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As of today, we have established Vantage Council focused on Safety and Sustainability, with Risk soon to launch, and we will continue to add new areas of focus. Please get in touch directly if you are a C-Level leader or head of function who is interested in becoming a member of a Vantage Council. Read more here.
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David
Metcalfe
CEO, Verdantix
Council members:
Phil Clarke
Care UK
Matt Doose
UPS
Moustafa Elsawalhy
L'Oréal
Alex Fath
GEODIS
Nilay Gami
California State University
(CalPoly)
Sheri Hanson
Sunrun
Andresa Hernandes
Siemens
Callum Irvine
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Paul Leonard
Entergy
Katherine Mächler Better
adidas Group
John McGahan
Burberry
Nick Milillo
Quest Diagnostics
Michael Moore
ISS
Krishnen Mootien
Reckitt
Shashank Punj
Cargill
Peter Temesvary
Budapest Airport
Council members:
Zoë Beck
HCA Healthcare
Isidora Diaz Heredia
Parques Reunidos
Chris Guest
Burberry
Kelsey Hopkinson
Colt Technology Services
Jaclyn Kaminski-Beneche
IWG Plc
Joy Lam
Crown Worldwide Group
Darshana Myronidis
Virgin
Sandrine Ricard
Pernod Ricard & Chivas Brothers
James Robey
Capgemini
Samuel Shiroff
EnerSys
Grant Sprick
Ahold Delhaize
Elizabeth Spry
Spirax-Sarco
Stuart Wright
Aviva Plc
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Zoë Beck
AVP Sustainability
HCA Healthcare
Zoë Beck is the Assistant Vice President of Sustainability at HCA Healthcare. In her role she leads the company’s efforts in sustainability and convenes stakeholders to develop and advance initiatives in areas including environmental performance, health equity and reporting transparency.
Prior to her current position, she led the sustainability efforts for HealthTrust and Premier, two of the largest healthcare group purchasing organizations. In these positions, she worked with industry suppliers, member health systems and other stakeholders to advance efforts in environmentally preferred purchasing, community supplier development and supplier transparency to assist health systems in advancing their sustainability goals.
Zoë has also served as a guest lecturer for the Health Sector Management program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and serves on the board of Urban Green Lab, a non-profit dedicated to teaching communities how to live sustainably.
Zoë earned an MBA and Master of Environmental Management from Duke University and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Samuel Shiroff
Senior Director, Global Sustainability
EnerSys
Sam Shiroff the Senior Director of Global Sustainability for EnerSys, the industrial technology leader serving the global community with mission-critical stored energy solutions that meet the growing need for energy efficiency, reliability and sustainability.
In prior roles, Sam has been part of the globally renowned Carol Cone on Purpose team supporting sustainability efforts at Fortune 500 companies across an array of sectors. Sam has established ESG/Sustainability departments and built employee and community engagement programs for technology companies, financial institutions, manufacturers, retailers and nonprofit organizations around the world. He built the CSR department at Signet Jewelers, the world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry, enabling the company to dramatically improve its ESG rankings, publish its first CSR report, scale its award-winning responsible sourcing efforts and be recognized as a member of the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index.
Sam was also a leading member of Edelman’s Business + Social Purpose Practice. He combine over 20 years of international corporate ESG, sustainability, community relations and communication experience with a deep knowledge of carbon finance, energy efficiency and the non-profit world. Sam has an MBA, a BA from Boston College and Was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Frankfurt in Germany. He has CSV accreditation from Harvard Business School, is a LEED GA, is GRI accredited and speaks fluent German.
Jaclyn Kaminski-Beneche
Group Head of Sustainability
IWG Plc
Jaclyn Kaminski is the Global Head of Sustainability for International Workplace Group (IWG), the world’s largest provider of flexible workspace solutions, with thousands of locations across 120 countries. IWG’s portfolio includes household names such as Regus, Spaces, Signature, and HQ.
In her role, Jaclyn leads the company’s global sustainability strategy, focusing on decarbonization, supplier engagement, and biodiversity. With IWG responsible for the end-to-end customer workspace experience—from office design to catering—her team addresses a diverse range of sustainability priorities across the business.
