Major Hazards Committee
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has a diverse range of teams engaged in activities related to process safety. In 2020, the IChemE Board of Trustees established the Major Hazards Committee (MHC) to coordinate work across all of these activities and provide a unified approach. It is a volunteer body that leads major hazards strategy within IChemE.
The MHC provides an environment where the agendas of the different IChemE major hazards groups involved can be communicated, coordinated, and aligned to an overarching IChemE major hazards strategy. The MHC develops and sets the strategies that will result in promotion of good practice and continual improvement in major hazards management across industry. Major Hazards includes the elements of process safety.
For more information contact safetycentre@icheme.org.
Marlene Kanga
Chair
Marlene is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, an Honorary Fellow of IChemE and an experienced Chair and non-executive Director.
Steven Flynn
Deputy Chair
Steven worked for BP in various technical and leadership positions, ultimately becoming BP Group Head of Risk Learning and Health Safety Security and Environment (HSSE).
Eamon Chandler
Hazards Committee Representative
Eamon is an IChemE Fellow with experience in oil, gas and chemicals production and operations.
Helen Conlin
Safety and Loss Prevention Special Interest Group Representative and Committee Member
Helen is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, Fellow of IChemE and on the IChemE register of safety professionals.
David Edwards
Alternate Process Safety and Environmental Protection Journal Representative
David is a Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University.
Dave Fargie
IChemE Safety Centre Representative
Dave is a Professional Process Safety Engineer and process safety expert in upstream, refining and petrochemicals at BP.
Jenny Kisler
IChemE Safety Centre Representative
Jenny is a Professional Process Safety Engineer and process safety team leader at the Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd refinery.
Faisal Khan
Process Safety and Environmental Protection Journal Representative
Faisal is Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) of Offshore Safety and Risk Engineering.
Laurence Ledrut
IChemE Safety Centre Representative
Laurence is the Process Safety Manager within Origin’s Integrated Gas Business Unit.
Andrea Longley
Loss Prevention Bulletin Representative
Andrea is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and Chartered Environmentalist who holds an Engineering Doctorate and a NEBOSH diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.
Carolyn Nicholls
Safety and Loss Prevention Special Interest Group Representative and Secretary
Carolyn is a Professional Process Safety Engineer and Operations Director of RAS Limited, a UK based specialist risk consultancy.
Austin Osula
Alternative IChemE Safety Centre Representative
Austin is an experienced technical safety leader at Alcoa of Australia.
Sean O’Sullivan
Safety and Loss Prevention Special Interest Group Chair, Representative and Committee Member
Sean is a Professional Process Safety Engineer and is an inspector of offshore oil and gas installations with the UK Health and Safety Executive.
Ken Patterson
Loss Prevention Bulletin Representative
Originally an industrial chemist, Ken joined HSE as a Specialist Inspector, dealing with Process Safety.
Kim Pullon
IChemE Safety Centre Representative
Kim is an IChemE Fellow, Chartered Chemical Engineer, Professional Process Safety Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia, and is registered with the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland.
Robin Turney
Safety and Loss Prevention Special Interest Group Representative and Committee Member
Robin specialised in process safety and in ICI Corporate Engineering for over 30 years, and was responsible for developing the company’s corporate standard on hazard studies and risk assessment.