Andy is both a Fellow Member of IIRSM and a chartered safety practitioner (CMIOSH). He also holds Membership of the Institute of Industrial Accident Investigators (MIIAI); Membership of the Institute of Leadership (MIoL); and is accredited as a health & safety consultant with the UK Occupational Safety & Health Consultants Register (OSHCR). He now specialises in crisis management – from both the consultancy and training perspectives.
In 2022 he was invited to be a guest speaker at the “IXth International Scientific and Practical Conference on Health & Safety“. The goal of this prestigious online conference, which was hosted from Warsaw, was to promote the modern European approach to safety management within Ukraine organisations.
He was extremely pleased to be asked to join The Protect Alliance (UK) as one of its first members. As such he will specialise in crisis management, advising TPA (UK) clients on the resilience of their current crisis management systems in line with the international crisis management standard ISO 22361:2022.
In particular, he will help clients to develop an effective “tactical management system”, a set of processes which will bridge the gap between their theoretical crisis management plan and the practicalities of putting that plan into action under “real world” conditions. The challenge being addressed here is the stark reality that no plan ever goes smoothly, so you need to prepare for the unexpected!
On behalf of The Protect Alliance (UK) he gave a presentation to attendees at the Fareham Business Expo in February 2025 entitled “Incident Management – why do you need a plan?” and a video of this presentation can be seen below.
His interest in crisis management stems from his previous 12-year career with the NHS Ambulance Service. This experience proved invaluable when he was commissioned by the Irish Ambulance Service College in Dublin to design, and then present, courses on critical decision making for their senior officers and paramedics.
A major project during 2026 will be the delivery of a range of 1-day webinars which Andy has written, and will present, on behalf of the IPI Academy. These course have been specifically written to address safety management and crisis management issues within the pharmaceutical industry, and fuller details can be found at https://ipi.academy/search?query=pharmaceutical&formats=15&topics=12.