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George Poku  MSc RMST, CMIOSH, MIIRSM, RIBA, BREEAM AP, Managing Director -GEP Safety Consultants Ltd

(Former ambassador for the Medway Ethnic Minority Forum, Kent)

George is a Registered Safety Consultant, an Accredited BREEAM Professional and Sustainability Champion, an Energy Management Assessor, a Chartered Architect (RIBA), a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Health (CMIOSH) with particular interest promoting risk reduction in the general workplace, construction industry and on offshore sites.

As an active member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (MIIRSM), George has extensive experience providing advisory support to the overseas branches of various (UK and Ghana based) commercial, and private sector organisations.

As the founding Director of GEP Safety Consultants (UK) and GEP Consultants (Ghana) he continues to deliver a high standard of services that cut across the realms of Construction Design Management (CDM), Design Safety, Management of Health and Safety in the Workplace and Health Safety and Environmental Policy Formulation via ISO 45001,ISO14001,ISO9001 and ISO18001 standards.

George is also a BREEAM sustainability champion (AP) and BREEAM Assessor who is actively engaged in promoting new initiatives in sustainability by providing guidance on the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology within Construction, Commercial and Education and Healthcare Sectors.

In support of continuous development and the spread of safety awareness, George works closely with the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) to deliver training in and across the construction industry.

As a dedicated local business director, George undertakes various voluntary roles within Medway (UK) where he continues to support the Medway Education Business Partnership (MEBP) and acts as Chairman of the Rochester Cathedral’s Health and Safety Committee, and KERSYL Energy (Ghana) where he has written training programmes to enable integration of Health and Safety within the technical training context.