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Meet the Committee

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. 

The officers of the committee are:

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.    

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Secretary: Ann Jones MBE

Recipient of the Maurice Adamson Award

11 King George Court, Sketty, Swansea SA2 8AR

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 Occupational 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.

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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.

Qualified member  of IEMA  (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment).

Has been employed with the same manufacturing company for the last 15 years. An EHS Manager providing EHS leadership to the company site by ensuring compliance with applicable (EU, UK and local) environmental and occupational safety regulatory requirements as well as company policies through, where applicable, the creation, implementation, maintenance and auditing of compliance-related policies and procedures, and administration of assigned programs in co-ordination with other functional areas.

Committee Members:

President: The Right Worshipful The Lord Mayor of the City & County of Swansea  Read More Here 

Vice President: Phill Jones

 Vice Chair: Scott McKinnon

Assistant Secretary: Vacant 

Committee:

Sarah Cassledine
Debbie Chegwen
Ian Davies
Nina Dicataldo
Tracy Dicataldo
Wayne Holmes
Del Hastings
Nigel Hill
Rex Jensen
Andy Langford
Phil Rees 
Claire Williams