Carla Davis-Madgett

Former VP of Health & Safety, Boeing and Former GM, Shell

Previously she was the Process Safety Assurance Manager and a member of Shell’s Corporate Assurance Group. An independent body of senior leaders, the Process Safety Assurance team was created by Shell’s Executive Committee to promote process safety improvements and assurance activities for all Royal Dutch Shell businesses. She supported manufacturing sites, distribution centers, capital projects, and offshore facilities in 30 countries across four continents.

Prior to Shell, Davis-Madgett had a 22-year career at BP and Mobil Oil Corporation where she progressed through a number of leadership roles with increasing responsibilities. These positions included Global Supply Planning manager, Assistant Plant manager of Amoco Chemicals Plant in Houston, Texas, and superintendent of Sulfur Recovery Unit for Amoco Refinery.

Davis-Madgett holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University and a master’s degree in Project Management from Keller School of Management.

Riad Efendi

Global EHS Manager

TechnipFMC

Andrew Smith

CEO

Jincom

Andrew is the founder of Jincom and has been working in the HSE industry for over 20+ years.

Edouard Salathé

Corporate Social Responsibility, Risks & Compliance Information Systems Manager

Eramet

With an extensive track record in IT infrastructure and information systems projects and programmes in various organisations, Edouard Salathé has field experience on operational excellence in supply chain domain (Lean management).

Edouard currently leads the CSR, risks and compliance portfolio within the Group IT department at ERAMET, in particular the deployment of the Cority suite.

Colin Ball

Sales Director Enterprise

EcoOnline

Colin has been a huge integral part of the company during a very exciting period and has brought to the team a maturity and experience that has delivered exceptional customer experience. With over 30+ year of commercial experience, Colin places the customer at the forefront of relationship, ensuring strong confident and respectful relationships. Within those 30+ years of commercial experience, Colin is now the Sales Director for Enterprise and brings vast experience and understanding in recognising the challenges, some exciting, to health and safety peers who command large integrated projects.

Simon Glynn

Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services

Ernst & Young UK

Simon is the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) leader for EY UK&I, he supports clients to understand and effectively manage their EHS risks, and improve EHS performance and outcomes.

He has broad experience working across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and North America, where he continues to work with large companies across multiple sectors, including infrastructure, oil and gas, financial services, retail and consumer, higher education and private equity.

His EHS experience includes the delivery of maturity assessments and roadmap development; operations model design and implementation; development of strategy, policies, governance and risk management frameworks; developing and embedding safety processes, including emergency and crisis management planning; deals due diligence; and internal audit.

Jessica Cranswick

Partner, Environment Health and Safety

Ernst & Young UK

Jessica is an organisational psychology professional with over 17 years’ experience working across industries, both in a consulting and internal capacity within power and utilities as well as working in fly-in, fly-out arrangements in remote mining communities. Amongst other expertise, she specialises in workplace mental health and wellbeing and has a deep understanding of the factors that contribute to safety maturity. Jessica has spent much of her career transforming health and safety outcomes for her clients, starting with helping her clients to develop their health, safety, and wellbeing strategy based on their current state and future aspirations. Currently, Jessica leads health and safety team in London having recently relocated from Australia where she was a consultant for clients both across Australia and internationally, including Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Jessica is passionate about the ‘S’ in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and is sought out to present on psychosocial risk, mental health and wellbeing, and workplace culture.

Roberto C Garcia

Partner, Environment Health and Safety

EY

Roberto is a psychologist with extensive experience in advancing health and safety performance through organisational development, executive leadership and culture transformation. His consultation experience spans Asia, North America, South America and the Middle East. He has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology and Human Bioscience, as well as a Masters in Organisational Psychology.

Roberto specialises in the development of EHS strategies, transformations, culture change and integration of the EHS initiatives to overall organisational objectives, including leadership development and psychosocial risk management.

George Al-Maalouf

Account Executive

Cority

George is a Sales Executive at Cority driving revenue growth in the EMEA region. He has more than 12 years of experience in EHSQ & ESG software implementations, having worked as Project Manager and Senior Consultant on large global enterprise deployments.

George holds a Masters’ degree in Environmental Engineering from the École de Technologies Supérieure de Montréal, and a Bachelor degree in Information Technology.

Peter Schramme

CEO

Enhesa

Peter Schramme is Enhesa’s CEO as from May 2019. Besides, he is “non-executive director” in CR2, a Dublin-headquartered international banking software company. Prior to joining Enhesa, Peter held multiple management positions in a.o. Lionbridge, Objectway, Thomson Reuters (after the acquisition of his successful start-up), and Agfa. Peter holds engineering and Executive MBA degrees.

