Experience

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• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • May 2022 - Present



TTV Consulting

• Principal Consultant ➤ Operations Management ➤ Risk Management ➤ Process Safety Management Systems

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  TTV consulting provides practical advice to companies in delivering business performance improvement through operational improvement, rigorous operating discipline, building asset integrity, identifying risk and mitigating controls. I specialise in; - the development and implementation of process safety management systems to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Centre for Chemical Process Safety guidelines - process safety incidents and their definition in line with API 754 - bowtie analysis and identification of critical controls - operations management - risk assessment



Newcrest Mining

• Australia
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Process Safety ➤ Process Safety Management Systems ➤ Leadership ➤ Process Safety Incidents

  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2021

  Invited to design and drive implementation of inaugural (first-generation) process safety management system for Newcrest Mining, largest listed gold producer on ASX, completing third and final pillar of company’s safety transformation strategy. KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT ➤ Developed Newcrest’s’ first Process Safety Management System, in line with Centre for Chemical Process Safety guidelines, and rolled out to high hazard areas from mining to ore processing. ➤ Instigated the recognition of process safety events. Implemented their recording and definition with reference to API 754, driving root cause analysis and mitigating exposure to potentially catastrophic scenarios. ➤ Designed and implemented a platform to assess process safety performance by drawing on existing data to consolidate performance indicators for maintenance, alarm management, management of change, and incident actions to Site level. ➤ Created Bowties, in line with established (CCPS) guidelines, for major hazards including rockfall and hydrogen disulphide. Introduced the concept of Safety Critical Elements and modified existing systems to ensure their integrity.



Origin Energy

• Australia
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager Operations & Technical Services, APAC ➤ Business Development ➤ Strategy ➤ Change

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2019

  Led transformative change in operations and technical services across the Pacific including; PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa and the Cook Islands. Provided strategic direction and support to all subsidiaries in; operations, engineering (capital expenditure approval and technical support), maintenance methodology, business development, documentation and control, process safety, regulatory compliance, governance and risk.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Identified opportunity to enter competitive PNG industrial gases market worth estimated $80M. Built capacity and local capability to deliver 10% market share in two years.➤ Steered strategic direction of Pacific countries to “integrated energy providers” incorporating power generation, solar and cogeneration, transformed value proposition from simply being an LPG provider.➤ Implemented standardised LPG terminal operating practice across the Pacific to ensure mitigation of major risk and minimum standards.

• Technical Services Manager ➤ Engineering ➤ Cross Functional Teams ➤ Internal Customers

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

  During a period of restructure within the organisation I managed the engineering area to ensure it was fit for future requirements.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Led the engineering department during a period of restructure ensuring company requirements were satisfied with structures in place and key capability retained.➤ Moved the design approach from bespoke to modular.



Supagas

• Independent Consultant ➤ Consultancy ➤ Process Engineering

  • 2010 - 2011

  KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT ➤ High-level advisory and consultative role on air separation plant owned and operated by Supagas. ➤ Operations management role at the Plumbing Industry Commission charged with integrating various disparate functions of the Commission into a cohesive, effective customer focussed team. KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT ➤ High-level advisory and consultative role on air separation plant owned and operated by Supagas. ➤ Operations management role at the Plumbing Industry Commission charged with integrating various disparate functions of the Commission into a cohesive, effective customer focussed team.



Yarra Trams

• Australia
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Safety and Risk ➤ Government ➤ Stakeholder Management ➤ Business Improvement

  • 2008 - 2010

  At invitation of CEO joined Yarra Trams to overhaul Health, Safety, Environment and Risk Management functions. Proactively managed internal and external stakeholders including relevant Union and Government bodies, to resolve Yarra Trams issues and ensure retention as an accredited Rail Operator. KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT ➤ Consolidated existing processes, legislative requirements (Rail Safety Act) and standards (ISO 9001) into a new integrated management system underpinned by key operational, safety and reliability objectives to drive operational excellence. ➤ Re-established relationships with Government Regulator to ensure ongoing accreditation as a Rail operator. ➤ Implemented a study to assess the impact of ‘wrapped’ trams on accident frequency and type.



