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1Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012The 23rd Energy IndustrySafety, Health and EnvironmentManagement Conference1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 1 24/04/2012 13:25

2Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012conferencejoininginstructions2 – 4 May 2012Tower GuomanSt. Katherine’s Way,London E1W 1LDConference VenueThe SHE2012 Conference is being held atThe Tower Guoman Hotel, next to TowerBridge. Further information can be foundat:http://www.guoman.com/en/hotels/united_kingdom/london/the_tower/index.htmlRegistrationThe registration desk will be situatedoutside The Gallery during the openingnight’s reception on Wednesday 2nd Mayfrom 18:00-21:00. The desk will then moveto the Tower Foyer which is outside of themain conference room. The desk will beopen from 08:00 on Thursday 3rd May andopen again on Friday 4th May from 08:30.The conference begins at 09:00 onThursday 3rd May and concludes withlunch provided at 13:00 on Friday 4th May.Lunch and Coffee BreaksCoffee breaks and lunch will take placein the Tower Foyer.Dress CodeDress code for the conference is optionalbut delegates would normally dress to atleast “business casual”. The dress code forthe conference dinner will be lounge suit.Pre-Conference Drinks ReceptionAll delegates attending the conferenceare invited to the pre-conference drinksreception hosted by Energy UK. There willbe drinks and hot food available. The eventwill run from 18:00 to 21:00 on the 2ndMay. The event will be held in The Gallery.Drinks Reception andConference DinnerAll delegates attending the conference areinvited to the conference drinks receptionand dinner hosted by UK Power Networkson the evening of the 3rd May.If you are planning not to attend the dinneror drinks reception for whatever reasonplease advise the conference staff whenyou register.The drinks reception will be held in theTower Foyer outside the Tower Suitebetween 19:00 and 20:00 and theconference dinner will be held in theTower Suite from 20:00.If you would have any special dietaryrequirements for the conferencedinner please email either Lucy Innesor Carly Jukes at UK Power Networks(Lucy.Innes@ukpowernetworks.co.uk orCarly.Jukes@ukpower networks.co.uk)by Monday 30th April.Conference PapersAll presentations will be posted on the ENAwebsite shortly after the conference.Conference StaffConference staff can be identified by theirblue badges and will be happy to dealwith any queries or problems that youmight have during the conference.The registration desk will be mannedthroughout the conference.EmergencyIf there are any delays or problems inreaching the venue, ENA conference staffcan be contacted on 07725 372 524.In the event of a fire or emergency:> > Leave by the nearest fire exit and gatherat The Dolphin Fountain at the front ofthe hotel.> > Do not stop to collect personalbelongings.> > Do not re-enter the building untiladvised by the manager on duty.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 2 24/04/2012 13:25

01Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012ForewordDavid SmithWelcome to the 23rd Energy IndustrySafety, Health and EnvironmentConference. ENA is proud to organise thisconference on behalf of the energy industry.The next couple of days promise to beanother great opportunity to engage withindustry colleagues and share experienceson many topics. We are committed tohelping improve the health and safetyof all who work in our industry and theenvironment we live in.Last year we heard from HSE how theynow viewed our industry as lower risk andthe trust they had in the processes andrisk management in place. This was agreat achievement and a testament tothe hard work of you and your colleagues.We make a continued commitment not torest on that success and the next two daysare an important part of that.As well as discussing the current issuesaffecting the industry, this year’s conferencewill focus more on the human factors.This is particularly appropriate followinga hugely successful year for PoweringImprovement looking at occupationalhealth and wellbeing, and the 2012annual theme of asset managementand maintenance.So please make the most of this valuablenetworking opportunity to share yourthoughts, plans and innovative initiativesto achieve the vision of being a world leaderin health and safety performance by 2015.David SmithChief ExecutiveEnergy Networks Association1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 1 24/04/2012 13:25

02Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012conferenceprogrammeWednesday 2 MayPre-Conference reception (hosted by Energy UK) and registration 19:00 — 21:00Day oneThursday 3 MayCoffee and Tea / Registration 08:00 — 09:00Session one: Opening KeynotesChair: David Smith, ENAWelcome and introductionsDavid Smith, ENA 09:00 — 09:10Safety — No CompromiseBasil Scarsella, UK Power Networks 09.10 — 09.30Health and Safety — changes, challenges and opportunitiesDavid Gartside, HSE 09.30 — 09.50Energy Networks and the EnvironmentEd Mitchell, Director of Environment & Business, EA 09.50 — 10.10Where Asset Management and Safety ConjoinRobert Davis, EATL 10.10 — 10.30Question & Answer Session 10.30 — 10.40Coffee and Tea 10:40 — 11:10Session two: Powering ImprovementChair: Doug Wilson, ScottishPowerPowering Improvement — progress so far and challenges to comePeter McCormick, ENA 11.10 — 11.30Leading teams safely: Enhancing the capacity of line managersto deliver safer and healthier workingRoger Bibbings, RoSPA 11.30 — 11.50Powering Improvement by involving your workforceDan Shears, GMB 11.50 — 12.10Safety and Asset Management — Introducing the SwissChocolate ModelJohn Steed, HSE 12.10 — 12.30Question & Answer Session 12:30 — 12:40Lunch 12:40 — 13:401200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 2 24/04/2012 13:25

03Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012Session three: Human Factors and HealthChair: Dr Neil Davies, EDF Energy Nuclear GenerationHuman Factors in Air Traffic ControlAndrew Lowrey & Branka Subotic, NATS 13.40 — 14.00Occupational Health PsychologyPeter Kelly, HSE 14.00 — 14.20Workplace Interventions for Common Mental Health ProblemsDr John McCaul, Npower 14.20 — 14.40Factors affecting safety performance in a high hazard industryCeri Jones, University of Nottingham 14.40 — 15.00Question & Answer Session 15.00 — 15:10Coffee and Tea 15:10 — 15:40Session four: SHE IncidentFacilitator: Mike Clancy, ProspectScene setting/presentation 15:40 — 15:55Health and Saftey legal perspectiveKevin Bridges, Pinsent Masons LLP 15:55 — 16:10Environment legal perspectiveRichard Voke, Lyons Davidson 16:10 — 16:25Expert PanelJohn Steed, HSEPeter Vujanic, SSESteve Bird, Daily Mail 16:25 — 16:40Open debate 16:40 — 17:10Closing remarks 17.10 — 17.151200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 3 24/04/2012 13:25

04Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012 conference programmecontinuedDay two4 May 2012Coffee and Tea 08:30 — 9:00Session five: Current IssuesChair: David Porter, Energy UKNew networks safety challengesPaul Smith, ENA 09.00 — 09.20Managing H&S behaviour by engagement on the London 2012Construction Programme — a view from the inside trackLiam O'Sullivan, UK Power Networks 09.20 — 09.50Calculating the true costs of non-complianceJoscelyne Shaw, British Safety Council 09.50 —10.10Behavioural SafetyKevin Coyne, Unite 10.10 — 10.30Mangement of Safety Risks from Equipment retained in servicewith an abnormal conditionGary Thornton, National Grid 10.30 — 10.50Delivering Health and Safety Excellence on Large Scale ComplexIndustrial Projects: The Challenges & SolutionsKieran McKenna, PM Group 10.50 — 11.10Question & Answer Session 11:10 — 11:20Coffee and Tea 11:20 — 11:50Session six: Motivational SpeakerChair: Doug Wilson, Scottish PowerInspiring, motivating and leading health & safetyJim Lawless, Taming Tigers 11.50 — 12.50Closing commentsDoug Wilson, Scottish Power 12.50 — 13.00Lunch 13.00 — 14.001200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 4 24/04/2012 13:25

05Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012Speakerand chairbiographiesRoger Bibbings MBE BA CFIOSHOccupational Safety Adviser,Royal Society for the Preventionof AccidentsAs RoSPA’s occupational safety adviser,Roger advises the Society on all mattersrelated to work-related risk and helpsit expand its contribution to the UK’sworld-renowned ‘health and safetysystem’, which has proportionately atits heart. He contributes to RoSPA’sjournals, helps organise the Society’sCongresses and Awards, services itsNational Occupational Safety and HealthCommittee, has oversight of ‘key issue’policies including occupational road riskand director action on safety and health,and is secretary of Safety Groups UK.Before joining RoSPA in 1994, Roger was,for 17 years, health and safety adviser atthe TUC. In 1990, he was made an MBEfor his services to occupational safetyand health. He is a Chartered Fellow ofthe Institution of Occupational Safetyand Health (IOSH) and has received theRoSPA Distinguished Service Award.In 2006, he received the IOSH President’sDistinguished Service Certificate and in2011 he received the IOSH LifetimeAchievement Award.Steve BirdSenior Features Writer, Daily MailSteve has worked in newspapers for nearly20 years in a career that has spannedlocals and national titles. The son of a localnewspaper editor and author, he trainedon local papers in the West Midlandsbefore moving to London as theWolverhampton Express & Star’s politicalcorrespondent. He then became theSunday Mirror’s political editor based inthe House of Commons, before moving toThe Times where he covered many of thekey national news stories and court casesfor 13 years. As well as being a newsreporter specialising in crime, he workedon the news desk as a news editor.Last year, he joined the Daily Mail asa Senior Features Writer where he hascarried out in-depth investigations intoa variety of issues, including two articlesabout the theft of metal. One undercoverinvestigation involved selling a varietyof ‘stolen’ cabling from a power stationas well as mocked up war memorials toscrap metals dealers across the WestMidlands. Steve has appeared onnumerous television documentaries totalk about stories he has covered.Outside of his work as a journalist he hasalso given advice on media strategies fortwo feature films as well as a helped securenational newspaper, radio and televisioncoverage for a number of charities.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 5 24/04/2012 13:25

06Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012 speaker andchair biographiescontinuedKevin BridgesPartner & Head of theManchester Regulatory Team,Pinsent Masons LLPKevin is a Partner and Head of theManchester Regulatory Team.His experience is mainly in health andsafety, food safety, fire safety, trading andenvironmental law, and related criminallitigation. He is dual qualified as a solicitorand chartered safety and health practitionerand provides pro-active advice on a widerange of health and safety and regulatoryissues to corporate and commercialclients in all sectors, as well as respondingto incidents when they happen. He hasbeen instructed in a number of high profilefatal accident cases including thefirst company to be prosecuted withthe statutory offence of CorporateManslaughter (under the CorporateManslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act2007), together with its Managing Directorwho was separately charged with GrossNegligence Manslaughter.Kevin is an accomplished speaker and hashosted many seminars and lectures on allaspects of health and safety and regulatorylaw, including Boardroom presentations.He has had feature articles published innumerous journals including the Safety andHealth Practitioner (SHP), and continuesto contribute regular articles to SHP.Kevin is a Chartered Member andelected Council Member of the CharteredInstitution of Occupational Safety andHealth and holds the National Diplomain Occupational Safety and Health.Kevin also heads a team of lawyersadvising one of the “big four” supermarketson all of its Regulatory issues throughoutits retail, distribution and manufacturingdivisions nationwide.Mike ClancyGeneral SecretaryDesignate, ProspectMike is General Secretary Designate ofPROSPECT a trade union representingover 122,000 professional staff in bothpublic and private sectors. He will becomeGeneral Secretary on 1 January 2013.Currently, he has overall responsibilityfor members employed in the Energyand Defence Sectors and the policylead for Health and Safety and LegalServices. In earlier negotiating roles hehas represented members in ElectricitySupply and Defence at national level.He combines twenty-three years’experience as a trade union officer,with eight years as an EmploymentTribunal member and in 2002 wasappointed to the EmploymentAppeal Tribunal.He holds a degree in Law, an M.A. inIndustrial Relations (Warwick) and anM.B.A. (Cranfield). He is a CharteredMember of the Institute of Personneland Development.He is a board member of the ElectricalSafety Council and also the National SkillsAcademy for Power and has held severalBoard level positions in previous roles.Kevin Coyne,National Officer – Energy & UtilitiesSector, Unite the UnionKevin is the National Officer for Unite theUnion in the Energy and Utilities Sector.Unite has a membership of over 50,000skilled workers in this sector.Kevin negotiates with employers,Government departments and regulatorson a whole raft of issues from pay andconditions to wider energy policy andthe long term future of the industry.Kevin is passionate about safety withinthe sector and takes an active interest incompany Hesacs. He is a member of theNational Hesac.Kevin has been a trade Union Officialfor fifteen years. He has wide experiencewithin the engineering sector and hasactively represented members in theshipbuilding, aerospace, offshore oil& gas and nuclear industries.Kevin was originally based in the northwest of England, where he becamethe Regional Secretary for Unite.More recently he has held responsibilityfor members at a national level in theNational Health Service and the Ministry ofDefence, prior to taking up his current role.Kevin is a board member of Energy andUtility Skills.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 6 24/04/2012 13:25

07Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012Dr Neil DaviesMedical Adviser (Nuclear),EDF EnergyNeil is an occupational physician whohas spent most of his medical careerin the energy industry, starting off asa Medical Adviser with Mobil Oil in theUK with some overseas and offshoreassignments. After 8 years he joined theCEGB as an Area Medical Officer andsince then he has had 25 years in theelectricity generating sector, primarilynuclear focussed with Nuclear Electric andMagnox, his last appointment until retiringin 2011 being the Chief Medical Officerof British Energy. He now works part timeas Medical Adviser to EDF Energy NuclearGeneration in Barnwood. His mainoccupational health interests are in fitnessfor duty in safety critical environments,health effects of ionising and non ionisingradiations and drugs and alcohol at work.He is a Fellow of the Faculty of OccupationalMedicine and served 6 years as an ordinaryboard member. He was a trustee of theBritish Occupational Health ResearchFoundation charity for 15 years and isa co author of the FOM publication‘Guidance on alcohol and drug misusein the Workplace’. He has also served aterm as Chair of the Occupational HealthAdvisory Group and has been a memberof the Compensation Scheme Council forradiation linked diseases and its technicalworking party, the BMA occupational healthcommittee and various epidemiologyresearch steering groups.Robert DavisGroup CEO, EA Technology GroupRobert is Group Chief Executive Officerof EA Technology Group, a fast growingtechnology company operating in thepower engineering sector. Doubling in sizein the last five years, the company currentlyemploys 211 staff. The majority of theseoperate within Capenhurst in Cheshire,with a growing proportion working fromoffices in Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Brisbane,Florida and Singapore. Robert sits on theCheshire & Warrington Local EnterprisePartnership Board and holds responsibilityfor Start Up Support and Access to Finance.David GartsideBoard Member,Health and Safety ExecutiveAppointed to the Board of the Health& Safety Executive in April 2008,David has an engineering andmanufacturing background.With an engineering science degree fromOxford, he worked for consulting engineersand contractors on bridge design andconstruction, before joining ICI (one ofthe forerunners of AstraZeneca) in 1977.A variety of engineering roles followedbefore a move into manufacturingmanagement in 1987.Appointed Works Manager in Bristolin 1989, David subsequently filledsimilar roles for ICI, and post-demerger,Zeneca, at Grangemouth (1992) andMacclesfield (1995).He was Head of UK Operations forAstraZeneca until 2005, when he waspromoted to Vice-President, SafetyHealth & Environment for AstraZeneca.Ceri JonesInstitute of Work,Health and Organisations,University of NottinghamCeri is an Applied Safety Psychologistand Researcher at the Institute of Work,Health & Organisations, University ofNottingham. She obtained her BSc fromLoughborough University and obtained herMSc in Occupational Psychology from theUniversity of Leicester, where she alsogained certificates of competency inPsychometric Testing (Level A and B).While at the Institute of Work Healthand Organisations (IWHO) she has beenconducting applied research measuringthe safety culture of large international highhazard organisations. This research hasfocused on measuring the safety cultureof the organisations and designing andimplementing initiatives to promote andimprove safety performance. She is alsoinvolved with the European Agency forSafety and Health at Work where hermain role is collecting case studies of bestpractice in Occupational Safety and Health.Additionally she runs tutorials and seminarswith the Masters students and has workedas a part-time research assistant in theSchool of Nursing, where she was involvedin designing online training programs toeducate and encourage participation inphysical activity.In her previous role, she was a consultantin a consultancy specialising in promotingwell-being in the workplace. This roleinvolved identifying issues withinorganisations in a number of differentindustrial sectors, and assisting in thedesign and delivery of bespoke solutionsto assist organisations in reducingabsenteeism, stress and turnover,and increasing employee engagement.She was also responsible for managingthe day-to-day activities of these projects,in terms of timescales and key deliverables.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 7 24/04/2012 13:25

08Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012 speaker andchair biographiescontinuedPeter J Kelly MBPsS, MSc, BScHigher Psychologist,Health and Safety ExecutivePeter works for the Health and SafetyExecutive in the Ergonomics, HumanFactors, and Psychology team within theField Operations Division. He is employedas a Psychologist with speciality inoccupational health. He has beenpart of the small team of psychologistinvolved from the beginning in developingthe scientific knowledge base for themanagement standards approach totackling work related stress in the UnitedKingdom and is a co – author on paperspublished on the management standards.He in addition provides scientific supportin relation to mental health promotion andwellbeing in work for the Health SafetyExecutive and investigates Human factorissues in the workplace. He undertakespresentation to a wide body of audienceson the prevention of work related stress,mental and physical well being. He has satas a co-opted expert on National Instituteof Clinical Excellence Review of mentalhealth promotion within the workplaceand on the Department for Health’s UnitedKingdom SHIFT Expert review panel onworkplace mental health guidance.Jim LawlessTaming TigersJim is founder and CEO of Taming Tigers,which works with a wide variety of bluechip clients to establish aligned goalsthroughout the organisation, highperforming teams and long term changein culture, mindset and performance.Jim was elected a fellow of the RoyalSociety for the Arts in 2008 in recognitionof his business writing and is the authorof the book ‘Taming Tigers’ (Virgin Books).He qualified as a solicitor in 1994,working in the City and in a major ITcompany before founding TamingTigers (then called “Optimise”) in 1999.He is one of the most popular inspirationalspeakers in Europe today and theonly authority on business change andpersonal development to have put hislife on the line to prove his approach.In August 2010, to test new TamingTigers theories around mental toughness,he became Britain’s Deepest Freediver,the first Briton to dive below the magic100m barrier on a single breath of air.In 2003, in response to an audiencechallenge, he proved his Ten Rules forTaming Tigers by becoming a jockey in12 months. At the outset he was 3 stone(20kg) too heavy and could not ridea horse.Andy Lowrey MSc BSc (Hons)MIET MIEHFNational Air Traffic ServicesAndy has worked in the aviation industryfor over twenty five years. Starting in militaryaviation and then engineering consultancy,he joined NATS to work on the SwanwickNew En-route Centre project in 2001.At NATS he has provided Human Factorsassurance at numerous control centresand airfields, and is currently working onprojects in Eastern Europe, the MiddleEast and throughout the UK.He is responsible for coordinating HumanFactors expertise to all airports whereNATS provides an air traffic service.These include most of the UK’smajor airports, such as Heathrow,Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow.Dr John McCaulChief Medical Officer ofRWE npowerAfter a few years in hospital medicine,he moved to a training post in occupationalmedicine at Ford Motor Company in thedays when Dagenham alone employed22,000 people and made completecars – in his time the Fiesta, Cortina andSierra. After completing his training, hestayed with Ford for 9 years and duringthis time he was also the Secretary of theSociety of Occupational Medicine. He thenmoved to the electricity sector to join thenewly formed National Power Company.Within three years he was their ChiefMedical Officer heading up theoccupational health service and, in effect,he has remained there although his CVwould say he was then CMO of Innogy,RWE Innogy and finally RWE npower!John’s main interests in occupationalmedicine are the collection of data (on bothprocess and outcome) which he believesis the secret to justifiying the practice ofoccupational health), the health risks ofburning biomass, EMF and mental health.Peter McCormickPowering ImprovementCoordinator, EnergyNetworks AssociationPeter is an Electricity Supply Industrytrained engineer with over 30 yearsexperience in the operation, constructionand maintenance of electricity distributionnetworks. Peter has held progressivelysenior management posts with CE Electric(now Northern Powergrid) and itspredecessor companies.He was Director of Group Health Safetyand Environment for CE Electric UK andalso Chair of both National HESAC andENA’s Safety, Health and EnvironmentCommittee before his retirement in 2011.Since June 2011 he has been providingleadership to the industry’s PoweringImprovement strategy.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 8 24/04/2012 13:25

09Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012Kieran McKenna, MED, BE, MSc,C EngDirector of Group Health & Safety,PM GroupKieran has over twenty years industryexperience in senior environmentalhealth and safety managementroles where regional managementresponsibilities have spanned 6 time zonesand over 20 different national languagesacross 50 different locations. Prior tojoining PM Group, Kieran held seniorregional management EHS positionswithin multinational organisations in thepharmaceutical, food and semiconductormanufacturing sectors. Areas ofexpertise include the development andimplementation of construction projectEHS management systems and associatedorganisational structures for large scalecomplex projects within multi-culturalenvironments. Kieran holds a primarydegree in mechanical engineeringand master degrees in bothengineering design and occupationalhealth and safety management.Ed MitchellDirector of Environment andBusiness, Environment AgencyEd is Director of Environment andBusiness. He leads Environment Agencypolicy on water, regulation, climate change,sustainable development, land and thenatural environment.Ed has been with the Environment Agencysince December 2007. Previously hewas Special Advisor to the Rt. Hon.Margaret Beckett, MP, Foreign Secretaryand Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs.Prior to that, the majority of Ed’s careerhas been in the private sector. He wasDirector of Environment and CorporateResponsibility at RWE Thames Water,worked in environmental managementfor GlaxoSmithKline and spent timein consultancy.Ed is a non-executive Director forWater and Sanitation for the Urban Poor,a not-for-profit company he helped set upwhich provides water services to peopleliving in slums in the developing world.Liam O’SullivanProgramme Director – Low CarbonLondon, UK Power NetworksLiam is currently the TransmissionConstruction Director & EngineeringManager responsible for the design anddelivery, commercial, health and safetyaspects of a multi-million (c. £200m)multi – disciplined engineering project toconstruct and operate the electricitytransmission infrastructure for the London2012 Olympic Games.The role involves the successfulmanagement and delivery of a numberof key organisations, interfaces andskills across a range of direct andcontract staff; engineering and specialistservices consultants; contractors,equipment suppliers, internal andexternal stakeholders.The works include the design,procurement, construction, commissioningand energisation of electricity transmissionassets and infrastructure including: theconstruction of deep underground tunnelsand substation buildings; substations& equipment to 132kV (132,000 volts)sourced from the four ‘corners’ of the globe– for example large power transformers asfar as Australia; switchgear from Germany;power cables from France.It is as diverse as it is developing;and is truly challenging, exciting andextremely fulfilling.Liam studied and read for a Bachelorof Engineering (Hons) Degreein Engineering and having obtained a1st Class Honours degree, he has workedin the UK power industry, in the Londonregion, since 1997; and has fulfilled avariety of design, project engineeringand management roles on a numberof diverse and multi-million poundinfrastructure projects.He is a member of the IET (Institution ofEngineering & Technology), and of theAPM (Association of Project Management),and lead the team in winning the APM’sProject of the Year Award 2009 and theRIBA Building of the Year Award Categoryfor Industrial & Commercial Building of theYear 2010; the Brick Awards and one totwo other accolades, most recently theODA’s Health & Safety Manager of theYear 2010. He was also shortlisted to thelast 3 for the APM’s Project Manager ofthe Year Award.....David PorterChief Executive, Energy UKDavid began his career in localgovernment. He then ran businesses ofhis own, including a successful restaurant.He was an adviser to the Associationfrom 1987 and became its ChiefExecutive in 1991 (until 1995 it hadbeen the Association of IndependentElectricity Producers).He has served on:> > the Executive Committee of theElectricity Pool of England & Wales;> > the government’s Renewable EnergyAdvisory Committee;> > the government’s ‘Foresight EnergyFutures Task Force’ and> > he was President of the UK’s‘Energy Industries Club’ 2003 – 2005.He is currently:> > on the Board of the Europeanelectricity body ‘Eurelectric’;> > Chairman of the Energy Policy &Generation Committee of Eurelectric;> > a Director of the UK ParliamentaryRenewable and Sustainable EnergyGroup (‘PRASEG’);> > a member of the Coal Forum and> > Chairman of the Future GenerationGroup of the Coal Forum.David is an Honorary Fellow of theEnergy Institute.In 2007, he was appointed OBE byHer Majesty the Queen, for servicesto the Power Generation Industry.In 2011, he was named Industry Champion2011, by Utility Week, at the Utility IndustryAchievement Awards.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 9 24/04/2012 13:25

10Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012 speaker andchair biographiescontinuedBasil ScarsellaChief Executive Officer,UK Power NetworksBasil Scarsella is the Chief Executive Officerof UK Power Networks, owned by theCheung Kong Group. This is the largestDistribution Network Operator in the UK,distributing electricity to over 8 millionhomes and businesses. It has over5,000 employees in its regulated andnon-regulated areas and generated over£1.3bn of revenue in 2010, with revenue ofover £200m per year for the non-regulatedbusiness, which has long-term contractswith high profile customers such asthe London airports and the LondonUnderground.Prior to taking up the appointment at UKPower Networks, Basil was the CEOof Northern Gas Networks from 2005,also owned by the Cheung Kong Group,distributing gas to 2.5 million homes inthe north east of England.From 1998, Basil was the CEOof ETSA Utilities, a privatised electricitydistribution business in Australia. Between1994 and 1998 he was General Managerof ETSA Power Corporation, responsiblefor electricity distribution, retailing,field services and customer services.Before joining ETSA Corporation in 1994he was Group Planning and FinanceManager at the South Australia GasCompany (SAGASCO).Basil holds a degree in Economics fromthe University of Adelaide and is a CertifiedPracticing Accountant. He is a Life Memberof Football Australia and former Memberof the Executive Committee of FIFA.He received the Australian Sports Medal in2000 and in 2003 became a Member of theOrder of Australia, for services to sport.Joscelyne ShawHead of Policy,British Safety CouncilThe British Safety Council is a registeredcharity that has a vision that no-one shouldbe killed, injured or made ill by work.Joscelyne sits within the Policy andCommunications team, where she isHead of Policy. BSC works alongsidetheir members and other stakeholders inpromoting their vision, and engage throughvarious means including sector interestgroups (including energy), conferencesand briefing sessions as well as increasinglysocial and online media. BSC produce amonthly magazine, Safety Managementas well as other publications and guidance.BSC also provide a portfolio of servicesdesigned to help organisations raisestandards and save lives as a result ofimproved health, safety and environmentalperformance, namely in relation to four keyareas – information services, qualifications& training, audit & advisory services andculture change. BSC include a numberof energy companies amongst ourmembership, such as E.On, SSE andScottish Power.Before joining BSC, Joscelyne wasa researcher and consultant workingacross health, safety and environmentalmanagement both in the UK andelsewhere. In relation to health and safetyshe was involved in developing reportingand benchmarking tools as well as casestudies on business benefits and the valueof leadership for the Health and SafetyExecutive that have helped to raise theprofile of health and safety within thebusiness and risk management agenda.Her academic background is inenvironmental management, having reada Masters at Lund University’s IIIEE(Sweden) in Environmental Managementand Policy that covered multiple disciplinesincluding economics, technology, law andpolicy, politics, management andenvironmental science.Dan ShearsNational Health, Safety andEnvironment Policy Officer,GMB Trade UnionDan is the National Health, Safety andEnvironment Officer for the GMB TradeUnion, a position he has held since January2008. In this role he covers industries fromthe Nuclear Sector to Construction sites,and workplaces from chemical plantsto casinos.Prior to joining GMB, Dan worked for theHealth and Safety Executive for 8 years.He spent his first five years working in thefield in the London and South East regions.He then spent two years working as apolicymaker within the Worker InvolvementProgramme, where he had oversight of theWorkers’ Safety Advisor Challenge Fund,developed HSE’s Workers’ WebPages,and wrote the operational guidance forHSE Inspectors on worker involvement.Dan subsequently moved into a rolemaking operational policy in the UtilitiesSector, where he was responsible for theoversight of investigations into domesticgas fatalities; Inspector training on gassafety; and monitoring of electrical fatalities.He has been a trade union activist for morethan a decade and a Safety Representativesince 2000. His particular interests aregas safety, the development of drug andalcohol policies, and worker involvementin health and safety management.David SmithChief Executive,Energy Networks AssociationDavid joined ENA in July 2003 as Directorof Policy, and was appointed ChiefExecutive in October 2007. Previouslyhe was Director of Corporate Affairs at theBritish Retail Consortium (www.brc.org.uk)where he was responsible for the retailindustry implementation of ‘Chip & Pin’in the UK, as well as all internal and externalcommunications for the organisation.David is Vice President of GEODE, theEuropean association for the electricityand gas distribution networks. In the UKhe chairs the Energy Emergency ExecutiveCommunications Group and sits on theGovernment Industry Contact Group onDistributed Energy. David is a Fellow of theInstitute of Association Management aswell as being a Member of both the Instituteof Directors and the Chartered Institute forPublic Relations.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 10 24/04/2012 13:25

11Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012Paul SmithDirector of Operations,Energy Networks AssociationPaul has over 36 years experiencein Electricity Distribution in the UK.Over the last 15 years he has workedin Safety, Health and EnvironmentalManagement roles for East MidlandsElectricity, Powergen, Central Networksand E.ON and has developed a widevariety of experience in associated areasof work including electrical contractingand metering.After leaving E.ON in 2009 Paul hasworked as Operations Manager for theEnergy Networks Association. In additionto providing industry support in a varietyof roles, such as Electric Vehicles andTelecommunications, he also acts as anenabler for the ENA Smart MeteringSteering Group and provides input toa wide range of related industry SmartNetworks and Smart Metering groups.Since taking on the role as Directorof Operations – ENA at the beginningof 2012, Paul also has responsibility forSafety, Health and Environmental Strategywhich includes the industry wide initiative‘Powering Improvement’.Paul is a Chartered Member of the Instituteof Occupational Safety & Health.John SteedHM Principal Specialist Inspector,Electrical NetworksJohn is employed by the Health andSafety Executive as Her Majesty’s PrincipalSpecialist Inspector (Electrical Networks),based in London. His particular roleincludes the enforcement of thesafety aspects of the Electricity Safety,Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002,as amended (“ESQCR”) as well asenforcement of the Electricity at WorkRegulations 1989 and other legislationmade under the Health and Safety atWork etc Act 1974. Before becoming aregulator, John held various posts in theelectricity supply industry over a periodof 26 years including all aspects (policyand delivery) of operations, control,design, construction, installationand maintenance of all power systemequipment up to and including132,000 Volts.John has published over 14 papers in IETconferences and colloquia on the followingsubjects: reliability, safety management,asset management, condition monitoring,maintenance and the role of insulating oil.He has also published on the lifemanagement of electrical equipment.John is currently advising on the electricityindustry’s Powering Improvement assetmanagement and safety strategy for 2012.Dr Branka Subotic CEng PhDMSc MengNational Air Traffic ServicesBranka has over 11 years experience inthe field of aviation, including consultancy,research, regulatory, and academicexperience. As a principal human factorsspecialist with NATS, Branka managedthe Human Factors Work Package forthe iFACTS project (introducing a suiteof electronic controller tools in theSwanwick London Area Control Centre).She introduced training effectivenessmethodology, mode-switching policyand was instrumental in iFACTS systemvalidation. In her previous placement,Branka was involved in aviation operationsand safety work, mostly focusing onapplication of the EUROCONTROL ATMsafety regulatory requirements(ESARRs 2, 3, 4 and 6), development ofsafety management system, and safetycases (generic and specific to localoperations or systems).Branka holds PhD in Air TrafficManagement from Imperial CollegeLondon, MSc in aeronautical sciencefrom Embry Riddle AeronauticalUniversity and MEng in air transport(University of Belgrade).Gary Thornton B Eng (Hon),C Eng, MIETAsset Strategy EngineeringManager, National GridGary joined National Grid in 1998 and since2009 holds the position of Asset Strategy &Engineering Manager responsible for assethealth & investment, first line support,environmental engineering, and technicalinvestigations across the range of NationalGrid’s electricity transmission equipmenttechnologies. At present, Gary is activelyinvolved in the IET as a member of thepower systems and equipment TPNexecutive team and is a chartered engineer.Between 2005 and 2009 Gary held theposition of Delivery Manager responsiblefor the safe operation, maintenance,construction and fault rectification of 22substations in the Midlands conurbation.Prior to 2005 Gary held several positionsincluding Service Delivery Manager andSite Engineer predominantly undertakingcommissioning of protection systems.Gary joined National Grid from Merz andMcLellan where he held the positionof Electrical Engineer between 1995and 1998.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 11 24/04/2012 13:25

12Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012SHE2012 speaker andchair biographiescontinuedDoug WilsonUK Director General Services,Scottish PowerDoug is UK DirectorGeneral servicesand UK Director Health and Safety,Scottish Power. He Chairs the ENA safety,Health and Environment Committee andis Joint Chair National HESAC. Doug isan Ex-Officio ENA Board Member.Doug is a Chartered Professional Healthand Safety Practitioner with over 25years experience. During his career hehas held senior roles within a number ofindustry sectors including transportation,construction, spirits and wine,entertainment, utilities and financialservices. The businesses he has workedfor include Standard Life; Vivendi Universal;Pernod Ricard; Seagram Spirits & Wine;Scottish Equitable Balfour Beatty and FirstEngineering. His work has allowed himto gain extensive international businessexperience operating in USA, Canada,Asia and Europe. In addition to hiscurrent remit within Scottish Power,part of the Iberdrola Group, he holds anumber of external industry positionsand responsibilities.Richard VokeHead of Regulatory CorporateCrime Department, LyonsDavidson SolicitorsRichard the Lyons Davidson RegulatoryCorporate Crime Department.Before becoming a solicitor, Richardgained a wealth of experience in all aspectsof regulatory work. This includes beingan HSE inspector for eight years wherehe specialised in major hazard industries,prosecuting his own cases, then workingas an international risk managementconsultant for AEA Technology plc.He specialises in defending regulatoryprosecutions (Environment Agency,HSE, Defra, local authorities etc) andadvising organisations on pro-active riskmanagement, and providing seniormanagement training seminars. He isa qualified Advanced EnvironmentalManagement Systems Auditor an ADRMediator, a chartered member of theIOSH and has a master’s degree inEnvironmental Toxicology.Peter Vujanic B.Eng(Hons), C.Eng,FIET, DipMgt(Open)Operations Safety Manager,Scottish and Southern EnergyPeter’s career can simply be summarisedas having gone full circle: from poacher togamekeeper and back again!Initially, he started his working life at SouthWestern Electricity (more recently known asWestern Power Distribution) as a GraduateManagement Trainee. There he spentover a decade in numerous roles gainingexperience in many electricity distributiondisciplines such as construction,maintenance, commissioning, operations,policy and project management at allvoltages up to and including 132kV.Following this, Peter then spent around8 years in a regulatory enforcementenvironment; formerly at Department forTrade and Industry as a Senior EngineeringInspector and latterly at the Health & SafetyExecutive as a Principal Specialist Inspector(Electrical Networks). It was in these rolesthat Peter developed his keen interest inHealth and Safety matters affecting the ESI.In early 2010, Peter realised that poachinghad better long term prospects and sojumped at the opportunity to return to theprivate sector. He is now the CorporateOperations Safety Manager at SSE.1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 12 24/04/2012 13:25

13Safety,Health andEnvironmentSHE2012Conference ObjectivesThe Energy Industry SHE ManagementConference promotes the higheststandards of addressing and managingSHE issues within our Industry.It provides a forum for all stakeholders –employees, employers, trade unions andregulators – to network, share best practiceand review safety, health and environmentchallenges and concerns.The conference aims to foster co-operationand improve contact between, and within,the organisations and companies thatcomprise our industry.Organising Committee 2012ENA:Peter Coyle (Chair)Peter RobertsTim FieldRichard Le GrosLara MoranPaul Eaves — UK Power NetworksLucy Innes — UK Power NetworksHazel Joyes — Western Power DistributionCarly Jukes — UK Power NetworksNigel Lilley — National GridBrian Ludlow — MagnoxStephen O’Neill — Energy UKMatt Webb — UK Power NetworksJane Eccleston - Electricity North WestEnvironmental StatementTo become an organisation which is arespected corporate citizen, sustainablycost efficient and an employer of choicewe recognise that as an organisation,we have a responsibility to ensure thehealth, safety and welfare of our people,visitors and contractors and those in thecommunity we serve.We recognise that we have a responsibilityto protect the environment and widercommunity. We work hard to understandour impacts and strive to reduce themat all stages of our activities.The Executive Management Team ofUKPN is committed to improving ourperformance and our focus for 2012will include: training for putting people towork; completion of our behavioural safetyprogramme; a Safety Climate Surveyand focus on health, wellbeing andthe environment through training,communication and practical support.PresentationAll presentations will be made available viathe ENA website after the conference at:www.energynetworks.orgThis document is printed on ChallengerOffset which is produced using ECF(Elemental Chlorine Free) FSC certified pulpand is sourced from an ISO 14001 Mill.The printing processes are managed toprevent pollution. The printer is FSCaccredited and are Carbon Neutral.Designed by www.treble-design.co.uk1200303_ENA_SHE_programme_A4_AW.indd 13 24/04/2012 13:25

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