Health and Safety

Sheree is committed to making a positive difference to EMA member businesses and their people across the North Island. She thrives on working alongside companies to build their capability and knowledge in Health and Safety, and ensure they own their own processes and systems. Sheree also gives companies confidence and understanding of Health and Safety compliance so they can improve the performance of their business. She enjoys imparting her practical experience and knowledge, including as an inspector for the Department of Labour, in a straightforward and collaborative way.

Brent has over 13 years’ experience in occupational risk management and health and safety to Safety Associates. Brent works in partnership with clients, providing practical advice to address health and safety risks and develop strategies to drive improvements in safety culture. He is well regarded as a safety coach and for assisting clients to understand the importance of safety governance, setting clear and understandable safety objectives and providing safety leadership. Brent is also a specialist in health and safety critical event management of serious harm and fatality incidents.

When it comes to hazardous substances, in particular, there are few people who could match Geoff Brokenshire’s knowledge. He has worked and studied in the chemistry industry since 1971; holds qualifications from both in the UK and in New Zealand; and has had a long career across many health and safety disciplines. His specialty is environmental, quality, health and safety management systems, including hazardous substances compliance auditing and advice. Geoff enjoys imparting his considerable knowledge with EMA member businesses in the Waikato region.

Susan is an experienced and well respected Safety and Compliance Consultant with 20 years experience across a wide variety of industries, including transport and distribution (rail, airports, long and short haul trucking), manufacturing (both heavy and light), service industries such as food production, retail, office environments, aged care and healthcare. She has a highly successful record of implementing Safety Management Systems, and has a thorough working knowledge of safety compliance and risk. Susan has been consulting for the EMA for four years, helping clients develop and implement health and safety management systems, preparing health and safety systems for audits, developing work instructions and SOP’s as well s other health and safety tasks such as contractor management, risk control etc

Passionate about working in partnership, Linda prides herself on helping businesses take charge of their health and safety and providing tailored solutions that work in the real world. She is a qualified Health and Safety & Quality Manager with more than 20 years of industry experience that includes, pulp and paper, manufacturing, electrical, timber, geothermal and agricultural sectors. She brings expertise in Health and Safety Management Systems, Quality Management Systems, Management Systems and Training and Development Systems to EMA member businesses in the Bay of Plenty.

Keith is focused on creating sustainable, people-focused changes to improve the efficiency of organisations and the effectiveness of people. Health and safety work in the supply chain sector – manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics – is where he is happiest, but he brings his wealth of experiences in diverse industries across the world to EMA member businesses in Auckland and his facilitating. He gets satisfaction from providing full circle support from Health and Safety reviews to templates and training to ensure compliance and sustainable practices and processes into the future.