MaryAnn has a natural drive and passion for always putting safety first. She is motivated by helping people within all levels of organisations to ‘play their part’ to help build, maintain and improve their safety culture.

MaryAnn is an Independent QHSE Consultant and has over 20 years’ experience working in Major Hazard environment of Oil and Gas production, both On and Offshore. Prior to this for 15 years she was an RGN & Nursing Officer in the British & Oman Army. She retains professional qualifications of NEBOSH certification, NEB Diploma in Safety Management and is a Lead Auditor for 9001/18001.

To make a positive & urgent safety culture change, MaryAnn believes we have to go beyond compliance to regulations. As a Champion Assessor she is looking forward to being part of a team that will work with the construction industry and stakeholders to assist them to its goal of ‘Building a Safer Future’.

Victoria leads the National Housing Federation’s building safety work, which focusses on supporting housing associations in their remedial works programmes, shaping and preparing for the new regulatory system and developing long-term cultural change around safety. Victoria comes from a communications, policy and public affairs background, with experience in both housing and the charity sectors.

Geoffrey Brown is an Assistant Director in the Office for Product Safety and Standards Construction Products Team.   Geoffrey’s career in regulation began in 1999 when he left the Probation Service to join the Health and Safety Executive as a trainee HM Inspector.  He went on to hold management roles in operational delivery and policy development before joining OPSS in 2018 as Head of Product Enforcement.  He transferred to his current role in February 2021.

Andrew is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with over 30 years operational, engineering and leadership experience working for large oil and gas exploration, energy and chemicals manufacturing companies including Monsanto, BP, Chevron, and Centrica.

His most recent roles include Head of Health, Safety Environment and Quality, Head of Production and Head of Asset Performance for a large offshore gas storage and terminal operator. Andrew has extensive experience of designing and using process safety management systems in hazardous environments, incident investigation and safety leadership. He is also a visiting academic at the University of Hull.

Most of Mark’s career was spent in the Health and Safety Executive where he worked for 35 years undertaking a wide range of enforcement, policy, and managerial roles.

Initially as a field inspector, Mark regulated many different industrial sectors including general manufacturing, health services, construction, and chemicals.

He then moved into policy roles working on legislative and non-legislative topics such as development of new regulations and guidance in various industries.

His last six years was spent managing a team delivering policy and strategy for interventions and stakeholder engagement in the onshore chemicals major hazard sector. i.e. chemical manufacture and storage, refineries, LPG installations etc.

A significant element of this work was engaging with industry to develop an initiative to improve senior leadership on major hazards. This included managing the development of a leadership inspection initiative and working with industry on guidance.

Robert started work with Bison Concrete Ltd in 1971 and worked as a design engineer on a wide range of precast concrete developments. He spent seven years in the Greater London Council’s District Surveyors’ service, which culminated with his appointment as District Surveyor for Hackney (Head of Building Control). Robert was one of the last two statutory District Surveyors appointed under the London Building Acts. Following the demise of the GLC, Robert entered local government service, becoming Head of Engineering, Director of Regulatory Services and subsequently Director of Environmental Services, all at Hackney LBC.

Returning to the private sector in 2001, Robert’s set up his own business and is now Managing Director of Robert Biggs Associates Ltd. His company specialises in building engineering and management consultancy and has particular expertise in building regulations, carrying out plan checking (including structural checking) and site inspection services on a wide range of building types. In addition to this the company assists organisations with their business plans, human resource and health and safety policies and with quality assurance accreditations.

Robert is a former Trustee of the Shoreditch Town Hall Trust (a Trust set up to refurbish and manage the old Town Hall). He is a former Board Director and Chairman of the National Considerate Constructor Scheme and continues to take an active part in Scheme affairs. He is currently Chair of Trustees of the CABE Benevolent Fund.

Robert is a professional interviewer for the CABE (including CEng), assists the CICAIR in AI Appeals and audits and is a member of the CICAIR Appeals (deputy Chair) and Monitoring and Re-approvals (Chair) Committees. He is a member of the Construction Industry Products Environmental Manual editorial panel and is a contributor to Lexis Nexis Knight’s Guide to Building Control Law and Regulations.

Vince has worked for Barratt Developments PLC since 2006 and is the Group Construction and Safety, Health and Environmental Director. He has responsibility for all aspects of Construction management across the Group including Health and Safety, Build Quality and Compliance, Environmental Management, Fire Safety, and Waste Management. Vince has worked in the construction industry for over 30 years and prior to joining Barratt worked in both the Construction and Civil Engineering sectors.

Steve has over thirty years of experience in the construction distribution sector and has been with SIG plc for the past seventeen years. As SIG UK Compliance Director Steve set up the UK Product Compliance Team in 2021. Prior to this, Steve held numerous senior & operational board positions within SIG including UK Procurement Director, SIGD Procurement Director, Category Director, UK Operations Director & various UK & Regional Director roles for specialist arms of the business, including SIG International & UK B2C E-Commerce businesses.

Steve previously developed the assured product compliance process for SIG in 2011 – a cornerstone of the company’s UK approach to managing construction product accuracy, information & regulatory compliance. His relevant professional experience is expected to provide invaluable expertise as CPI progresses to start its first wave of assessment on construction product information management systems.