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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.

   
Laurence Webb
Chair of Council
 

Stuart Hughes
Vice Chair of Council

 
Elected Council members:
Elizabeth Abiodun, GradIOSH Frank Agwe, CMIOSH Alaaldeen Al Soukhni
Tiffany Argent, CMIOSH Dr Jonathan Backhouse, CFIOSH Tom Beswick-Brown, CFIOSH
   
Stan Brown, CFIOSH
Marie Chandler Mary Charteris, CMIOSH
Hemantha Dodangoda, CFIOSH Kieran Doona George Gelston, CMIOSH
 
David Gold Ewhen (Ian) Hasioszyn, CFIOSH Keith Hole, CFIOSH
James Hymers Anne Isaacs, CMIOSH Jason Kamalu, CMIOSH
Tom Lane, TechIOSH Melissa Mark-Joyce, CMIOSH Dr Karen McDonnell, CFIOSH
Qadir Mehmood Akeem Mustapha, CMIOSH Kelly Nicoll, CMIOSH
Oguntayo Funmil, GradIOSH  Cynthia Ozobu Sue Parker-Tantush
Michelle Pitkin, CMIOSH Lucy Pritchard, TechIOSH Stephen Pulling, CFIOSH
Abhilash Raghavan Mehboob Reza, CFIOSH Dr Neelesh Sogani, CMIOSH
Ria Sooknarine, GradIOSH Michelle Stonley, CMIOSH Alex Walsters, CMIOSH
     
Co-opted Council Members:    
 
Matt Crabtree Claire Fryer  

 

Click on each member to read more about them. 

Frank Agwe CMIOSH

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

Tiffany Argent CMIOSH

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

Dr Jonathan Backhouse CFIOSH

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

Tom Beswick-Brown CFIOSH

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

Stan Brown CFIOSH

Primary geographical location: Dundee

Primary professional specialism: Consultancy

Personal area of interest within health and safety: Training

Mary Charteris CMIOSH

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

Hemantha Dodangoda CFIOSH

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

Kieran Doona

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

Claire Fryer

Primary geographical location: Cumbria

Primary professional specialism: Applied Behavioural Science

Personal area of interest within health and safety: Behavioural Safety

George Gelston CMIOSH

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

Ewhen (Ian) Hasioszyn CFIOSH

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

Keith Hole CFIOSH

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 

Anne Isaacs CMIOSH

Primary geographical location: London, United Kingdom

Primary professional specialism: Facilities Management

Other professional areas of specialism: Fire Safety

Jason Kamalu CMIOSH

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

Tom Lane Tech IOSH

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

Melissa Mark-Joyce CMIOSH

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

Dr Karen McDonnell CFIOSH

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

Qadir Mehmood

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

Akeem Mustapha CMIOSH

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

Kelly Nicoll CMIOSH

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

Fumni Oguntayo GradIOSH

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

Cynthia Ozobu

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.

Sue Parker-Tantush

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 

Michelle Pitkin CMIOSH

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

Lucy Pritchard TechIOSH

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

Stephen Pulling CFIOSH

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

Mehboob Reza CFIOSH

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

Dr Neelesh Sogani CMIOSH

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

Ria Sooknarine GradIOSH

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

Michelle Stonley CMIOSH

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

Alex Walster CMIOSH

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.