Prior to joining IWG, Jaclyn founded and led IPG’s first global sustainability department, advising clients on sustainable brand strategies and integrating sustainability into corporate operations.
She holds a postgraduate certificate in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge, along with certifications in AI and Sustainability, Business Sustainability Management, Net Zero, and Circular Economy.
James Robey
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Environmental Sustainability
Capgemini
James has led the Capgemini Group sustainability agenda since setting first carbon reduction targets in 2008. He is a long-term advocate of ambitious and transparent targets as a mechanism to drive innovation to ensure continual improvements. He led the development of and is driving the Group’s global net zero program to reduce environmental impacts across its most material impacts towards the goals of the Capgemini becoming net zero business by 2040. The net zero target, validated by SBTi under their Corporate Net Zero Standard, will involve decarbonising the business across all scopes by 90% and investing in removal-based credits to balance the final 10%.
In addition, James also brought a client focus to Capgemini’s sustainability vision, working with the leadership to establish a target for the Group to help its clients with their sustainability and carbon reduction goals.
During his 25-year career at Capgemini, James has held a number of roles, primarily in business development, and programme and change management. In addition to leading Capgemini’s Net Zero Board, he is also a member of the Country Board of Capgemini UK. He also led the roll out of a successful Leadership Development Academy, and continues this interest in developing others in his current role by rotating a wide range of employees from across the business through the sustainability programme.
James brings an academic flavour to his work, holding a degree in Economics and Mathematics, a Master’s degree in Development Economics, and an M.B.A. He completed his doctorate with Henley Business School investigating the drivers and outcomes of corporate sustainability. He lectures on sustainability at a number of universities and is an associate member of faculty at Imperial College Business School, London where he teaches Sustainable Business and Carbon Accounting to both under-graduate and post-graduate students. He also regularly contributes to research reports produced by Capgemini’s award-winning Research Institute[1].
James is a member of the Senior Advisor Network to the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and is also a member of the edie Sustainability Leaders Club and on the edie Advisory Board. He is regularly asked to present at both academic and industry conferences and comments in the media.
James Robey
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Environmental Sustainability
Capgemini
James has led the Capgemini Group sustainability agenda since setting first carbon reduction targets in 2008. He is a long-term advocate of ambitious and transparent targets as a mechanism to drive innovation to ensure continual improvements. He led the development of and is driving the Group’s global net zero program to reduce environmental impacts across its most material impacts towards the goals of the Capgemini becoming net zero business by 2040. The net zero target, validated by SBTi under their Corporate Net Zero Standard, will involve decarbonising the business across all scopes by 90% and investing in removal-based credits to balance the final 10%.
In addition, James also brought a client focus to Capgemini’s sustainability vision, working with the leadership to establish a target for the Group to help its clients with their sustainability and carbon reduction goals.
During his 25-year career at Capgemini, James has held a number of roles, primarily in business development, and programme and change management. In addition to leading Capgemini’s Net Zero Board, he is also a member of the Country Board of Capgemini UK. He also led the roll out of a successful Leadership Development Academy, and continues this interest in developing others in his current role by rotating a wide range of employees from across the business through the sustainability programme.
James brings an academic flavour to his work, holding a degree in Economics and Mathematics, a Master’s degree in Development Economics, and an M.B.A. He completed his doctorate with Henley Business School investigating the drivers and outcomes of corporate sustainability. He lectures on sustainability at a number of universities and is an associate member of faculty at Imperial College Business School, London where he teaches Sustainable Business and Carbon Accounting to both under-graduate and post-graduate students. He also regularly contributes to research reports produced by Capgemini’s award-winning Research Institute[1].
James is a member of the Senior Advisor Network to the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and is also a member of the edie Sustainability Leaders Club and on the edie Advisory Board. He is regularly asked to present at both academic and industry conferences and comments in the media.
