UN bodies on EHS and social security policyand practice developments.Chris B<strong>ro</strong>wn, Olam International, Great BritainCorporate Responsibility & Sustainability Envi<strong>ro</strong>nment ManagerChris B<strong>ro</strong>wn is <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Envi<strong>ro</strong>nment Manager for Olam International Ltd., a leadingglobal integrated supply chain manager and p<strong>ro</strong>cessor of agricultural p<strong>ro</strong>ducts andfood ingredients, supplying various p<strong>ro</strong>ducts including cocoa, coffee, cashew, sesame,rice, cotton and wood p<strong>ro</strong>ducts in 65 countries. In this <strong>ro</strong>le Chris leads Olam’senvi<strong>ro</strong>nmental sustainability agenda, where he works with <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> business to build, driveand embed envi<strong>ro</strong>nmental value as a tool for delivering business value. This requireshim to work with all aspects of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> business f<strong>ro</strong>m Finance to factories and engage arange of stakeholders f<strong>ro</strong>m corporate banks to corporate customers. Chris holds anhonours degree in Chemical Engineering and a Postgraduate diploma in Envi<strong>ro</strong>nmentalManagement. He brings 20 years of envi<strong>ro</strong>nmental experience in a range of managerialpositions f<strong>ro</strong>m a variety of sectors including <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> waste sector, steel sector, automotivesector with Toyota and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> power sector with E.ON. His move into <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> agricultursector may look like a huge leap but Chris says <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> challenges facing this sector areno different f<strong>ro</strong>m any o<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>r and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> opportunity to work for a company which believesthat doing business involves creating value on an ethical, socially responsible andenvi<strong>ro</strong>nmentally sustainable basis was simply an offer he couldn’t refuse.Melodie Gilbert, Olympic Delivery Authority, Great BritainLearning Legacy AmbassadorMelodie Gilbert is a consultant occupational hygienist with a working knowledgeof occupational hygiene ac<strong>ro</strong>ss many industry sectors including demolition andconstruction. She is a Graduate Member of IOSH and a Member of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> BritishOccupational Hygiene Society. Melodie specialises in occupational ill health preventionon a strategic level and played a key <strong>ro</strong>le in both <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> London 2012 and C<strong>ro</strong>ssrailp<strong>ro</strong>jects. The Olympic Delivery Authority p<strong>ro</strong>cured a comprehensive occupationalhealth p<strong>ro</strong>gramme to p<strong>ro</strong>vide support to its contracting supply chain and services to<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> 12,000+ workers at peak working on its sites. Melodie was head of ill healthprevention for 5 years and was one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> leaders of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Park and Village Healthteams. The ill health prevention work that she managed has recently been identifiedin an independent research paper undertaken by <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institute of Employment Studies(IES) as an effective investment ra<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>r than a cost. She also assisted in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> creation of<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> occupational health management strategy for C<strong>ro</strong>ss Rail and is currently workingon strategic planning for o<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>r large construction companies as a legacy of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> ODAp<strong>ro</strong>gramme. Melodies work as a London 2012 learning legacy ambassador has ledto presentations at many occupational health and safety conferences and seminars.Ismail Mataqi, Kuwait Oil Company, KuwaitTeam Leader of HSE (North Kuwait) TeamIsmail Mataqi has had more than 28 years of diverse experiences ranging f<strong>ro</strong>m surfacefacilities’ P<strong>ro</strong>ject design, to planning and execution of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> HSE Management systemat Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). Currently he heads a team of about 25 qualifiedHSE personnel who look after HSE issues at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> North Kuwait fields of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> KuwaitOil Company. He p<strong>ro</strong>vides <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> backbone for setting up <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> HSE Team in one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>most distant desert locations in Kuwait. Starting f<strong>ro</strong>m scratch, he implemented <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Company’s HSE Management system at North Kuwait fields effectively, and now <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>results of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>ir HSE p<strong>ro</strong>gramme‘s performance confirm <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> efforts made. HSE (NK) teamhas now been recognized as one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> most distinguished Teams at KOC in initiatingHSE p<strong>ro</strong>jects and delivering quality to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>ir business. Under his leadership and ableguidance, extensive effort and development concerned with HSE have been executedin North Kuwait fields, which has contributed to a radical change