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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

As the leader of Arup's Risk Management Team, I have worked a new business strategy where we will work with our strengths as a team and play our part in Arup's focus on cities and the built environment. Although we take on a wide range of Risk Management activities our focus is in three principal areas:1) Project Risk Management and Safety in Design. In particular complex Joint Venture and large scale infrastructure and leading edge architectural building projects.2) Hazardous Industry and Planning Requirements. Our detailed knowledge of Hazardous industry, modelling capability, preparation and assessment of safety cases, knowledge of planning requirements and close links with our structural colleges at Arup, allows our team to analyse, assess and provide practical mitigation advice.3) Dealing with risk in infrastructure development particularly road and rail developments, tunnels and bridges.Key clients and projects include:Process Safety specialist dealing with major hazard facilities, mining dangerous goods and explosives. Experienced facilitator of HAZOP, HAZID, CHAZOP, Mult-criteria decision making, Problem Solving workshops, as well as ability to produce bespoke solutions for specific high hazards or regulatory demands.Approved Assessor of Safety Cases for ComCare (Commonwealth Regulator). Expert Witness in planning matters associated with major hazard facilities and explosives storage.Risk Assessments of external threats on infrastructure and buildings such as: - Longwall coal mining on road pavements, bridges and associated furniture; - LPG storage and reticulation services in or near high rise buildings and critical services; and - Fuel storage and retail areas in proximity to rail viaducts, housing developments or other industry;Mitigation strategies and exposures due to extreme natural events (including climate change impacts).Risk software utilised includes @Risk, PHAST, PHAPro and SPeAR.

Melbourne, Australia

Performed Risk and Management Consulting services particularly in the Major and High Hazard Industries were risks often have fatal, environmentally damaging or business failure level of consequences.Companies I have worked with included:Rio Tinto - Mining OperationsQGC - a BG company - Coal Seam GasJemena - Gas pipeline operatorVopak - Terminal Operator (Fuels and Chemicals)Queensland Alumina Ltd - Alumina RefiningRio Tinto Alcan - Gove, Gardanne, La Bathie and Yarwun alumina refining operationsCaltex - Petroleum Refinery Sydney Water - Water TreatmentMelbourne Water - Water TreatmentDegremont - Water TreatmentArafura Resources - Rare Earth Metals Mining and Processing

Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand Government appointed Council Member. Two years as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Driver of changes and strategy for early successful response to GFC. Drove for increased networking with government departments for better regulatory insight and lead times for development of programs. Influenced Council reporting for cash forecasts, workload planning and billability indicators.

Melbourne, Australia

Went from Plant Manager to Safety Case Manager to General Manager Manufacturing. Key leadership role in Productivity Improvement through debottlenecking, major process problem solving, process safety, leadership, environmental and community relationship delevopment and regulator relationship development.

Company was then part of BHP Steel.Front line leadership of galvanising line production unit. MCL6 has advanced features to produce high quility products for the automotive and white goods industries. Lead the production development of Zincannealed Bake Hardening Steel in time for release of AU Falcon in 1996. MCL6 also utilised self manageing work teams making for a unique management structure within BHP at the time.

Work Place Development and Training, Metal Coating Plant (MCP) – Feb 1995 – April 1996ZINCALUME ® Trainer, PT BHP INDONESIA, Cilegon, West Java – Jan, Feb 1995Commissioning Coordinator ZINCALUME, MCP Jan 94 – Feb 95Production Engineer, ZINCALUME Project Jan 93 – Dec 93Shift Supervisor, Metal Coating Plant (Apr 91 – Dec 92)Product Applications and Business Development Metallurgist (88 –91) – included technical specification for MRP systemSoftware Engineer in Slabmaking Plant (87-88)Operations Researcher (86-87) – Included designing production planning component of MRP systemResearch Engineer in Slabmaking Plant.(84-85)

Be, Chemical And Materials

Activities and Societies: Sommerville Hockey Club, Student Representative Chemical Engineering, Engineering Materials Group

Graddipba, Business Studies