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Group Technical Assurance and Quality Director

Lloyd's Register is a global engineering, technical and business services organisation providing compliance, risk and technical consultancy services.

Former Group Technical Assurance and Quality Director, at Lloyd’s Register, one of the world’s leading providers of professional services for engineering and technology. I provide OH&S and quality management consultancy covering strategy, governance and implementation, and am a regular contributor to webinars and podcasts. I have over 25 years experience as a writer, user, and auditor of management system standards, having been involved in the development of several OH&S management system standards including OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001, and the ISO 55000 series on Asset Management. I now chair the ISO technical committee for occupational health and safety management (ISO/TC 283), which owns ISO 45001 and is developing additional standards and guidance on OH&S management. I am an engineering risk management specialist, with risk assessment and safety management experience across major hazard industries including nuclear, petrochemical, and transportation, and with particular interest and expertise in OH&S, technical governance and quality management.