in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> HSE culture inhis area of jurisdiction. He is an active member of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> P<strong>ro</strong>ject Management Institute,Society of Pet<strong>ro</strong>leum Engineers, and also of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Kuwait Society of Engineers, <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> largestassociation of Engineers in Kuwait. He has presented a number of technical paperson various platforms via ASSE, Middle East Chapter, SPE Conferences, Praxis GlobalConferences (where he has also been a Steering Committee member) and Fleming GulfConferences, which were held in different regions of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> world. He led <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> HSE (WestKuwait) Team to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> following certifications and awards: • 2010 British Safety Councilcertification (awarded in May, 2011) • A Campaign conducted by HSE (West Kuwait)Team was selected as one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> best and awarded by Safety Health Practitioners- IOSH • The team obtained several KOC Chairman and Managing Director’s HSE<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Annual</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Awards • Has conducted many HSE lectures both internally for KOC employeesand contractors, but also externally, for many governmental bodies.Subash Ludhra, Immediate Past-President, Institution ofOccupational Safety and Health (IOSH)Subash Ludhra is President of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).Subash, a chartered fellow of IOSH, has a wealth of experience in risk management,having worked ac<strong>ro</strong>ss sectors and disciplines in a truly diverse 23 year career to date.Qualified as an Occupational Hygienist, Subash now specializes in Risk Managementand Loss Cont<strong>ro</strong>l.Having started his career in local government, Subash <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>n moved to<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> brewing industry, working for Grand Met<strong>ro</strong>politan and Courage Brewing as <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>irsou<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>rn region H&S Advisor. His next career move lead him to Rentokil Initial wherehe worked within several divisions including Textile Services and Catering Serviceswhere he was one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> board directors. In 2002, Subash founded a successful riskmanagement and loss cont<strong>ro</strong>l consultancy that has p<strong>ro</strong>vided services to blue chipcompanies, as well as SMEs in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> UK and a<strong>ro</strong>und <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> world. An experienced trainer,Subash regularly contributes to a number of health and safety publications and hasbeen involved with <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> p<strong>ro</strong>duction of several health and safety documents for tradeassociations and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Health and Safety Executive. Subash is firmly committed tohelping reduce unacceptable risk in all walks of life and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> associated injuries, ill healthand suffering it can bring th<strong>ro</strong>ugh technical and behavioral management p<strong>ro</strong>grams.Branco Dennenberg, KLM Royal Dutch Airline, Ne<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>rlandsOccupational Health and Safety ManagerBranco Dennenberg became Occupational Health & Safety manager for KLM’s g<strong>ro</strong>undhandling organisation in 2002. In this <strong>ro</strong>le Branco is responsible for <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> workingconditions of almost 5500 passenger and baggage handling employees. As a healthand safety expert he is a member of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> innovative baggage handling area p<strong>ro</strong>ject team,whose aim amongst o<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>rs is to reduce <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> physical workload of baggage handlingemployees by int<strong>ro</strong>ducing innovative methods for loading and unloading. The teamsuccessfully int<strong>ro</strong>duced an integrated <strong>ro</strong>bot loading system (2007) and a mechanicalunloading module (2009). Both methods for loading and unloading baggage in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>baggage halls of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> airport are a unique example of innovation within <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> aviationindustry. Since 2011 Branco has been closely involved in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> fur<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>r development andimplementation of an integrated Safety Management System for KLM. Prior to (re)joining KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Branco took a sabbatical year and travelled th<strong>ro</strong>ughSou<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>ast Asia and worked for KLM Health Services and Dow Chemical Benelux.Martin Carter, E.ON, Great BritainDirector of Safety, Health & Envi<strong>ro</strong>nmentMartin Carter is Director of Safety, Health & Envi<strong>ro</strong>nment at E.ON UK, one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>UK’s leading power and gas companies. In this <strong>ro</strong>le he has <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> privilege of leadinga talented team of p<strong>ro</strong>fessionals committed to making a positive difference to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>safety and health of E.ON’s staff, contractors & customers and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> world