HSE Learning Summit – MENA

Simon Pritchard

Director, Operations Delivery, National Projects Office

Construction Professional with a proven track record in the leadership of multicultural and multi disciplined teams on programmes & projects around the world. Extensive experience with Business Planning, Strategy, and Bid Delivery in addition to the delivery of complex and award winning construction projects.

Talal AlOnazi

Vice President, Public Safety (HSSE), The Royal Commission for AlUla

Senior EHS leader of The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) established to protect and safeguard AlUla, a region of outstanding natural and cultural significance in North-West Saudi Arabia. RCU is embarking on a long-term plan to develop and deliver a sensitive, sustainable transformation of the region, reaffirming it as one of country’s most important archaeological and cultural destinations and preparing it to welcome visitors from around the world.

John Dunne

Group Head of Health and Safety, Red Sea Global

John Dunne is the Group Head of Health & Safety at Red Sea Global (RSG). He was appointed in August 2023, bringing more than 25 years of experience as a Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) professional from a diverse background in manufacturing, construction, engineering, consulting, and the military.

John Green

Senior Director HSW, NEOM

Director level Risk professional with considerable experience, and commercial acumen, in the oil, petrochemical, aviation, utilities and electronics industries both in the UK and overseas. Employed both in the public sector as an HSE inspector and in the private sector at various levels.

Delivering an innovative world class programme on the worlds largest and most complex construction programme. THE LINE for NEOM

Simon Roopchand

GM - ServeU 

Ben Legg

Executive Director Health, Safety & Environment, Non-Exec Director, Mentor

Waqas Ashraf

Director - Health, Safety & Environment - Middle East & Africa, Emerson

Competent, Motivated and skillful HSE/Safety Manager contributing over 15 Years’ of Managerial experience in MEA region to provide value to business by ensuring Development, creation, implementation and review of Health and Safety Management Systems across major industries.

Simon Watson

Chief HSSE Officer, EVP Global Head of HSSE, ACWA Power

Accomplished senior leader in Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability and organisational performance with vast experience in building, developing and driving large-scale HSES transformative change programs across complex matrix driven organisations.  

Lorenzo Visentin

HSQE Director, CAMCO

Board-level position delivering the Royal Commission for Riyadh City’s metro project. A GoA4 fully automated driverless metro rapid transit system. Leading a large international team of OHS, Rail Safety, Audit, Emergency Planning, Sustainability, CSR and Document Control professionals, I deliver the strategic, tactical and operational governance backbone to the organization.

Martin Brogan

Director - Health, Safety & Environment, Dulsco

Director of HSE with Dulsco Group, NVQ Diploma Level 6 in Occupational Health and Safety Qualified, NEBOSH, ISO45001 Lead auditor, TBOSIET, H2S, Accident Investigation qualified. Graduate Member of IOSH, Specialist member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, coupled with an impressive track record and significant management experience. 

Larry Wilson

Co-CEO at SafeStart International

Author and producer of SafeStart, SafeTrack and CERTs+ safety programs, over 100 published safety articles, and the books: Defenseless Moments, 25 Years of Original Thought and co-author of the books, Inside Out and Best vs. Worst. Also producer and co-author of youth and family oriented safety videos (BooBooBandits).