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

Marlene Kanga

Chair

Marlene is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, an Honorary Fellow of IChemE and an experienced Chair and non-executive Director.

Louise Whiting

Louise Whiting

Deputy Chair

Louise is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and Professional Process Safety Engineer.

Eamon Chandler

Eamon Chandler

Hazards Committee Representative

Eamon is an IChemE Fellow with experience in oil, gas and chemicals production and operations.

Helen Conlin

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

David Edwards

Alternate Process Safety and Environmental Protection Journal Representative

David is a Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University.

Jenny Kisler

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

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

Laurence Ledrut

IChemE Safety Centre Representative

Laurence is the Process Safety Manager within Origin’s Integrated Gas Business Unit.

Andrea Longley

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

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

Austin Osula

Alternative IChemE Safety Centre Representative

Austin is an experienced technical safety leader at Alcoa of Australia.

Sean O’Sullivan

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

Ken Patterson

Loss Prevention Bulletin Representative

Originally an industrial chemist, Ken joined HSE as a Specialist Inspector, dealing with Process Safety.

Kim Pullon

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

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.