IOSH appoints six new VPs
Posted By Editor on November 13, 2009
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), which has 35,000 members worldwide, has elected the six new vice presidents to work alongside and deputise for its existing presidential team.
The six vice presidents are:
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John Lacey
John is a Chartered Fellow of IOSH and a former President – in 2003-04. He has spent more than 35 years in health and safety and is the managing director of Lincsafe (Health and Safety) Ltd. He is also as a technical director for WSP Group and is a consultant to various national construction organisations and process operators. An international lecturer, John is the current chairman of the IOSH Construction Group, a past chair of the Yorkshire Branch, an honorary fellow of the Association of Project Safety, a Fellow of the Safety Institute of Australia and a Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers.
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Andy Lo
Andy is the first non-European vice president of IOSH. He lives in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, where he was involved in safety management on the HK$35 billion Lantau and Airport Railway (LAR) project, which employed over 20,000 people at its peak. He is a graduate of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Aston University in Birmingham, and the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and he has spent more than 12 years lecturing in occupational safety and health at the Industrial Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Tim Briggs
Tim is currently the course leader of the BSc Honours degree in Safety, Health and Environment Management at Leeds Metropolitan University. Before this he spent 12 years in the rail industry, having previously worked as a teacher, train driver, station manager, soldier and as a nurse. He is a former chair of the IOSH Yorkshire Branch, and has been instrumental in driving forward a scheme of mentoring among the health and safety profession.
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Gerard Hand
Gerard is a director of Activus Safety Management Services and a Chartered Member of IOSH. He began his health and safety career with Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, rising through the ranks from a trainee up to regional safety manager for the North and retail field health, safety and fire manager. He co-founded Activus Safety Management Services in 1999 and currently provides advice to Gloucestershire County Council, West Midlands Police and Greencore. He is former chair of IOSH’s Retail and Distribution Group.
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John Norton-Doyle
John is a Chartered Fellow of IOSH with over 35 years’ experience in public health and safety both in the UK and overseas. He started his career with Leeds City Corporation before spending five years in the Middle and Far East working on the then world’s largest construction site and at Riyadh International Airport, Saudi Arabia. He was health and safety manager for London Fire Brigade until 2002, when he set up his own consultancy business. He is also the author of ‘Accident Management and Investigation’, which was first published in 2003.
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Dr Karen McDonnell
Karen is the head of RoSPA Scotland, a Chartered Fellow of IOSH and of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). She has recently completed a Masters in safety promotion from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. She is a member of the IOSH Edinburgh Branch Executive Committee and represents the Professional Organisation’s in Occupational Safety and Health (POOSH) Scotland on the Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland.
John Holden, IOSH’s newly-elected president, says that the vice presidents are an important step for IOSH:
“Appointing these six vice presidents will help IOSH spread its message further and allow us to take advantage of more opportunities than we’ve previously been able to. We’ve elected six very capable, passionate and articulate people who will all play key roles in driving IOSH on towards achieving its strategic goals.
“The growing profile of IOSH and our increasingly global outlook mean that we need a wider team of people to call on to help the presidential team carry out their duties and to tell people about the good work that health and safety professionals do. Each of the vice presidents brings with them a wealth of experience and a fresh outlook on how we can continue to drive the profession and IOSH on into the future. I’m looking forward to working with each of them, and I wish them well.”
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