Clive is the owner of C&C Technical Support Services Limited and has over 48 years of experience in the petrochemical industry with offshore and onshore plants experience. He retired from Shell UK Exploration and Production in 2000, after 30 years service, where he was Head of Automation and Control. C&C Technical Support Services Ltd specialises in the application of the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 standards, and is a provider of the TÜV Rheinland FS Engineer and FS Technician certification courses. Clive was a founder Director of the CASS Scheme Ltd for conformity assessment to IEC 61508. He chaired the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) working group that produced the UKOOA Guidelines for Instrument-based Protective Systems, as an offshore sector interpretation of IEC 61508. He has a BSc. and MPhil in Control Engineering, is a Member of the IET, a Fellow of the InstMC, a TÜV Functional Safety Senior Expert, and a past chairman of the Institute of Measurement and Control Safety Panel for over 12 years.