in which<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>y live and work. Previously he was Head of E.ON’s Engineering Academy, whichp<strong>ro</strong>vides engineering training and development to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> power sector, and Head ofEngineering Governance, overseeing <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> engineering activities of E.ON’s high-hazardasset businesses operating in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> UK. Prior to joining E.ON, Martin spent 15 years in<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> oil & gas industry where he held a range of operational, p<strong>ro</strong>ject and consultancy<strong>ro</strong>les with some of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> world’s biggest companies including BHP Billiton, BP, Centrica,Shell, Total and Talisman Energy. Martin is a Fellow of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institute of MechanicalEngineers, a Visiting Fellow of Cranfield University, holds a degree in MechanicalEngineering (Salford) and a Master’s Degree in Structural Integrity (Sheffield). Outsidework his three children consistently p<strong>ro</strong>vide both his biggest leadership challenge andmost direct and honest feedback on his performance, leaving him just enough time tohelp lead <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Men‘s Ministry at his local church.Kieran Phelan, William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd, GreatBritain, Global Health & Safety DirectorKieran began his early career in research and development in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> chemical industrybefore moving into <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> field of Health and Safety. Currently he holds <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> positionof Global Health and Safety Director at William Grant and Sons, <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> internationaldistillers. Prior to this he held several senior health and safety <strong>ro</strong>les in various industrialsectors such as Banking, Biopharmaceuticals and ICT. These <strong>ro</strong>les included Head ofSafety and Wellbeing for RBS in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> EMEA region, Director of Safety for <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> world’slargest single site Biopharmaceutical manufacturing campus outside Dublin and Headof Safety and Envi<strong>ro</strong>nment for Xe<strong>ro</strong>x manufacturing in Eu<strong>ro</strong>pe. Originally f<strong>ro</strong>m Ireland,Kieran’s formal education included Chemistry at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> University of East Anglia in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> UKand <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> University of Leiden in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Ne<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>rlands as well as post graduate qualificationsin Occupational Safety and Envi<strong>ro</strong>nmental Business Administration. He is currentlycompleting an MBA at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> University of Strathclyde business school in Glasgow.P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Neil Budworth, Houghtons Global, Great BritainDirector of Health, Safety and Envi<strong>ro</strong>nment Eu<strong>ro</strong>peNeil Budworth is <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Director of Health, Safety and Envi<strong>ro</strong>nment Eu<strong>ro</strong>pe for HoughtonsGlobal in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> UK he is a visiting p<strong>ro</strong>fessor in occupational safety and health in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>department of Human Sciences at Loughbo<strong>ro</strong>ugh University and is a Past Presidentof <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Neil has worked as ahealth and safety advisor in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> utility, chemical, engineering and printing sectors. Neilhas undertaken research into <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> measurement of safety climate; <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> managementof lifting and handling in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> workplace with a special emphasis on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> managementof back pain, and pioneered <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> use of an automated health check system that isnow accredited as part of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Association of British Insurers: Making <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Market Work
Booking line: tel: + 421 257 272 112, fax: + 421 255 644 490email: beata.kyblova@flemingeu<strong>ro</strong>pe.com, www.flemingeu<strong>ro</strong>pe.comInitiative. Neil has worked extensively with IOSH, chairing <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> committees whichdeveloped <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institution’s policies on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> safety of young people and on occupationalhealth. As well as chairing <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> P<strong>ro</strong>fessional Organisations in Occupational Safety andHealth G<strong>ro</strong>up. Neil has been awardedDistinguished Services Awards by both IOSH andRoSPA for his services to Occupational Safety and Health. He has also been involvedin various governmental committees, <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> most recent of which was <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> ContinuousImp<strong>ro</strong>vement P<strong>ro</strong>gramme Action G<strong>ro</strong>up where he was <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> primary author of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>strategic document examining <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> <strong>ro</strong>le of market segmentation in effectively deliveringhealth and safety messages.P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Cary Cooper, Lancaster University, UKDistinguished P<strong>ro</strong>fessor of Organisational Psychology and HealthCary L. Cooper is <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> author of over 120 books, has written over 400 scholarly articlesfor academic journals, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TVand radio. He is currently Founding Editor of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Journal of Organizational Behaviorand Editor-in-Chief of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> medical journal Stress & Health. P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Cooper is pastPresident of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> British Academy of Management, is a Companion of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> CharteredManagement Institute and one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> first UK based Fellows of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Academy ofManagement. In 2001, Cary was awarded a CBE in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Queen’s Birthday HonoursList for his contribution to occupational safety and health. He holds HonoraryDoctorates f<strong>ro</strong>m Aston University (DSc), Heriot-Watt University (DLitt), MiddlesexUniversity (Doc. Univ), Sheffield University (DSc) and Wolverhampton University(DBA); an Honorary Fellowship of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Faculty of Occupational Medicine in 2005, wasawarded an Honorary Fellowship of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Royal College of Physicians (Hon FRCP) in2006, in 2007 a Life Time Achievement Award f<strong>ro</strong>m <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Division of OccupationalPsychology of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> British Psychological Society, in 2008 an Honorary Fellowship of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, in 2010 awarded an Honorary Fellowship of<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, an Honorary Fellowshipof <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> British Psychological Society. P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Cooper is Chair of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> UK’s Academyof Social Sciences, as well as past Chair of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Ch<strong>ro</strong>nic Disease and Wellbeing GlobalAgenda Council of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> World Economic Forum in Geneva. In November 2010, he wasawarded <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award by <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Times Higher Educationfor his distinguished contribution to higher education. In 2012, HR Magazine votedhim <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> 4th Most Influential HR Thinker. P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Cooper is <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Editor-in-Chief of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>international scholarly Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Editor of Who’sWho in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Management Sciences and on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Editorial Boards of many scholarlyjournals. He has been an adviser to two UN agencies; <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> World Health Organisationand <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> ILO; published a major report for <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> EU’s Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean Foundation for <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Imp<strong>ro</strong>vement of Living and Work Conditions on `Stress Prevention in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Workplace’,p<strong>ro</strong>duced a scientific review for <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> WHO/ILO on workplace violence in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> healthsector internationally, and was a special adviser to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Defense Committee of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>House of Commons on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>ir Duty of Care enquiry. P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Cooper is former Chai<strong>ro</strong>f The Sunningdale Institute (a think tank on management/organizational issues) in<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> National School of Government (2004-2009). He was also <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> lead scientist to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>UK Government Office for Science on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>ir Foresight p<strong>ro</strong>gramme on Mental Capitaland Well Being (2007-2009), and was appointed a member of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> expert g<strong>ro</strong>up onestablishing guidance for <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on‘p<strong>ro</strong>moting mental wellbeing th<strong>ro</strong>ugh p<strong>ro</strong>ductive and healthy working conditions’,2009. P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Cooper is also <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> President of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institute of Welfare, President of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>British Association of Counselling and Psycho<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>rapy, President of RELATE, a nationalAmbassador of The Samaritans, and a Pat<strong>ro</strong>n of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Anxiety UK.P<strong>ro</strong>fessor Sidney Dekker, Griffith University, Safety