Steven has long worked in the manufacture of Fine Chemical Active Ingredients (Agrochemical and Pharmaceuticals) with increasing involvement in process safety, first with Zeneca and latterly with Syngenta. From early in his career he was nominated to be a Hazard Study Leader and has led hundreds of hazard studies. He has also prepared technical aspects of COMAH Safety Reports, defended the Company Hazard Study process with Regulators and designed Process Safety Standards. In his current role he sets the Syngenta direction on Process Safety at a global level and is based in Switzerland.