Ciaran O'Mara

Co-Founder & CTO

Protex AI

Recently named on 2023's Forbes 30 under 30 list, Ciaran O'Mara co-founded Protex AI with the vision of harnessing the best in AI technology to help EHS teams be more proactive and contribute to a zero-harm work environment. Protex AI uses camera software to identify areas of risk in an organisation before accidents occur. Using computer vision, the platform enables companies to effectively identify and correct the non-compliant behavior trends that lead to accidents. As CTO, Ciaran is an advocate for the application of AI and computer vision in the workplace, regularly contributing at a number of international technology offline and online events on this very subject.

Tjeerd Hendel-Blackford

VP of Sales

Cority

Tjeerd is an experienced Sales Leader covering the EMEA and APAC regions. He and his team work to build long-term strategic partnerships with new and existing customers to help them reach and exceed their EHS and ESG/Sustainability goals. Tjeerd has over two decades of experience in environment, health & safety, and quality (EHSQ). Having worked as both an EHS practitioner and a consultant he has helped dozens of companies to address their HSEQ challenges through the application of management best practice in combination with market-leading information and technology solutions.

David Bibby

Senior Director UK

ISN

David is a Senior Director at ISN. In this role he leads ISNs operations across the EMEA helping customers reduce risk and increase 3rd party due diligence, based in London. He is also ISN’s executive sponsor for ESG / Sustainability product development. He has more than 16 years of Health and Safety experience, including 7 years as one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Health and Safety with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). David has wide-ranging experience of industries including petrochemical, manufacturing, construction and services.

He holds a BA Honours degree in geography from Swansea University and a post-graduate diploma in health and safety from Warwick University. In addition, he is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and a certified European Occupational Safety and Health Manager (EurOSHM).

In December 2022, David was named a finalist in the SHP Trailblazer ESG award.

David has presented on numerous topics including the changing face of Health & Safety, the legal and moral importance of effective contractor management, building a positive safety culture, SIF incidents & prevention, and thought leadership studies on contractor management.

Joe Schloesser

VP Corporate Opportunities

ISN

Joe Schloesser is a Vice President at ISN, overseeing ISN’s Corporate Opportunities Team.

Since joining ISN in 2016, Joe has held leadership positions across several operational and business development teams, including ISN’s Monarch Consulting, Research and Development team and Business Development teams across various industries in Oil & Gas and Manufacturing.

Prior to joining ISN, Joe held executive roles with both Iron Mountain and Bank of America.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Boston University and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a board member for the Folds of Honor in North Texas.

Lawrence Webb

Group SHE Strategy Director, Costain Group and President

IOSH

Lawrence has 30 years of experience in health, safety, and environmental management. A Chartered Fellow and President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), he utilises an engaging and practical approach to HSE implementation with experience from a wide range of industries, specialising in construction. He currently sits on a number of best practice working groups, including the IOSH Construction Group. He is currently the Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Strategy Director for the Costain Group, the sustainable infrastructure solutions provider. In this role, Lawrence is also a wellbeing advocate and champion for both Costain and Business in The Community. An experienced speaker, he has an extensive training background up to and including Masters’ Degree level and has supported a number of examination and professional bodies as a question writer, examiner and accreditation advisor. Until recently, he held the position of part-time Tutor and Dissertation Supervisor on the Health and Safety MSc programme for over 10 years at The University of Portsmouth.

Bertrand Gibert

Former VP, HSE & Sustainability

BioMerieux

Bertrand has 20 years of experience in Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Sustainability acquired mainly in the machinery, aerospace and life science sectors. Up to early 2023, he was heading the HSE & Sustainability function at bioMérieux; an InVitro Diagnostic manufacturer with a global footprint (14000 employees, 3.7bEuros). Prior to bioMérieux, he was leading for Hamilton Sundstrand (now Collins Aerospace) a team of regional EH&S leaders supporting 60+ manufacturing sites worldwide. Bertrand is experienced in building EHS communities, setting vision/objectives/strategic plans, creating ESG leadership and culture. In the past 10 years, he massively digitized ESG & EHS activities (e-g, product lifecycle assessment & compliance, carbon footprint, non-financial reporting, risk management, inspections and audits). He holds a Master degree from Ecole des Mines in Saint-Etienne, France. He is married and has 3 lovely kids. Even if he is a basketball fan, he enjoys being in Stamford Bridge for the Summit.