Phil Clarke
Head of Health & Safety
Care UK
As a chartered EHO and H&S practitioner, Phil’s career in risk commenced with twelve years of service in the Army’s Intelligence Corps. In 2002 Phil re-traded as an Environmental Health Officer. Following retirement from the military in 2009, Phil worked in several sectors before focusing on health and social care, joining Nuffield Health as the Safety and Standards Assurance Manager for the hospital division in 2012, and promoted to Head of Health and Safety for the charity in 2017. After a period working in construction and facilities management, Phil returned to the health and social care sector as Head of Health and Safety at Care UK in 2022. Phil holds a degree in History, an MSc in Environmental Health, and is presently on his PhD journey, researching operational risk assessment following the Professional Doctorate pathway.
Krishnen Mootien
Global Health & Safety Director
Reckitt to the Safety Council
Krishnen is an energetic, innovative, and thought-provoking leader with over ten years senior level experience in a variety of roles across a range of sectors. Trusting core values of integrity and respect to lead by example, championing talent development, diversity, equity and inclusion, and employee wellbeing as key ingredients for success. Krishnen is a chartered health and safety practitioner that leads and coaches teams to create, own and deliver on business partnering projects, compliance activities, management systems and training, driving a standard of excellence to be the norm. An adaptable communicator that builds strong customer relationships, whether internal or external.
Kelsey Hopkinson
VP, ESG & Compliance
Colt Technology Services
Kelsey Hopkinson is the Vice President of ESG and Compliance at Colt Technology Services. She plays a pivotal role in driving Colt's sustainability initiatives, overseeing strategies that address ESG issues, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and integrating ESG/Compliance principles and frameworks into Colt's operations and culture. Under her leadership, Colt has achieved significant milestones, including receiving a Platinum rating from EcoVadis for outstanding ESG performance for 3 consecutive years.
Kelsey is dedicated to the mission of significantly reducing global carbon emissions. She is committed to fostering a more sustainable future through innovative environmental practices and strategic initiatives. Her work is driven by a profound belief in the importance of sustainability and the urgent need to address climate change and the just transition. Kelsey aims to lead efforts that not only mitigate environmental impact but also promote long-term societal benefits.
Elizabeth Spry
Global Head of Sustainability
Spirax-Sarco
Elizabeth leads sustainability for Steam Thermal Solutions in Spirax Group; a FTSE 100 global provider of thermal energy and fluid technology solutions. With a direct presence in 66 countries, Spirax Group identifies and develops solutions that improve the operating efficiency and safety of customers’ industrial processes, offering new-to-world decarbonisation solutions using proprietary technologies to electrify boilers, for the raising of steam, as well as the electrification of other critical industrial process heating applications. Prior to joining Spirax Group, Elizabeth’s career was spent in the energy industry in a variety of roles predominantly in Human Resources and resource planning. She is also a graduate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
Stuart Wright
Net Zero Delivery Director
Aviva Plc
Stuart Wright started work as an Army officer in the Royal Engineers, training first as a Military Engineer and then more formally as a Civil Engineer. After 20 years, a career change took him briefly to PA Consulting and then to Aviva.
Stuart’s time at Aviva has been spent almost exclusively in the planning, design and operational delivery of shared services. His roles have included UK Property Director and Aviva Europe Operational Services Director, before becoming Group Property and Facilities Director, where he had a wide remit including all operational property acquisitions and disposals, as well as running the worldwide real estate portfolio.
In 2021, Stuart was appointed to lead Aviva’s ambition to be carbon net zero across its operations and operations supply chain, including all markets, subsidiaries and joint ventures, building on his strong track record of delivering carbon reduction projects.
Stuart was Chair of the UK Living Wage Foundation Advisory Council – a body that provides advice and guidance on the development of the real living wage in the UK – from 2016 to 2021; he is now a Board Trustee of Citizens UK, the founder charity of the Living Wage Council.
Sandrine Ricard
Director Sustainability and Responsibility Communications
Pernod Ricard & Chivas Brothers
Sandrine Ricard is a seasoned leader who has been shaping Chivas Brothers’s sustainability strategy as Head of Sustainability since October 2017. She has been pivotal in implementing the ‘Good Times for A Good Place’ sustainability roadmap. In July 2022, she assumed the additional role of Deputy Director of Sustainability & Responsibility for Pernod Ricard in the UK, overseeing Pernod Ricard UK and Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail in addition to Chivas Brothers.
