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Safety Health and EnvironmentSHE2013The 24th Energy Industry Safety, Health and Environment Management Conference

Environmental statement

Electricity North West is committed to achieving excellence in environmental performance, minimising any adverse impacts our operations might have and fulfilling our obligation to improve the environment we operate in.

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SHE2013 Annual Conference Joining Instructions

Conference venueThe SHE2013 Conference is being held at The Hilton Manchester Deansgate. Further information can be found at: www.hilton.com

RegistrationThe 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 breaksCoffee breaks and lunch will take place in the Deansgate Foyer. Dress codeThere 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 receptionAll 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 dinnerAll 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, [email protected].

Conference papersAll presentations will be posted on the ENA website shortly after the conference.

Conference staffConference 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.

EmergencyIf 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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Organising Committee 2013

ENAPeter Coyle (Chair)Tim FieldRichard Le GrosMike Leppard

Jane Eccleston Electricity North West

Hazel Joyes Western Power Distribution

Lucy Innes UK Power Networks

Nigel Lilley National Grid

Linsay ColvilleScottishPower

Brian Ludlow Magnox

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.

SHE2013 Conference Objectives



ForewordDavid SmithChief ExecutiveEnergy 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 SmithChief Executive Energy Networks Association


Day one Thursday 2 May

Wednesday 1 May

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 — 09:30Continuing 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 — 10:30The 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 — 12:30A field perspective on “what ‘better’ AM&M should look like”>> Nick Gill, Northern Powergrid


Lunch 12:40 — 13:40

Pre-conference reception hosted by Energy Networks Association 19:00 — 21:00



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



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


Close of first day 17:15

Drinks reception 19:00

Conference dinner 20:00

Day one Thursday 2 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 — 09:45testing 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



Session six: Closing keynotes

Chair: Doug Wilson, ScottishPower

Crossrail: The collaborative client. Managing contractor 11:15 — 11:45performance>> 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

Day two Friday 3 May



SHE2013 Speaker and chair biographies

Barry BridgmanBusiness 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 CarltonHead 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 CheungDirector 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 ClancyGeneral Secretary, PROSPECTMike 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.


Kevin CoyneNational Officer, Energy & Utilities Sector, Unite the UnionKevin 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 DaviesIndependent Consultant in Occupational MedicineNeil 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 FernieOperations Director, Electricity North WestGreg 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 FidlerDirector of Operations, Energy Networks AssociationPaul 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 GillField Operations Director, Northern PowergridNick 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 GravesPower Sector Director, Costain GroupIan 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 HailsHealth & Safety Director, Crossrail LtdA 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 HandPresident, Institution of Occupational Safety and HealthGerard 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 HealySafety Coordinator, Electrical Engineers AssociationPrior 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 RodgersDirector, HumourUs LimitedKate 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 JohnsonChief Executive Officer, Electricity North WestSteve 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.


Chris LandLive Line Engineer, National GridChris 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 LeeChair, Utilities Aboricultural GroupA 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 LudlowChief Medical Officer, Magnox LtdBrian 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 MasseyDirector, Energy Innovation CentreWith 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 McCaulChief Medical Officer, RWE npowerAfter 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 McCormickPowering 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 MiltonOperational Policy Engineer, UK Power NetworksDick 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 MitchellCEO, ScottishPower Energy NetworksFrank 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.




Dr Alastair RobertsonConsultant Occupational Health PhysicianAlastair 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 RoscoePrincipal 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 SmithChief Executive, Energy Networks AssociationDavid 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 TorranceOccupational 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 VacherVice President, International Social Security AssociationFrom 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 Safety at Work.


Peter VujanicOperations SHE Manager, SSEPeter’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 WillisDirector of Cross-cutting Interventions, Health and Safety ExecutiveJane 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 WilsonUK Director General Services, ScottishPowerDoug 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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