Council
Representative body of IOSH members
Council is made up of 36 members (both Corporate and non-Corporate) elected by the membership. The Officers of the Institution (President, President Elect, Immediate Past President and Vice-Presidents) also sit on Council in an ex-officio capacity. It is chaired by the President and meets at least twice a year.
Council’s role is to champion and represent the views of members to the Board of Trustees. It provides advice and guidance on matters of strategy and policy relating to the objects of the Institution, on issues relevant to members, on the membership of IOSH and on the occupational safety and health profession. Council carefully considers information and evidence provided by the Board of Trustees in order to enable it to ensure that the Board of Trustees is acting in the best interests of the Institution and its members.
It is also responsible for the appointment of the Chairman and trustees to the Board of Trustees, as well as nominating the President Elect and Vice-Presidents to be approved at the Annual General Meeting by the membership.
View the minutes from the last Council meeting.
Further details of each Council member including their particular area(s) of interest and/or expertise is provided at the bottom of the page. If you would like to contact a member of Council please email the Governance Team who will put you in touch.
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| Laurence Webb Chair of Council |
Stuart Hughes |
| Elected Council members: |
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| Elizabeth Abiodun, GradIOSH | Frank Agwe, CMIOSH | Alaaldeen Al Soukhni |
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| Tiffany Argent, CMIOSH | Dr Jonathan Backhouse, CFIOSH | Tom Beswick-Brown, CFIOSH |
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| Stan Brown, CFIOSH |
Marie Chandler | Mary Charteris, CMIOSH |
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| Hemantha Dodangoda, CFIOSH | Kieran Doona | George Gelston, CMIOSH |
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| David Gold | Ewhen (Ian) Hasioszyn, CFIOSH | Keith Hole, CFIOSH |
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| James Hymers | Anne Isaacs, CMIOSH | Jason Kamalu, CMIOSH |
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| Tom Lane, TechIOSH | Melissa Mark-Joyce, CMIOSH | Dr Karen McDonnell, CFIOSH |
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| Qadir Mehmood | Akeem Mustapha, CMIOSH | Kelly Nicoll, CMIOSH |
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| Oguntayo Funmil, GradIOSH | Cynthia Ozobu | Sue Parker-Tantush |
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| Michelle Pitkin, CMIOSH | Lucy Pritchard, TechIOSH | Stephen Pulling, CFIOSH |
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| Abhilash Raghavan | Mehboob Reza, CFIOSH | Dr Neelesh Sogani, CMIOSH |
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| Ria Sooknarine, GradIOSH | Michelle Stonley, CMIOSH | Alex Walsters, CMIOSH |
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| Matt Crabtree | Claire Fryer |
Click on each member to read more about them.
Primary geographical location: Dubai, UAE
Primary professional specialism: Health and safety management systems
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Ergonomics, Auditing
Other areas of interest: Developing and implementing procedures
Primary geographical location: Basingstoke & Manchester
Primary professional specialism: Health & Safety in operations
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Wellbeing
Other areas of interest: ISO management systems
Primary geographical location: Stockton on Tees
Primary professional specialism: Education
Other professional areas of specialism: Fire
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Research/Academia
Other areas of interest: Disability
Primary geographical location: Lancashire
Primary professional specialism: Health & Safety compliance within all work environments
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Mental Health awareness within pressure roles such as H&S
Other areas of interest: Mentoring people within the Health & Safety occupations
Primary geographical location: Dundee
Primary professional specialism: Consultancy
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Training
Primary geographical location: Launceston, Cornwall
Associated geographical region(s): Milton Park, Abingdon
Primary professional specialism: Botulinum neurotoxin, biological and other laboratory hazards
Other professional areas of specialism: Corporate EHS, including environmental sustainability and biodiversity
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Strategy, environmental sustainability, behavioural safety
Primary geographical location: Colombo
Primary professional specialism: Safety Management and Implementation
Other professional areas of specialism: Training
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Behavioural Safety and Incident Investigation
Primary geographical location: Central belt of Scotland & Kerry, Ireland
Primary professional specialism: Construction / Civil Engineering
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Leadership, Engagement, Behavioural Science
Other areas of interest: Sustainability and wellbeing
Primary geographical location: Cumbria
Primary professional specialism: Applied Behavioural Science
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Behavioural Safety
Primary geographical location: Swindon
Associated geographical region(s): South West
Primary professional specialism: Health & Safety Strategy
Other professional areas of specialism: Quality
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Innovation, Technology, Strategy & Behaviour
Other areas of interest: Construction & Management System
Primary geographical location: Spenborough, West Yorkshire
Primary professional specialism: Chemical
Other professional areas of specialism: Legal
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Chemicals Hazards/High Hazard Industries
Other areas of interest: Behavioural Safety/Human Factors
Primary geographical location: Gatwick, United Kingdom
Associated geographical region(s): London, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Construction
Other professional areas of specialism: Business Risk
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Risk Management
Other areas of interest: Accreditation
Primary geographical location: London, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Facilities Management