Noelle Harvey

VP of Product

YuzeData

Noelle Harvey is YuzeData’s VP of Product, driving product strategy and market intelligence. She is a proven product leader with over 15 years of experience in ESG, EHS, Risk & Compliance. Her passion? Helping customers solve their business challenges with technology solutions.

Noelle holds a master’s in business studies from Trinity College Dublin and is a graduate from the INSEAD Product Management Executive program.

Mark Kenyon

Senior Management | HSE Professional | Engineer | Lead Auditor | Trainer

LM Health and Safety

A progressive career developed and driven through international HSE expertise, corporate management skills combined with a diligent electrical engineering background. Takes a strategic and innovative approach to improving operational compliance, overcoming complex business and construction challenges, and ensuring best practice through the design and implementation of robust QHSE Management Systems that ensure more than just regulatory compliance. Enjoys engaging and promoting a positive HSEMS culture with multicultural executive management and providing inspirational leadership to businesses / asset management / audit teams - encouraging individual ownership to ensure safe, efficient, and high integrity environments. I am a people developer and I enjoy building teams, developing individuals, and businesses.

Benoît Delille

HSE Unit Head

CERN

Benoît Delille worked for 6 years in the private sector in Belgium, as manager of a Mechanical Design Office in the company ENGIE Fabricom, followed by an experience in the aerospace company SONACA.

He then joined CERN’s Safety Commission in 2002 as a Mechanical Safety Engineer, where he assessed the structural reliability of equipment for CERN’s accelerators and experimental areas during the construction of the LHC.

In 2010, he broadened his skills by joining CERN’s Human Resources (HR) Department as HR Advisor to the Technology Department (400 staff). Besides supporting managers in the application of various policies, he contributed to the implementation of HR strategies by analyzing and developing new ideas, especially in the domains of contract policy and workforce planning.

He joined CERN’s Accelerator and Technology Sector in 2014 as Executive Officer to the Director for Accelerators and Technology. In this role, he was closely working with the Director, preparing negotiations and arbitration exercises, as well as proposing and budgeting the implementation of measures, both administrative and technical, decided by the Director. At the same time he took over the leadership of the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) Project Budget Office. Under his leadership, the Budget Office implemented Earned Value Management (EVM) methods, which were used to determine the project’s Cost and Schedule performance and to report the Project’s financial situation to all levels of the Organization.

Combining the competencies he acquired in the various sectors of the Organization – technical, administrative and financial – Benoît Delille took over as Head of CERN’s HSE Unit (200 employed members of personnel) in January 2021.

Toby South

Senior Product Solutions Consultant

Intelex

Toby has worked in EHSQ software for over 15 years, much of that time as a EHS Projects Director deploying 100’s solution. He is currently working as a Product solution Consultant at Intelex, advising global organisations on their EHSQ strategies and helping them meet their software requirements. Toby regularly shares his experiences helping organisations to deploy EHS software and put best practice safety culture in place.

Steve Dyson

Group Head of HSS (VP)

Informa

Steve Dyson is currently the Group Director of Safety, Security and Resilience at Informa PLC, a FTSE 100 organisation headquartered in London, and the worlds largest exhibitions and events company employing 12,000 people around the world. Steve manages a team of 6 located in key geographies. Informa have recently entered into a relationship with Sphera to provide EHS, Risk Management and ESG software to Informa’s global operations.

Prior to Informa, Steve held a number of board-reporting roles in Alcatel-Lucent, based in Paris and Nokia. Previous roles include 8 years working in the Middle East, leading health, safety and security on some of the worlds largest mega-projects, including Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Steve started his career as a Health and Safety enforcement officer/inspector.

Steve is a Chartered member of IOSH and also has an MBA at Cranfield Business School. In his spare time, Steve likes to travel, play golf and continue to develop his DIY skills.

Gaurav Khupsare

Director of Operations | Co-Founder

MACS-G Solutions

Gaurav Khupsare is a Senior Technology Professional with extensive experience in building and managing Digital Transformation Projects across the region as well as globally.

Gaurav has worked with Industry Stalwarts like Schlumberger and key regional technology players like Intertec and Emitac Enterprises. Having worked in various Technical and Management Capacities, Gaurav brings his unique perspective to developing Sustainable Technology Solutions.

Gaurav has been instrumental in Launching and Growing MACS-G’s Digital Platforms for EHS, Asset Management and Preventive Maintenance in the past decade.