Previously, Sandrine served as the Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Pernod Ricard, pioneering the creation of the department and crafting a meticulously structured sustainability strategy. Her influence extended globally, fostering a sustainable leader’s network across affiliates and birthing innovative initiatives like the ground-breaking Responsib’All day event and a global responsible drinking app.
With over 15 years in sustainability, Sandrine brings a genuine passion for sustainable business to her expertise. Her diverse career includes significant experience in public relations and communications in the US.
Beyond the corporate sphere, Sandrine is an active board member of the Institut océanographique Paul Ricard, contributing to the preservation of marine biodiversity and addressing climate change through research and outreach.
Joy Lam
Group ESG Director
Crown Worldwide Group
With 20 years of corporate sustainability and global biodiversity conservation experience, Joy Lam is a dedicated and creative leader with an international background. She helps businesses and multinational organizations transform for the future with deliverable real-world strategies and solutions.
Joy is currently the Group ESG Director at Crown Worldwide Group, a global logistics firm, based in London. She has strategic oversight of Crown’s sustainability agenda, working closely with business heads and their designated employees to lead effective, sustainable, inclusive and socially responsible initiatives, including an ambitious net zero plan for its operations in 40+ countries.
Formerly Circular Economy Director at the LEGO Group, she transformed the organization’s approach to sustainability and business models by setting the strategic definition and direction for circular economy, creating a 2032 ambition and roadmap, and delivering industry-leading initiatives. Before relocating to Europe, Joy worked extensively in APAC, including heading up the sustainability office at the University of Hong Kong.
As a thought leader in sustainability, Joy teaches regularly on sustainable business in Denmark, Hong Kong and most recently at UCL in the UK. Joy has a Master of Science from the University of Oxford on Biodiversity in Conservation and Management.
Grant Sprick
VP Climate & Environment
Ahold Delhaize
As Vice President of Climate and Environment at Ahold Delhaize Group, and in partnership with its local brands, Grant Sprick is responsible for establishing targets and actions to drive positive climate, nature and circularity outcomes across the global business. Grant is an environmental engineer by training and has spent his 24-year career building environmental solutions and corporate development across a variety of sectors and geographies, including food and agriculture, built assets, and manufacturing across the US, Asia and Europe. Grant currently calls the Netherlands home.
Darshana Myronidis
Group Director of Sustainability
Virgin
As the Group Director of Sustainability at Virgin, Darshana Myronidis (Darsh) leads the development and implementation of sustainable business strategies across the group. With over two decades of experience in leading executive business strategies and sustainability , she has a proven track record of delivering results that align with the organization’s vision and values. Darsh’s expertise includes systemic big picture planning, multi-sector executive advisory, stakeholder engagement and sustainability thought leadership. As a leader within Virgin, alongside her day-to-day activities Darsh co-chairs Virgin’s Inclusion Network and is passionate about creating positive social and environmental impact through innovative and sustainable solutions.
Chris Guest
Director of Climate, Nature & ESG Reporting
Burberry
Chris is Director of Climate, Nature, and ESG Reporting at Burberry. He leads the development and delivery of Burberry’s environmental strategy, and the preparation of Burberry’s voluntary and compliance ESG disclosures. Chris was previously Group Climate Change Lead at Kingfisher plc, where he led the group’s net zero planning and climate risk management, and has held sustainability-related roles in government and consulting.
Isidora Diaz Heredia
Chief Sustainability & HSE Officer
Parques Reunidos
Isidora Díaz Heredia has over 20 years of experience leading and implementing sustainability and health and safety programmes in multinational organizations across construction materials manufacturing, mining, environmental services and waste management sectors, as well as in the leisure and hospitality industry. She has held positions at site, country, regional and global levels in health and safety, environment, ESG & sustainability and innovation functions, as well as operational roles with P&L responsibility. This breadth of experience has provided deep understanding of sustainability and health and safety related requirements from different angles, from strategy and policy development to on-the-field implementation.
