Alan has over 30 years’ experience in the business improvement solutions for private sector heavy and light manufacturing, logistics, maritime and service industries with specific management experience in the development and audit of risk-based management systems for quality, safety and environmental management systems including the integration of management systems designed around core company process requirements. Alan has extensive knowledge of the requirements for compliance to ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015 and ISO 45001: 2018, ISO 27001: 2013 management systems standards.

Alan was employed with BHP Billiton for 29 years, initially in the manufacturing, technical process management, port management and stevedoring areas. Alan was responsible for internal and 3rd party certification for BHP Transport, prior to the division being disbanded in 2001.

Alan has extensive experience in the use of business improvement tools to develop business systems for legislative compliance (including Work Cover self-insurance and EPA license compliance), second and third-party certification.

Currently Alan is a certified lead auditor (>20 years) in quality, occupational health & safety, environmental management systems and environmental management and is accredited by DNV GL.