In his Current capacity, Gaurav heads MACS-G Solution’s Commercial Strategies, driving the young company’s brand in the market as a Sustainable Technologies Services Provider

Lena Maria Flickschuh

Senior Consultant

Quentic GmbH

Lena Flickschuh works at Quentic as a Senior Consultant supporting clients worldwide with their implementation projects and system roll outs. Herby she is focusing on large scale international projects rollouts and customized IT-Solutions as well as Data Analytics. She has been a trusting partner and reliable Consultant working with clients form multiple industries. Furthermore, Lena Flickschuh has a strong HSE software marked knowledge base as she has previously successfully completed projects with other Software solutions. Based on her Bachelor of Science studies in Entrepreneurship and Business Administration from the University of Applied Science in Vienna, Austria, Lena Flickschuh successfully graduated from University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, as a Master of Science in Sustainability and Environmental Consultancy and Project Management.

Heinz Mayr

Legal Compliance / IT-Project Management Sustainability, Environment and Energy

Porsche Immobilien GMBH

Heinz Mayr is responsible for all IT agendas at Porsche Holding GmbH related to sustainability, energy, and the environment. The focus is clearly on the roll-out of various projects in these areas and the integration of all stakeholders in these issues. Heinz Mayr is the link between the various departments of Porsche Holding and external partners in the IT, sustainability, and environmental sectors. Through his studies as a software developer and several years of professional experience in sustainability and project management, he has been able to acquire various qualifications in this niche over time and use the resulting experience to support Porsche Holding on its path to a sustainable future. In his spare time, he teaches Mathematics for Software Engineers at the University of Innsbruck.

Amanda Smith

VP, Product Management

Cority

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Roger Bottum

Senior VP, Product

VelocityEHS

Roger Bottum, Senior Vice President, Product at VelocityEHS, leads product strategy, product planning and market intelligence for VelocityEHS. He has decades of experience in risk management software and in enterprise SaaS software. Roger is a frequent speaker at industry events and business graduate programs.

Roger has worked at VelocityEHS for over six years. Previous to VelocityEHS, Roger has held various high-level positions, including COO, VP Product Management, VP Product Marketing, and CMO.

Roger received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economics from Colorado College and attended the Kellogg School of Business.

Diane Chadwick-Jones

former Director Human Performance

BP

Diane is a graduate of Imperial College, London, with a career spanning BP businesses and functions including Exploration & Production, Refining and Chemicals, working in Belgium, Brazil and Egypt in operations and safety roles. In her positions related to Safety Culture and Human Performance, she refreshed the BP values, delivering cultural change to better enable safety performance. This included operationalizing a systems thinking approach by improving the way work is set up to reduce the possibility of mistakes and make work more effective. Diane now focuses on education, mentoring and advocacy related to modernizing safety.

Alex Hammonds

Global EHS Director

Securitas

Alex is EHS Director at Securitas and is placed at LinkedIn as Global EHS Program Manager. He heads up the EHS services in this unique client partnership, leading a diverse team of health and safety specialists and upskilled safety and security officers around the world. Alex has worked closely with the client to develop innovative and award-winning strategies in EHS management. He holds a master’s in environmental change, a diploma in health and safety and is also a qualified teacher. During his twelve years’ experience in EHS, Alex has worked with a wide range of sectors and delivered a variety of consulting and management services, from bespoke training and audit programmes to certified management systems. Over the last seven years, Alex has specialised in EHS management within the Tech sector. He has worked with market-leading companies in internet and retail tech services and before joining LinkedIn as a vendor in 2019, he was the Global HSES Manager at Centrica Hive.

Gary Booton

Global Head of Health, Safety & Environment

Hitachi Rail

Gary's HSE career started with the British regulator-HSE. He began in manufacturing; then represented the UK in EU negotiations and was responsible for enforcing the onshore-COMAH II directive. A period in consultancy followed, representing UK manufacturers in both UK and EU. Moving back into manufacturing industry Gary has held senior international roles in Rolls-Royce, and; ABB; returning to the UK as QHSE Director for Amey PLC before his current role as Global Head of HSE at Hitachi Rail.

Ruth Denyer

President

IIRSM

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Ben Clifford

Global Health, Safety and Sustainability Director

Fidelity International

Ben Clifford, a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), is the Global Health, Safety and Sustainability Director at Fidelity International and has been working in the Health, Safety and Sustainability field for over 18 years across a number of different sectors including Aerospace, Defence, Technology, Transportation and Finance. Through my varied career I focused on several different areas specializing in H&S and Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Management, Energy Management and Net Zero strategy, Sustainability, Safety Culture, Mental Health and Psychological Safety, Corporate Governance and Design for Environment.

