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.
Council elections 2022
Voting will open on Wednesday 28 September at 09.00 (BST) and close on Monday 24 October at 17.00 (BST).
Find out how to become a Council Member
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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Louise Hosking, CMIOSH |
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| Raufah Adigun, CMIOSH | Dr Jonathan Backhouse, CFIOSH | Stan Brown, CFIOSH |
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| Mary Charteris, CMIOSH | Hemantha Dodangoda, CFIOSH | George Gelston, CMIOSH |
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| Natasha Graham, CMIOSH | Ewhen (Ian) Hasioszyn, CFIOSH | Keith Hole, CFIOSH |
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| Anne Isaacs, CMIOSH | Mark James, CMIOSH | Robert Jukes, GradIOSH |
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| Jason Kamalu, CMIOSH | Lisa Helena Kelly, CMIOSH | Tom Lane, TechIOSH |
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| Melissa Mark-Joyce, CMIOSH | Dr Karen McDonnell, CFIOSH | Andrew McNair, CMIOSH |
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| Akeem Mustapha, CMIOSH | Kelly Nicoll, CMIOSH | Oguntayo Olufunmilayo, GradIOSH |
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| Michelle Pitkin, CMIOSH | Mansoor Poozhithodi, CFIOSH | David Porter, CFIOSH |
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| Lucy Pritchard, TechIOSH | Stephen Pulling, CFIOSH | Saqib Rasool, CMIOSH |
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| Mehboob Reza, CFIOSH | Diana Salmon, CFIOSH | Dr Neelesh Sogani, CMIOSH |
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| Ria Sooknarine, GradIOSH | Michelle Stonley, CMIOSH | Jamie Sutherland-Pownall, CFIOSH |
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| Alex Walsters, CMIOSH | Lino Yohannan, CMIOSH | |
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| Kizzy Augustin | Crystal Danbury, CMIOSH | Peter Kelly |
Click on each member to read more about them.
Primary geographical location: Watford, London/Luton, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Health and Social Care
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Behavioural Based Safety Leadership
Other areas of interest: Project Management, Construction Health and Safety, Food Safety
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: 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: 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: Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
Associated geographical region(s): South region, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Health and wellbeing, office safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Driving, DSE
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Health and wellbeing - mental health
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: Essex, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Behavioural safety
Other professional areas of specialism: EHS management systems and infrastructure
Primary geographical location: Ulverston
Associated geographical region(s): Lancaster
Primary professional specialism: Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Leadership and Management within high hazard industries such as the Construction, Engineering, Manufacturing and Nuclear sectors
Other professional areas of specialism: Wider Risk Management and Leadership development
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Risk Management, Leadership strategies and new technologies
Other areas of interest: Leadership development, Cultural development, Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) and Wellbeing
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: Wokingham
Associated geographical region(s):Reading
Primary professional specialism: Commercial Safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Employee Wellbeing
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Psychosocial affects of agile working / home working
Other areas of interest: Support to employees with disabilities
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: Aberdeen and Glasgow
Associated geographical region(s): Scotland Wide
Primary professional specialism: Construction and Civil Engineering
Other professional areas of specialism: Major Utility Infrastructure
Personal area of interest within health and safety: CDM, Lifting Operations, Confined Spaces, Plant and Equipment
Other areas of interest: Diving Operations, Safety by Design, Training, Mentoring
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: 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: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Associated geographical region(s): India
Primary professional specialism: Occupational Health and Safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Fire Safety and Process Safety
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Project and Operations HSE Management
Other areas of interest: Technical Safety
Primary geographical location: North West, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: OHS Governance, leadership and management
Other professional areas of specialism: UK OHS Regulation
Personal area of interest within health and safety: OHS Governance
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: Dubai, U.A.E
Associated geographical region(s): Islamabad, Pakistan
Primary professional specialism: Occupational Safety
Other professional areas of specialism: Safety Training
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Leadership and Employee Involvement
Other areas of interest: Occupational Safety and Health 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: East Hampshire, United Kingdom
Associated geographical region(s): Guildford, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Occupational hygiene
Other professional areas of specialism: Risk management
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Ergonomics
Other areas of interest: Wellbeing
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: Manchester, United Kingdom
Primary professional specialism: Health and safety within the corporate, engineering and high hazard industries
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Strategic leadership approaches, career development of others, and researching how societal demographics may influence risk decision making
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.
Primary geographical location: London
Primary professional specialism: Lawyer
Other professional areas of specialism: Health and safety practitioner
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Legal compliance
Other areas of interest: Health and safety - leadership and governance
Primary geographical location: Buckingham
Primary professional specialism: Culture Change and Engagement
Other professional areas of specialism: Emergency Planning & Harm Reduction
Personal area of interest within health and safety: Culture