Session Overview: What is safety culture and what are the benefits? How can you measure safety culture maturity? What involvement should senior leadership have and how can you get buy-in from the workforce? How do you ensure safety culture is robust and long-lasting? During this session, we’ll aim to answer these questions, as well as many others you may have! This session is ideal for those wanting to avoid the cost and disruption from accidents and occupational ill health, attract and retain talent, and drive higher performance.
Why Attend? To understand your safety culture maturity and how to progress, whatever stage you’re at.
What to Expect: This session will focus on how to foster a strong culture of safety at every stage of the journey.
Join us to gain valuable insights, learn from others, and contribute to the collective knowledge of our manufacturing community.
More speakers to be announced soon!
Chris Newson, Environment, Health & Safety Director, Make UK
Chris leads on Make UK’s mission to promote and improve health, safety, and environmental management in organisations across the UK. Chris started at Make UK (formerly EEF) as HSCE Leader before progressing to Principal Advisor, then Product Development and Delivery Lead and, finally, Head of Learning before his current role. Prior to working for Make UK, Chris was QHSE Manager at Alstom Power.
Dr Barbara Hutton, Environment, Health & Safety Consultant, Make UK
Barbara provides health, safety, environmental, quality and sustainability consultancy. Additionally, she compliments this by delivering training support for members and sharing her knowledge, expertise, and insight. Barbara represents Make UK in BSI’s HS/1Occupational Health and Safety Management committee. Barbara is able to draw upon extensive experience in management across multiple sectors, including manufacturing (pharmaceutical, petrochemical, FMCG), major construction projects and the waste and recycling industry.
Mike Batty, Group Health & Safety, Facilities and Environment Manager, Oyster Yachts
After a 25-year career in the Royal Navy, Mike worked for seven years starting in 2001 with Thales UK on the Aircraft Carrier project. During this time, he transitioned into Facilities and Health and Safety Management. Upon leaving Thales in 2008, Mike took on a role as an outsourced Facilities Manager for Balfour Beatty Workplace at Vitacress Salads and later spent a year with Mitie as an outsourced Facilities Manager at the Office for National Statistics. He then worked for seven years at Lymington Precision Engineers before moving to Fairline Yachts in 2018. In early 2021, he joined his current company, Oyster Yachts, as Group Head of Facilities and HSE, managing two sites in Southampton and two in Norfolk.
Paul Lowe MBA MSc CMIOSH PIEMA, Group SHE Manager, BRUSH Group
An experienced safety professional, Paul is the SHE Manager for leading engineering solutions company, BRUSH Group. Operating from a number of sites across the UK, Paul, and the dedicated team that he manages, provide safety guidance across a wide range of disciplines, including heavy-duty manufacturing, construction, civils, and working with high-voltage electricity.
Paul has enjoyed a long career with BRUSH, initially joining the company as a craft apprentice. He now works to apply his decades-long knowledge of the business and its operations to deliver practical solutions that create a safety culture which empowers individuals and encourages colleagues to think safe and work safe. Along with his practical experience of safe working, Paul has undertaken relevant safety training and attended many courses run by Make UK.