Callum Irvine

VP Global Safety & Security

IHG Hotels

In his current role, Callum is the health & safety and physical security leader for IHG Hotels and Resorts, a global hospitality business with more than 6,000 locations across over 100 countries – supporting the business in navigating these vital topic areas across its 18 brands (such as Holiday Inn and Crown Plaza) and various business models which includes significant franchised operations.

Immediately prior to joining IHG, Callum’s varied career across risk management led him to establish Deloitte’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) consultancy practice, serving clients across all sectors on their most pressing HSE challenges – typically focussed on strategy, technology, resourcing and governance.

Carlos Gallego

Workplace Health and Safety Lead

Amazon

Carlos Gallego currently leads Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) in Amazon Retail EU. In this role, Carlos is the safety lead responsible for the physical stores in Amazon Fresh, Amazon Salon and Book Depository, a leading international book retailer. Carlos leads the overall Safety strategy for Retail in EU coordinates safety design review, program development, launch-field execution, and business intelligence for all Retail EU.

Carlos has over 12 years’ experience in manufacturing, supply chain, railway and retail. Before joining Amazon, Carlos spent 6 years at Network Rail providing leadership and direction on all aspects of Health & Safety and Sustainable Development, securing robust results to drive forward change and leading on integrated culture maturity and support. Carlos operated across multidisciplinary projects, utilising subject matter expertise, leading stakeholders in the implementation of safety and sustainable development strategies.

Carlos is a Chartered Health Safety and Environmental Professional (CMIOSH and PIEMA) and holds Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering and Management Systems and Master’s Degree in Health and Safety.

David Clark

Global Head of HSSE

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)

David has been with Worldwide Flights Services (WFS) since 2017 reporting to the Group CEO and overseeing all aspects of safety, security and environmental performance of the Group’s operations across 170 airports globally. He also chairs the Group’s Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Committee. WFS is the largest independent provider of air cargo handling services and also provide a range of other aircraft handling services in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Prior to joining WFS, David was Head of Ground Operations Quality & Training with British Airways, overseeing safety and regulatory compliance for aircraft and cargo handling services, both insourced and outsourced, across main hub and line stations globally.

David has sat on various industry groups and committees including ISAGO Oversight Committee, IATA Ground Operations Group, ASA Task Forces and the UK CAA’s GHOST group.

David’s background is in Aeronautical Engineering holding a Bachelor’s degree from Glasgow University and has held various roles in commercial aviation including engineering, procurement and operational management.

Krishnen Mootien

Global Health & Safety Director

Reckitt

Krishnen Mootien leads Reckitt's Global H&S team, working closely with stakeholders across Health, Hygiene and Nutrition global business units in their relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world. An energetic, innovative & thought-provoking leader he has over 10 years senior level experience in a variety of roles across a range of sectors. Krishnen champions talent development, diversity, equality & inclusion, and employee wellbeing as key ingredients for success.

A Chartered H&S practitioner Krishnen leads and coaches teams, he is also a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma methodology and has led numerous continuous improvement projects using Lean Six Sigma tools utilising extensive project management & problem solving skills.

Krishnen has a degree in Chemistry from King’s College London and holds a Masters from University of Warwick.

James Pomeroy

Director | Global Health and Safety Leader

ARUP

James has been involved in leading safety and risk management programmes internationally for nearly 30 years. He is the Global Health and Safety Leader at Arup. He has worked in a variety of sectors including major infrastructure, heavy manufacturing, marine and aerospace. He has a particular interest in using technology to improve safety outcomes. He has degrees in sustainable business, international environmental law, and safety and risk management. He's a Fellow of IOSH and IEMA, the bodies for safety and environmental professionals. James is also a PhD candidate at Cranfield University.

Katie Kemp

EHS Compliance & Digital Leader EMEA

Tate & Lyle

My name is Katie Kemp and I work for Tate & Lyle. My current role is EHS Compliance and Digital Leader as part of the corporate EHS team. I am in my 18th year of working for Tate & Lyle in which nearly 15 years have been working in EHS. I have a passion for systems and data and love really trying to interpret what the data is saying rather than just what the data shows. I hold a Master Degree in occupational Health & Safety Risk Management and one of my goals for this year is to become a Chartered Fellow at IOSH (CFIOSH).

Velma Baptiste-Destouche

VP of Health and Safety

BlackRock

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