Putting safety leadership thinking into practice

Mariana Carvalho is the Occupational & Process Safety Manager for the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP). Having started working for IOGP 8 years ago supporting its safety work, Mariana has managed the publishing process, organised external events and is closely involved with the global safety data-collection process. In her current role, she is now responsible for all health and safety projects and coordinates two standing technical committees and all related subcommittees and task forces. She has been instrumental in coordinating Project Safira, which aims to eliminate fatalities in the Upstream industry through work in the following four areas: life-saving rules, aviation, process safety and motor-vehicle crashes. Mariana holds a Chemistry degree from Imperial College London and a Masters in The Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials from UCL.

Simon Robinson is the Senior Human Performance Advisor at BP. Simon is a chartered engineer and graduate psychologist with a strong operations pedigree, pursuing a career in safety with a special focus on how organisations help people make safer operations. With 30 years of experience in BP and the oil and gas industry, Simon has gained a reputation as a thought-leader in Organisational Learning and Human Performance. He is currently the Senior Human Performance Advisor at BP, and chairs both the IOGP Human Factor Subcommittee (International Oil and Gas Producers Association) and the OCIMF Human Factors Focus Group (Oil Companies International Marine Forum). He likes to explain complex issues simply and is pursuing a lifetime goal to convince people that ‘human factors are easier than you think’. He has written for and edited several popular and accessible industry guides, including IOGP 621 ‘Demystifying Human Factors’, IOGP 453 ‘Safety Leadership in Practice’ and IOGP 552 ‘Components of Organizational Learning’. Many of these are being translated into multiple languages and are available free-to-all from the IOGP bookshop.

Martin Anderson is the Principal Adviser Human Factors at Woodside Energy Ltd. Martin is a graduate in psychology with over 28 years of experience in human factors and safety management in relation to major hazards and complex systems. He has two Master of Engineering degrees, in human factors, and in process safety. Prior to joining Woodside in 2013, Martin played a key role in developing human factors within the UK Health & Safety Executive (UK HSE). He was a Specialist Inspector for 12 years, regulating human, management and organisational aspects on over 150 major hazard sites, both on and offshore. Martin is currently providing oversight and governance of human factors in several major capital projects. He has been an active member of the IOGP Human Factors Subcommittee since 2013, contributing to several published IOGP reports. Martin is a Fellow and Chartered Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF) and was a non-Executive Director of the CIEHF for 10 years.