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Safety management and contacts

NERC contacts

NERC corporate health and safety advisor (for advice and information on NERC corporate health and safety issues):

Bill Dark
01793 411596
07864 944752

Management of health and safety

NERC Safety Management Group (SMG) consists of the full-time safety professionals across NERC and related research centres. NERC Safety Management Team (SMT) membership includes the senior appointed managers with responsibility for health and safety across NERC and related research Centres. Overall responsibility for health and safety lies with the NERC Executive Chair.

Executive Chair
Duncan Wingham

NERC Management Board director with responsibility for health and safety
Nigel Bird, Chief, Chief Operations Officer
Chair Safety Management Team (SMT)

Council safety advisor
Bill Dark
bdark@nerc.ukri.org

Trainer / auditor
Chris Milne
chjm@bgs.ac.uk

NERC Research centre contacts

Head Office

Chief Operating Officer - Nigel Bird

British Antarctic Survey

Director - Jane Francis
SMT member - Simon Garrod
Safety advisor - Jennifer Forster Davidson (jenfor@bas.ac.uk)

British Geological Survey

Director - Karen Hanghoj
SMT member - Andrew McConnochie
Safety advisors - Heather Churchill, Chris Milne

Union Side representative - Dave Morgan (djrm@bgs.ac.uk)