About the IIRSM: Board of Directors
 

Keith Scott MSc, MSc, FIIRSM (Hon) FIIAI, EurOSHM, CMIOSH, MIoD, SBCI  - Chairman Keith is Group Head of Safety at Royal Mail. Working within a small Corporate Social Responsibility team, he is responsible for Royal Mail Group safety strategy and providing expert advice on Group wide safety issues. Royal Mail Group is unique in that it employs almost 185,000 people in the UK. Every working day, Royal Mail processes and delivers 83 million items to 27 million addresses. Each week Post Office branches serve over 24 million customers. Every year the domestic and European parcels business General Logistics Systems and Parcelforce Worldwide, handle some 360 million parcels.   Previous employment includes Head of Health and Safety at the Ministry of Justice, Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority. In addition he has experience in Security and Business Continuity within Central and Local Government.   Keith is keen to promote professional competency and improved communications within the wider safety community.

 

Geoff Lloyd FIIRSM, CFIOSH - Deputy Chairman Until retiring in July 2003, Geoff was Head of Safety for the Metropolitan Police Service and was also Secretary of the London Public Services Section of IOSH.  He has also been an Associate Lecturer of the University of East London and Thames Valley University.  Until recently he lectured at the Police National Search Wing, part of the Royal School of Military Engineering on Search team safety. Geoff joined the Board in 2000.

Norman Stevenson DipSM, DipEM, AIEMA, FIIRSM - Deputy Chairman Norman joined the Board in December 2006 and is the Safety Manager for Robertson Construction in Stirling.  He is also the Vice Chairman of Safety Group’s UK and Chairman of Scottish Chamber of Safety.  His previous roles include working as a mining engineer; he has held various positions as a safety practitioner including Group Safety Health and Environmental Manager for Motherwell Bridge Group of Companies.  Norman was able to transfer his knowledge from the prescriptive Mines and Quarries Act into his current health and safety career.

 

Paul Hopkins FCIS Paul is the Financial Controller for European Operations at Eaton Ltd (formerly Aeroquip Vickers Ltd).  Paul brings a stronger financial dimension to IIRSM’s Board.

Dr Peter Griffin FIIRSM Peter started working in occupational health part-time as a General Practitioner and obtained health and safety qualifications in 1984.  He joined IIRSM in 1987 and completed his training as a specialist in Occupational Medicine in 1991.  Most of his occupational health experience has been in local authorities and the NHS, but he has also worked for the Metropolitan Police and has been a Civilian Consultant in the Defence Medical Services (MOD) since 2000. Peter is particularly interested in the psychological aspects of health at work.

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Russell Slack: Chartered FCIPD, FIIRSM, FCIM, MInstLM, LCGI Russell is an independent Consultant with Ask Uz Safety Solutions and has 41 year's practical experience in health and safety / human resource and training management with a proven record in the implementation of innovative policies, organisational change, and best practice solutions primarily within the Manufacturing Sector but also has experience in construction, general retail, transport, catering & hospitality, education, local government and property management sectors. Russell has operated locally, nationally and internationally and is a member of a number of working groups in the UK and Ireland promoting health, safety and environmental issues.

Mr. Peter W Hall DipSM, FIIRSM, CMIOSH, FInstLM, MBIFM, MIoD. (Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner) Director, Risk Management & Company Secretary SGP Property & Facilities Management Limited. Peter is a Risk Management, Training and Administrative professional with International experience. A former Occupational Health Nurse he is a Chartered Member of The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), A Fellow of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM), Member of the British Institute of Facilities and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. Peter has undertaken extensive training in Quality Management, Training & Development, Environmental Management and Commercial Administration. He has worked in the Facilities Management Sector for 10 years and previously in the Aviation, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industries in the UK and USA. Peter is keen to see the Institute develop and be recognised as a voice for safety in the widest possible sense on behalf of its members.

Trevor Cooke SIIRSM, MIRTE, MSOE, FCMI, LCGI Trevor originally qualified as a Commercial Vehicle Engineer working in heavy fleet maintenance examination and repair having spent several years in the Army where first qualified and got involved in health and safety matters. On return to civilian life Trevor held an operational senior management post with profit and loss responsibility in a well renowned national company. Additionally Trevor has his NEBOSH, a HNC in Motor Vehicle Management and is CIPD qualified. He is currently completing his masters’ degree in Personnel and Development with the University of Brighton. Trevor has over twenty years H&S experience in a variety of industries but primarily spent the last ten years in combined H&S/ HR senior management roles working in the UK, USA and Switzerland and is a member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, Institute of Personnel and Development and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He is currently employed with the Freight Transport Association as General Manager of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality.

IIRSM Honorary Officers 

John Bennett, DipSM, FIIRSM - Honorary President Appointed to the Board in 1990, having been a member since 1975.  John was IIRSM’s Chairman from 1996 to 1999 when he became Honorary President.  He is now retired but acts as a consultant.  He is also a member of the City Livery Club and a Freeman of the City of London.

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