Since 2018, Isidora has been a member of the Stakeholder Council (SC) of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The SC's key governance functions include making recommendations on future policy, business planning and activity, and advising the Board on strategic issues related to sustainability reporting.
Isidora has an MBA from ESADE Business School and a Bachelor of Chemistry from the University of Murcia. She is a certified professional in Occupational Health and Safety and holds a Master in Environmental Protection from Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Shashank Punj
Data and Technology Lead, Global EHS
Cargill
Shashank is a seasoned EHS Data and Technology leader driving global digital transformation in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) and Sustainability. He is passionate about leveraging technology to build safer, smarter, and more sustainable workplaces.
With a background in consulting and expertise in enterprise-scale EHS technology, he has led global implementations of homegrown and SaaS platforms, optimizing data integration, system architecture, and project execution.
At Cargill, Shashank has held multiple technology leadership roles across geographies, spearheading large-scale digital initiatives that enhance safety, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance. He actively introduces emerging technologies in operational safety, ensuring their relevance to industry use cases—ultimately promoting healthier and safer workplaces.
He believes that technology-driven efforts today create safer workplaces for the future.
Paul Leonard
Vice President Enterprise Safety
Entergy
Paul is originally from Ireland and is a Chemical
Engineer.
Married to Rachelle and has 4 grown children.
He worked 27 years at Dow Chemical in France, Germany, Michigan, China and Texas. 26
years in operations and 1 year in Safety.
In 2012 he moved to Paris to take a role as VP of HSE at Arkema. He stayed here for 7
years and lead the improvement of the TRIR from a rate of 0.95 to a rate of 0.2.
In 2019 he moved to Orbia in Mexico City as VP of EHS where he set up a 5 year safety
strategy plan and lead the company efforts in managing covid.
In 2021 he returned to France for a short period where he consulted with DSS+ and RMS on
process safety and teaching classes on safety culture in German.
He joined Entergy in The Woodlands in December 2021 where he leads the improvement in
safety performance and change in safety culture to show that #zeroispossible while
#keepingthelightsonsafely
Paul enjoys sharing his experiences in global safety culture change and long term
strategy methodology with his innovative Cathedral Thinking approach.
Moustafa Elsawalhy
Corporate Risk Manager
L'Oréal
Corporate Risk Manager managing different risk programmes for global footprint at L’Oréal with focus on audits, LIFE , fire and process safety.
Nilay Gami
Passionately Driving Strategic Business Transformation: AI, Robotics and Data Driven Enterprise Risk & Operations Optimization for Healthy Living, Profitable Organization, and Greener Earth
California State University (CalPoly)
Professional Summary: Nilay Gami is an accomplished professional with extensive global leadership experience, specializing in creating and executing transformational strategies that resolve complexities, improve sustainability, and accelerate operational and financial performance. He is renowned for his expertise in environmental health and safety (EHS), leveraging AI, IIoT and data analytics to drive innovation, bringing disruptive improvements to EHS, and enhancing standards and compliance across various industries.
Nilay has held senior roles in several global companies, including serving as the Global Head for High-Risk Operations at Amazon, focusing on EHS&S, Technical Director for Michelin North America and Michelin Asia, Head of Digital Transformation for Michelin, and Reliability and Engineering Manager at Anheuser-Busch InBev Canada. Additionally, he has entrepreneurial experience, having started his own company and successfully taken it through an IPO and merger. He has worked on $15 billion worth of large capital projects, with the single largest being $1.8 billion.
Global Experience: Having lived and worked in the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, India, and Thailand, Nilay thrives in international environments and has a proven track record of managing diverse cultures.
Social Responsibility: Nilay has a deep sense of social responsibility and has worked on initiatives related to public health camps, technical training and up-skilling, and reducing carbon footprints via renewable resources. He is one of the founding members of Southeast Asia Junction, a think tank that promotes diversity and inclusion and fosters understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its realities and socio-cultural dimensions, from the arts to economic development.