ScienceInnovation Lab, Australia, P<strong>ro</strong>fessor, Safety Science Innovation LabSidney Dekker is P<strong>ro</strong>fessor in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> School of Humanities at Griffith University in Brisbane,Australia. Previously P<strong>ro</strong>fessor at Lund University, Sweden, and Director of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> LeonardoDa Vinci Center for Complexity and Systems Thinking, he gained his Ph.D. in CognitiveSystems Engineering f<strong>ro</strong>m The Ohio State University, USA in 1996. He has workedin New Zealand, <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Ne<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>rlands, and England, has been Senior Fellow at NanyangTechnological University in Singapore and visiting P<strong>ro</strong>fessor in healthcare safety inboth Melbourne, Australia and Manitoba, Canada. He has recently been flying parttimeas pilot on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Boeing 737NG with an airline out of Copenhagen, Denmark. Heis author of several best-selling books on system failure and human er<strong>ro</strong>r. Recent onesinclude „Behind human er<strong>ro</strong>r“ (2010), „Drift into Failure“ (2011), „Patient Safety“(2011), and „Just Culture (2nd Edition)“ (2012).Linn Iren Vestly Bergh, Statoil, NorwayLinn studied psychology at St. Olaf College in Minnesota USA, followed by a master’sdegree in Occupational Health Psychology f<strong>ro</strong>m <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institute of Work, Health andOrganisations at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> University of Nottingham in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> UK. Currently she has starteda part time PhD in Occupational Health Psychology and Risk Management at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Institute of Work, Health and Organisation, University of Nottingham. She is currentlyworking in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> field of health and working envi<strong>ro</strong>nment. More specifically she worksas a corporate leading advisor for psychosocial work envi<strong>ro</strong>nment in Norway’s largestOil and Gas Company, Staoil. As a Leading Advisor for Psychosocial Work Envi<strong>ro</strong>nmentshe is responsible for running a p<strong>ro</strong>fessional network of practitioners. Fur<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>rmore,she is responsible for ensuring that acknowledged standards, tools, technology andwork methods are developed, qualified and applied globally in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> company. She hasespecially focused on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> p<strong>ro</strong>motion of health th<strong>ro</strong>ugh <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> design, organisation andmanagement of work.Dr Tim Marsh, Managing Director, Ryder Marsh Safety, UKTim Marsh was one of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> team leaders of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> original UK research into behavioralsafety (in construction) in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> early 1990s and is considered a world authority on<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> subject. Tim is one of only a few Chartered Psychologists who are also CharteredFellows of IOSH. As a consultant he has since worked with more than 300 majo<strong>ro</strong>rganizations a<strong>ro</strong>und <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> world, has presented to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean Conference Boardand was expert witness at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> “Safety Culture” and “Management of Change” openworkshops at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Cullen Inquiry, Ladb<strong>ro</strong>ke G<strong>ro</strong>ve. He runs <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> “behavioral safety” and“p<strong>ro</strong>-active safety culture” courses for IOSH and created <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> award winning “AffectiveSafety Management”.Dr Stav<strong>ro</strong>ula Leka, Centre for Organizational Health &Development, Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, UKAssociate P<strong>ro</strong>fessor in Occupational Health PsychologyStav<strong>ro</strong>ula Leka, PhD, is Associate P<strong>ro</strong>fessor in Occupational Health Psychology at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, University of Nottingham. She is CharteredPsychologist, Associate Fellow of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> British Psychological Society and Fellow of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Royal Society for Public Health. She is Director of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Centre for Organizational Health& Development – one of three World Health Organization Collaborating Centresin Occupational Health in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> UK. She also manages <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> WHO global p<strong>ro</strong>grammeof work on ‘P<strong>ro</strong>tection and P<strong>ro</strong>motion of Workers’ Health’. She is Chair of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>scientific committee ‚Work Organisation & Psychosocial Factors‘ of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> InternationalCommission on Occupational Health; and member of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Executive Committee of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. She received an early careerachievement award by <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> American Psychological Association and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> NationalInstitute for Occupational Safety & Health for outstanding contribution in occupationalhealth psychology and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> study