The South and West Wales Safety Group is managed by a committee chaired by the elected chair. The committee members all have long-standing experience in the field of health and safety and wellbeing in the workplace.
Vice President Phill Jones
Phill has extensive experience as Training and Safety Officer with over 30 years of Managing/Training staff; developing and tutoring on Safety/Training Courses His work experience includes ,Training needs analysis and evaluation; Systems of Work; Auditing; Inspection; Investigation; Organising Safety Groups and Developing Safety Policies and Procedures. Has liaised with Enforcing Agencies; Training Organisations and Public/Commercial Organisations. Has been a member of the group since 1978 and has held the posts Vice Chair and Chair. Passionately believes in sensible risk assessments and managing by consensus not coercion.
Chair Kay Barnes
Kay is the Central Team Occupational Health, Safety and MMS Manager for Marelli Automotive Systems
She is a Chartered member of IOSH and Practitioner member of IEMA, and has worked in the EHS field since 1996; initially working as an EHS & HR specialist for Borg Warner Automotive, before moving into Retail as Risk Manager for IKEA. Since 2011 Kay returned to Manufacturing with Marelli Automotive, holding various senior roles within the organisation including EMEA EHS manager and for the past 5 years as part of the Corporate Global EHS &E Team. Kay has been involved with the South and West Wales Safety Group since 1996. She has been part of the committee since 2017, holding the position of Vice Chair for a number of years before having the honour to be appointed as Chair of the group in 2024. Outside of the H&S field Kay has many different interests including running, public speaking and following Swansea Football Club as a season ticket holder.
Vice Chair Scott McKinnon
Scott is the Group Health, Safety and Environment Director for IQE PLC.
He is a Chartered member of IOSH and has been in H&S since 2005, initially working as Inspector for the Health and Safety Executive. Scott moved to Tata Steel in 2012, holding various senior roles within the organisation including the Group Head of Health and Safety Compliance for European and US operations. Scott has been involved with the South and West Wales Safety Group since 2006 when it was known as the Swansea and West Wales Occupational Safety Group. He started his involvement by attending as the local HSE Inspector giving monthly updates to the attendees and became an ex-officio member of the Committee. Upon joining Tata, Scott remained on the committee and was incredibly honoured to be appointed Vice Chair of the Group in 2021. Scott proudly boasts that during his time in HSE, he was a member of the HSE team who “accidently” won the Safety Group annual quiz, much to the surprise of everyone attending. He has subsequently led a team from Tata to victory in the quiz on one occasion.
Secretary Ann Jones
Ann was the Safety Officer at Swansea University from 1984 until she took early retirement in 2002, when she became a safety consultant, which she continues to be to the present day. She has been the secretary of the then Swansea and West Wales Safety Group, now South and West Wales Safety group for more than thirty years. In 2010 she was the first recipient of the Maurice Adamson award for the greatest personal contribution to the Occupational safety groups movement. In 2012 she was awarded an MBE for services to occupational safety in South Wales.
Treasurer Sheree Waldman.
Sheree is a Chartered member of IOSH (Institute of Safety and Occupational Health) and is a panel member for the Peer Review. A committee member and treasurer of the Group for many years.
A Qualified member of IMEA (Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health) Has been employed by the same manufacturing company for the last 20 years .An EHS manager providing EHS leadership to the company site by ensuring compliance with applicable environmental and occupational safety legal requirements as well as company policies through, where applicable the creation, implementation, maintenance and auditing of compliance related policies .
Committee Members
Sarah Casseldine
Debbie Chegwen
Ian Davies
Nina Dicataldo
Tracy Dicataldo
Wayne Holmes
Del Hastings
Nigel Hill
Rex Jensen
Andy Langford
Phil Rees
Claire Williams
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