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Management contacts

Chief Executive
Alan Thorpe

NERC Executive Board Member responsible for health & safety
Paul Fox
- Chair Safety Management Team (SMT) /
  NERC Safety Committee

Deputy NERC Executive Board Member responsible for health & safety
Janice Timberlake

Council Safety Advisor - Neville Hime *
Trainer/Auditor - Bill Hall *
Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser - Stuart Heron *

NERC Safety Organisational Chart (20KB)

Research centres and facilities

All centres sections below are 'NERC management of safety' unless otherwise stated.

British Antarctic Survey

Director - Nick Owens
SMT Member - Robert Culshaw
Safety Advisor - Steve Marshall *
Union Side representative - Jon Shanklin *

British Geological Survey

Director - John Ludden
SMT Member - John Murray
Safety Advisor - Cathy Russell *
Union Side representative - Alister Skinner

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Director - Pat Nuttall
SMT Member - Mark Bailey
Safety Advisor - Steve Moss *
Union Side representative - Richard Williams

Swindon Office

Director - David Bloomer
Union Side representative - David Souch

NMF Sea Systems

Head of Unit - David Lewis
SMT Member - David Lewis
Safety Advisor - Mark Westcott *

Trade Unions

Union Side Chair for NERC Safety Commitee -
Jonathan Shanklin *
Trade Union Side Secretary - Dick Crofts

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

University management of safety in co-operation with NERC
Director - Ed Hill
SMT Member - David Lewis
Safety Advisor - Sultan Khan *
Union Side representative - Stephen Boswell

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Management of safety following NERC systems
Director - Laurence Mee
SMT Member - Ken Jones
Safety Advisor - Ivan Ezzi *
Union Side representative - Colin Griffiths

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Management of safety following NERC systems
Director - Stephen de Mora
SMT Member - Peter Claridge
Safety Advisor -Fred Staff *
Union Side representative - Fred Staff *

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory

Director -Andrew Willmott
SMT Member - John Huthnance
Safety Advisor - John MacKinnon *

NERC Services & Facilities

Director - Lin Kay
SMT Member - Lin Kay
Safety Advisor - Neville Hime *

* Members of the Safety Management Group

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