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About Me
Corporate HSEQ Director with 20+ years building safety, quality, and compliance programmes across engineering, oil & gas, renewables and project-focused operations. My work combines solid HSEQ governance with the practical application of digital tools. These improve visibility, accuracy and decision making across global engineering operations.
As Group Director of Digital Transformation (HSEQ) at Wood plc, I pioneered the ShieldED AI-powered safety platform, integrating natural language processing, predictive analytics, IoT mobile capture, and automated dashboards across 20+ international locations. The platform delivered incident reductions and 78% site administrative efficiency improvements whilst increasing leadership data engagement. The programme combined technology, governance, and change management. It aligned data systems, training, and leadership engagement to embed new ways of working through champion networks, and role-based training to achieve 80%+ sustained adoption.
My foundation is corporate HSEQ leadership: ISO 9001/14001/45001 Lead Auditor. I have 20+ years of directing enterprise health, safety, environment, and quality functions, board-level reporting, and C-suite strategic counsel. I’ve directed HSEQ governance for a 5,000-employee business unit within a $6B global engineering firm. I led a post-merger integration of 13 management systems across 20 countries (certified within 9 months), and managed multimillion-dollar transformation portfolios delivering measurable operational improvements.
What differentiates my approach is the integration: I don’t just implement HSEQ systems OR digital platforms, I architect predictive safety ecosystems where real-time data capture, AI-driven risk analytics, and IoT sensor integration transform how organisations prevent incidents rather than react to them. This includes:
• Predictive Safety Analytics: Developing AI/ML models analysing historical incident patterns, near miss data, and environmental sensors to forecast high-risk scenarios before they materialise.
• Digital Safety Transformation: Product ownership of enterprise platforms integrating wearable technology data, mobile observation capture, and automated compliance dashboards.
• Post-Merger Integration: Consolidating disparate management systems, harmonising global standards, and achieving unified certification across multinational operations.
• Strategic Programme Delivery: Managing transformation portfolios with board oversight, benefits tracking, and stakeholder engagement from concept through sustainment.
Education
University of Galway 2022
Post Graduate Certificate, AI Management
University of Limerick 2004
Post Graduate Diploma, Management Studies
University of Limerick 1998
BSc Materials Science & Engineering
Work & Experience
Wood 01/01/2019 - 20/12/2024
Group Director, Digital Transformation (HSEQ)
Directed the inaugural HSE digitalisation strategy, reporting to the Executive Leadership Team, with annual Board presentations. Led a cross-functional team of 9 specialists (data scientists, software developers, HSEQ professionals) delivering strategy improvements for 20+ locations. • Spearheaded a $2M Year 1 transformation portfolio, sustaining a $1M global annual budget. • Product owner for ShieldED AI-powered safety platform; validated 22% incident reduction, 78% administrative efficiency gain through independent management reviews. • Designed and delivered market-leading digital HSEQ solutions integrating predictive analytics, interoperability architecture, and mobile-first data capture. • Achieved 80%+ platform adoption across global sites through structured readiness gates, role-based training, and champion networks. • Streamlined policy templates and review cycles; ensured audit readiness for all regions and business units for ISO certification. • Deployed KPI trees and live dashboards, expediting executive decisions and reinforcing accountability. • Consolidated CAPA, incident, and lessons learned systems, boosting closure timeliness through senior leadership oversight. • Led pilot-to-scale rollouts with champions, role-based training, and Steering Committee governance achieving sustained adoption. • Delivered quarterly Executive Leadership Team and Board reports, managed regulator interfaces during audits and investigations. • Enhanced Serious Injury and Fatality governance with data-driven targeted assurance and monthly executive reviews.
Wood 01/01/2016 - 20/12/2019
Director, Strategic Programmes & Support Functions
Ran strategy execution rhythm and corporate governance for the HSEQ global support function covering 15 offices. Developed new revenue streams and deployed enterprise platforms supporting 2,000+ users. • Built a new service-line business case; secured $450K CEO sponsorship; delivered $6M first-year revenue representing 13× return on investment. • Designed and deployed an ISO-aligned project management platform to 2,000+ users; enabled real-time verification and risk visibility. • Crafted and scaled a wellbeing programme reaching 4,000 staff, 400 managers, and 150 champions throughout diverse global cultures. • Oversaw strategic HSEQ oversight for Middle East/APAC functional operations including UAE, Saudi Arabia, KL, Jakarta project support. • Directed the global HSEQ support function for the global Consulting Business unit.
Wood 01/01/2014 - 20/12/2016
Head of QHSE Systems & Integration
Led post-merger consolidation of enterprise management systems and governance following major acquisition. Managed integration programme delivering unified certification for global operations. • Directed global functional systems integration across Quality, HSE, HR, Risk, and Project Management for 5 organisations; certified globally in 9 months. Single cert model delivered 6 months later reducing certification costs 55%. • Reduced controlled documents 35% and lowered non-conformances 40% through standardisation and robust governance. • Coordinated five functional workstreams under a single plan with a RACI matrix, ensuring regular COO reviews. • Launched a digital quality management systems platform (iMAP), laying the foundation for global operational excellence and continuous improvement.