of work-related stress. Dr Leka’s expertise lies in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>translation of occupational health and safety knowledge and policy in practice. Morespecifically, her research focuses on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> evaluation of occupational health and safetyregulation and policy and its associated infrastructures and supporting systems atdifferent levels (such as international, Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean, national and organisational). Herresearch has a st<strong>ro</strong>ng applied focus and aims at facilitating effective occupationalhealth and safety management in different organisational contexts. Key <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>mes inher research are business and societal sustainability th<strong>ro</strong>ugh <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> management of<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> psychological and social work envi<strong>ro</strong>nment; <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> management of psychosocialrisks and work-related stress; <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> p<strong>ro</strong>motion of mental health and well-being in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>workplace; and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> p<strong>ro</strong>motion of occupational health and safety th<strong>ro</strong>ugh a corporatesocial responsibility framework. She is author of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> first textbook in occupationalhealth psychology and technical author of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> first standard on <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> managementof psychosocial risks in <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> workplace. She has been invited as keynote speaker to anumber of international conferences and is expert advisor to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean Commission,<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> WHO, <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> ILO, <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Eu<strong>ro</strong>pean Agency for Safety & Health at Work and <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Eu<strong>ro</strong>peanParliament.Roger Bibbings, The Royal Society for <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Prevention ofAccidents (Rospa), Great Britain, Occupational Safety AdviserAs RoSPA’s occupational safety adviser Roger Bibbings’s <strong>ro</strong>le is to advise <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Society onall matters related to work related risk and to help it expand its contribution to <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> British‘health and safety system’. Until 1994, he was, for seventeen years, health and safetyadviser at <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> TUC. He contributes to RoSPA’s occupational health and safety journals,helps organise <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Society’s health and safety events and awards p<strong>ro</strong>grammes, servicesits National Occupational Health and Safety Committee and has oversight of a numbe<strong>ro</strong>f RoSPA ‘key issue’ policy development p<strong>ro</strong>jects: managing occupational <strong>ro</strong>ad risk(where he is secretary of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Occupational Road Safety Alliance; streng<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>ning accidentinvestigation; p<strong>ro</strong>moting action on health and safety leadership; and imp<strong>ro</strong>ving healthand safety help and assistance to small firms. As secretary of ‘Safety G<strong>ro</strong>ups UK’ he isalso involved in re-energising <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> work of RoSPA affiliated Health and Safety G<strong>ro</strong>ups.In 1990 he received <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> MBE for his services to occupational safety and health. He is aChartered Fellow of <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and has received<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> RoSPA Distinguished Service Award for services to health and safety. In 2006 hereceived <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> IOSH President’s Distinguished Service Certificate. In 2011 he received<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> IOSH Lifetime Achievement Award. His leisure interests include: listening to music;travel; walking; photography; and motorcycling.Peter McLellan, DHL, Great BritainGlobal Head HSSE, Energy SectorPeter McLellan is a globally respected HSSE leader with over 20 years of experience in bothUpstream O&G and Utility sectors with operating experience f<strong>ro</strong>m ac<strong>ro</strong>ss <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng> Americas,EURA and APAC. Strategic leadership skills combined with pragmatic judgement toimplement sustainable imp<strong>ro</strong>vements in both performance and demonstrable culturechange. Capable of building st<strong>ro</strong>ng internal and external relations quickly and at alllevels of an organisation and ac<strong>ro</strong>ss functional lines. A mature coaching leadershipstyle allowing optimisation and development of HSSE resources whe<st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>r in a matrixstyle or as conventional SHE team. An Enthusiastic and persuasive champion of HSSEimp<strong>ro</strong>vement with a track record of tangible imp<strong>ro</strong>vement.Tess Allen, Forum Interactive, UK, DirectorTess is a learning and development expert, specialising in active, experiential methods.A director of Forum Interactive, she has created a unique app<strong>ro</strong>ach to address <st<strong>ro</strong>ng>the</st<strong>ro</strong>ng>challenge of imp<strong>ro</strong>ving health & safety culture in high risk industries. This app<strong>ro</strong>ach