BPF Health and Safety Seminar - Speakers 2018

Pete Adey, Staubli

Alan Brown, AGI Amaray

Alan is an engineer by trade, and has been married for 38 years with four grown up children.
He has worked in the plastics industry for almost 30yrs in total and has been a member of the IHSC for approx. 4 yrs. He has been chairman of the BPF Health and Safety Committee since September 2015

Dr Sara Cammarano, British Plastics Federation
 

Sara is a Material engineer with a PhD in polymer science and a specialization in rheology.

After her degree in Material engineering, Sara worked as a researcher for the Italian national council before working for Imerys as polymer scientist first, then as EMEA Sales manager for Imerys adhesive and sealant division.

Sara has been working for the BPF for just over four years and currently hold the position of senior industrial issues executive responsible for H&S, Moulders and specialist processors, rotational moulders and composites group.

Nigel Heaton, Human Applications

Nigel is a Chartered Member of both the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.  He works for Human Applications, a risk management consultancy specialising in the provision of consultancy, audit and training to large organisations worldwide. 

Nigel has been engaged by a wide range of companies to help then on their journey to improve their health, safety and well-being performance.  He has worked with the Boards and senior management teams of organisations such as DHL, the Home Office, Howdens, etc. He has also worked with companies such as Amazon EU, Highways England, and bodies such as the Houses of Parliament, the Ministry of Defence, etc. on delivering leadership training that allows leaders to understand how to deliver more effective health, safety and well-being.

Gary Lewis, Squire Patton Boggs

Gary is a director in the Squire Patton Boggs Environmental, Safety & Health practice based in Manchester. His particular expertise covers health, safety and environmental prosecutions, corporate manslaughter, food safety and trading standards, including attendance at PACE interviews and advocacy in the Magistrates’ and Coroners’ Courts.

He has represented a European chipboard manufacturer in relation to a prosecution bythe HSE following an explosion at its production plant causing £8 million damage as a result of which one employee was very seriously injured. He also represented the same client following an accident where two contractors were killed while performing maintenance work on a conveyor that was not isolated.

He regularly advises major construction clients in relation to health and safety issues, including attendance at PACE interviews and representation at the Magistrates’ court.