ESG and Sustainability: The role of the EHS leader

Dee Arp is a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner of IOSH and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. Dee moved into occupational health and safety 25 years ago whilst working at The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). At that time Dee was a Technical Manager for Road Safety, which led to her involvement in the development of occupational road risk training. After becoming a qualified health and safety practitioner; she taught on a wide range of courses and also worked with several boards and committees to implement safety governance.

Prior to joining NEBOSH, Dee held the roles of Course Developer and Head of Occupational Safety for RoSPA.  

Dee is now NEBOSH Chief Operating Officer and is accountable for the leadership, strategic direction and performance of the Business Delivery and Improvement Unit activities. This includes providing leadership on all matters relating to qualification development andassessment of NEBOSH qualifictions and on matters of compliance, including the accreditation of NEBOSH Learning Partners. She oversees the implementation of agreed strategies and governance arrangements which protect the integrity of assessments leading to NEBOSH qualifications. Her previous experiences gained as a learner, provider and Examiner are of great benefit to Dee in her role.

Dee previously studied with Cambridge University for the Certificate of Continuing Education (Principles and Practice of Assessment) and is now undertaking further study with Cambridge University for a Masters in Education.

Dee continues to work with RoSPA as a judge, and now also Panel Chair, and advisor on the annual RoSPA international health and safety awards. She is also a judge for IIRSM Risk Excellence Awards. Dee is also now serving as Vice President for INSHPO.

Malcolm Staves is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He also has an MSc in Integrated Environmental Managementfrom Bath University. Malcolm is considered a futuristic thought leader in Health & Safety.

Previously a site engineering technologist and a plant manager he has worked in Corporate Environment, Health& Safety for several companies prior to joining L’Oréal, in 2009, where he is Global VP Health & Safety.

Since his arrival in L’Oréal, Malcolm has developed strategies for the globalization of health & safety with a focus on risk management, visible felt leadership, and putting people in the centre.

He is the Occupational Health & Safety expert partner to the Capitals Coalition where he is driving putting occupational health and safety firmly into the Human Capital and ESG agendas and a co-founder of OneWISH that aims to promote Diversity and Inclusion within the Health & Safety profession. He is also a member of the IOSH Business Leaders Forum.

He is known for his networking and sharing as well as his hummingbird approach which was the subject of his 2022 TEDx talk.

He is married and lives in France with his three children and enjoys anything to do with space, science fiction and following Chelsea football club.

Kathy A. Seabrook is the founder and CEO of Global Solutions, Inc. She works with multinational companies, across industry sector, to help them strategically integrate and manage their environmental safety and health risks through their sustainable business strategies. 
 

Seabrook is a recognized management consultant, international keynote speaker, seminar, workshop and strategic planning facilitator, leadership coach and published author, in the field of global environmental, health and safety (EHS) management and global leadership fluency. 
 

She is a US Certified Safety Professional (CSP), UK Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CFIOSH) and European Occupational Safety and Health Manager (EurOSHM), with over 25+ years of diverse environmental, safety and health management experience across industry sectors in both the US and global sectors.
 

Her clients range from large multinational to large/medium sized domestic companies, across industry sector, seeking to strategically manage their environmental safety and health risks.  Her clients are seeking assistance with culture change and developing global EHS strategies, policies, corporate standards, risk assessment and audit processes to support that change. As part of an organization’s strategy, Seabrook also provides leadership workshops, global leadership coaching, cross cultural team building and education programs to enhance the potential for EHS to be sustainably imbedded into an organization’s culture.   
 

Seabrook earned her BS in Chemistry from James Madison University, USA.

As OSH Policy Adviser at RoSPA , Karen’s work helps deliver their vision of more lives free from serious accidental injury through the exchange of life enhancing knowledge and skills.

Focussing on the working age population and key issues including fatigue and driving risk. Karen is responsible for the delivery of the work of the Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance, a long term Transport Scotland funded initiative delivered by RoSPA, that not only contributes to Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030, but also RoSPA’s strategic objectives relating to the management of occupational road risk to a network of organisations based in Scotland and the wider world. Over the next 10 years the project will be a critical component for Scotland achieving the best road safety performance in the world, and in doing so will provide insight and evidence with global relevance’.