Air Liquide

• France
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• System Manager, Auditor APAC ➤ Process safety management ➤ Cross-cultural ➤ Influence ➤ Leadership

  • 2004 - 2008

  Steered change in Australian, New Caledonian and Tahitian subsidiaries through the implementation, development and facilitation of Process Safety Management Systems ensuring robust operating discipline and asset integrity. KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Reported to Corporate Headquarters in Paris.➤ Advised and provided governance activity to subsidiaries in SE Asia, China and South Africa on the intent, requirements and implementation of corporate process safety requirements.➤ Steered implementation across a variety of plants including air separation plants, compressed gas filling, electronic gas filling, carbon monoxide plants and healthcare.➤ Led the design and implementation of process safety management system across the Australian, Tahiti and New Caledonian subsidiaries.➤ Ensured accreditation of the Australian process safety management system was accredited as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001. ➤ Member executive committee.

• State Manager, Queensland ➤ Leadership ➤ Finance Management ➤ Customer relationships

  • 1999 - 2004

  Responsible for the Queensland compressed gas market and associated operations at Brisbane, Rockhampton and Cairns.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Full profit and loss (P&L) accountability; sales and marketing, operations and maintenance management, HR and administration, finance, logistics and capital expenditure.➤ Led a 66% increase in profit for a 38% increase in revenue.➤ Successfully spearheaded negotiations with a metals refiner for a contract to build, own and operate an oxygen plant to supply their requirements, a first in Queensland for the company.➤ Drove a marketing strategy balancing margins and contract length.➤ Member executive committee.

• State Manager ➤ Process engineering ➤ Multi-disciplinary teams ➤ Operations ➤ Contract Management

  • 1996 - 1999

  Accountable and responsible for the safe and continuous operation of ‘primary production’ facilities; air separation plants at Altona, a carbon dioxide facility in South Australia and an oxygen PSA (Pressure Swing Absorption) supplying Nystar requirements at Port Pirie. This included: budget and P&L, process safety and occupational safety, engineering, contract management, maintenance, vendor management, purchasing and operations management. KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Full profit and loss (P&L) accountability; operations and maintenance management, safety, engineering and capital expenditure.➤ Responsible for air separation plants at Altona producing oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide.➤ The majority was supplied by pipeline to Smorgon Steel and the Altona Petrochemical complex on a continuous basis, with the remainder distributed to customers as liquid or compressed gas.➤ Turned around the problematic performance of a new ASU to 100% online time.➤ Responsible for an oxygen PSA dedicated to Nystar at Port Pirie in South Australia. Achieved benchmark reliability for the PSA of 99.5%.➤ Responsible for a carbon dioxide (CO2) plant at Mount Gambier.➤ Member executive committee.

• Production Engineer ➤ Operations ➤ Custody metering ➤ Troubleshooting

  • 1994 - 1996

  Operations management at the Air Liquide site in the east of France producing oxygen, nitrogen and argon for distribution by pipeline to steel manufacturers in France and Luxembourg, bulk liquid and medical oxygen.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Moving from projects, my exposure to operations was at one of the significant operating sites in the east of France.➤ Daily metering reconciliation and ensuring the plant was operating at its optimum.

• Project Manager ➤ Project management ➤ Engineering ➤ Hazard identification ➤Tenders ➤ Purchasing

  • Nov 1987 - Apr 1994

  Based in Australia and subsequently transferred to the Engineering Centre in Paris France I was responsible for various industrial gas capital projects locally and overseas. Whilst in Australia I led the design and brought in external providers and expertise as required, in France I was able to call on significant in-house resources for the design and execution of projects.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Project Manager for Australian projects including: high purity nitrogen plant, hydrogen pressure reduction and supply station, oxygen compression and distribution pipeline, hydrogen purification and compression.➤ For Australian projects, led the design, purchasing, construction tendering and commissioning, working across disciplines including civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation.➤ Based out of Paris, I was the Project Manager for an air separation plant, the largest at its time, for a third-party customer in Malaysia.