Nick Milillo
Sr National Director EHS; Enterprise EHS & Environmental Sustainability Lead
Quest Diagnostics
Currently Mr. Milillo is the Sr National Director for Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability at Quest Diagnostics, a Fortune 500, $8B company, covering 50,000 employees, 2,500 Patient Service Centers and 6,000 vehicles and drivers, 23 aircraft and over 100 laboratories. Prior to joining Quest, Mr. Milillo was a Global EHS Sr Manager for the materials manufacturing division of a Process Gas company, Praxair / Linde.
Prior to the joining the civilian sector, Mr. Milillo served in the US Army as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot-in-command.
As part of his active duty service, Mr. Milillo served two tours in Iraq including a tour with the 101st Airborne Division, where he participated in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Mr. Milillo has been awarded the Meritorious Service Metal and two Air Medals among other military decorations and letters of commendation for his service.
In addition to being a Blackhawk Helicopter Pilot, Mr Milillo also served as an Aviation Operations Officer and an Aviation & Ground Safety Officer, and is a graduate of the US Army Safety Center.
In addition to being a Blackhawk Helicopter Pilot, Mr Milillo also served as an Aviation Operations Officer and an Aviation & Ground Safety Officer, and is a graduate of the US Army Safety Center.
Sheri Hanson
VP, Safety
Sunrun
Sheri spent 14 years in the US Army as a UH-60 (Black Hawk) Pilot/Aviation Safety Officer. Following her military career, she has worked in multiple disciplines including oil and gas, manufacturing and now is employed with Sunrun as the VP of Safety. Her favorite aspect of the company is unquestionably the people who work there, their support of her Safety Vision, and the strong focus on the Sunrun values "We love People, We love to Create, and We love to Run".
Peter Temesvary
Safety and Compliance Director
Budapest Airport
Peter Temesvary is the Safety and Compliance Director at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD). He is responsible for overseeing aviation, occupational and fire safety, as well as aviation and corporate compliance. BUD has an integrated safety team, where the different safety disciplines share systems (e.g., hazard reporting) and methodologies (e.g., incident investigation, risk assessment), and conduct inspections and audits together. As an active pilot, Peter brings the aviator’s perspective to airport safety management.
Prior to working at BUD, Peter spent nearly two decades in EHS consulting, designing and managing contaminated site remediation, conducting due diligence site assessments and compliance audits, and helping clients develop and foster programmes to improve safety awareness and safety culture. He is an avid proponent of Just Culture, actively encouraging its adoption throughout all industries.
Katherine Mächler Better
Senior Director HSEE
adidas Group
Born in Colombia, Katherine studied Business Administration before she embarked her career at BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company. For over 12 years, she worked in different roles in Colombia, Chile and US where she pursued her MBA. She focuses on health & safety, environment, and energy, and specializes in developing and implementing HSEC Management Systems.
For the past eight years, her contributions to adidas headquarters have been centred on sustainability and health and safety for own operations. In her role, she shapes the strategies for workplaces, oversees governance and conducts audits. Her commitment ensures that adidas creates and operates workplaces that provide the best work environments for employees throughout the entire real estate life cycle.
Callum Irvine
VP Global Safety & Security
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Callum leads on safety and security for IHG Hotels & Resorts globally; a FTSE 100 constituent with more than 6,500 hotels across over 100 countries. IHG hotels operate under one of 19 brands - which include household names such as Holiday Inn and Intercontinental - and under a mix of business models, including a significant number of franchised hotels.
This diverse combination of brand, location and business model – along with the mix of guests types that these different hotels appeal to – drives a varied and regularly evolving set of safety and security priorities for Callum and his colleagues.
Prior to joining IHG, Callum gained substantial experience in consultancy, leading Deloitte’s HSE advisory practice, in addition to holding prior safety roles within hospitality, logistics, public and charitable sectors.
Alex Fath
North/South American Director of Health & Safety | Risk Management Leader | Strategic Advisor
GEODIS
Alex is an accomplished leader of health and safety with extensive experience in managing safety operations across North and South America. With expertise in ISO 45001 implementation, enterprise risk management, and occupational health and safety leadership in the complex supply chain and transportation industry, Alex brings a strategic and results-oriented approach to safety excellence. As a seasoned leader, Alex has successfully integrated AI- and technology-driven safety solutions to drive operational efficiency and risk mitigation on a global scale.