Other professional areas of specialism: Fire Safety
Primary geographical location: Nigeria
Primary professional specialism: Workplace health and Safety/ Manufacturing
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Process Safety and Risk Management
Other areas of interest: OHS Leadership and Mentorship
Primary geographical location: Shipston On Stour, Solihull, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Automotive/Aerospace Manufacturing
Other professional areas of specialism: Logistics
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Fire Risk Management
Other areas of interest: Process Safety Management
Primary geographical location: London
Primary professional specialism: Leading teams that collaborate and enhance business performance
Other professional areas of specialism: Safety Management Systems implementation
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Enhancing the visibility of the health and safety profession - how we show up, how business leaders view the profession and how the professionals are valued relative to other professions
Other areas of interest: Collaboration and sharing of best practices across teams and groups to enhance workplaces to reduce serious incidents and fatalities
Primary geographical location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Associated geographical region(s): Birmingham, London, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Wholeperson wholelife approach to unintentional injury
Other professional areas of specialism: Workplace as a conduit for public health messages
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Demographic change and its impact in the workplace
Other areas of interest: Transferable skills from workplace to home and vice versa
Primary geographical location: Abu Dhabi, UAE & Karachi, Pakistan
Primary professional specialism: HSE Management System, HSE Training Management System, HSE Inspection & Audits, Welfare Management
Personal area of interest within health and safety: HSE Leadership, HSE Mentoring, HSE Training, HSE Auditing
Other areas of interest: Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment, Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis
Primary geographical location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Primary professional specialism: Occupational Health and Safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Environment and Security
Personal area of interest within health and safety: OHS Risks and Compliance
Other areas of interest: Behavioural Based Safety
Primary geographical location: Gainsborough
Associated geographical region(s): Doncaster
Primary professional specialism: Health and Safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Mental Health and Wellbeing
Personal area of interest within health and safety: People focused sustainability
Other areas of interest: Mental Health and Wellbeing
Primary geographical location: United Kingdom
Associated geographical region(s): Nigeria
Primary professional specialism: Wellbeing
Other professional areas of specialism: Wellbeing
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Wellbeing
Other areas of interest: Construction
Primary geographical location: Lagos Nigera
Primary professional specialism: Occupational Health and Safety / Manufacturing & Refinery and Training, Mentoring and ISO management system certification Auditing.
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Other areas of interest: Occupational Hygiene. Research & Academia, ESG & Sustainability Management, OHS Leadership & Governance.
Primary geographical location: Neston, Cheshire
Primary professional specialism: Health and safety risk management
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Governance and Structure
Other areas of interest: Incident Management and Reporting
Primary geographical location: Nottinghamshire
Primary professional specialism: Public Service- Fire Service
Other professional areas of specialism: Manufacturing
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Behavioural Safety, Fire Safety, Risk Assessment
Other areas of interest: Training, Mentoring
Primary geographical location: Worthing, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Governance
Other professional areas of specialism: Construction
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Behavioural safety
Other areas of interest: Governance and performance management
Primary geographical location: Berkshire, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Fire safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Confined spaces
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Mentoring
Other areas of interest: Training
Primary geographical location: New Brunswick, Canada
Associated geographical region(s): Qatar
Primary professional specialism: Occupational safety and health management, and leadership
Other professional areas of specialism: Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD)
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Leadership development
Other areas of interest: Competency framework
Primary geographical location: Muscat, Sultanate of Oman and India
Primary professional specialism: Occupational Health and Safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Sustainable Development and Business Continuity
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Safety Management Systems
Other areas of interest: Behaviour Based Safety
Primary geographical location: Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Associated geographical region(s): Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago
Primary professional specialism: Safety Management Systems
Other professional areas of specialism: Training and Development
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Safety Management Systems
Other areas of interest: Health and Wellness
Primary geographical location: Merseyside
Primary professional specialism: Construction
Other professional areas of specialism: Social housing
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Demolition
Other areas of interest: Construction
Primary geographical location: London
Primary professional specialism: ESG and Sustainability Management
Other professional areas of specialism: Safety and Risk Management
Personal area of interest within health and safety: The role of safety in sustainability
Other areas of interest within health and safety: Effective ways of assessing and managing occupational health and safety risks.