Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees set our strategic direction and are legally responsible for all activities, assets and results.

Bobby Chakravarthy

Job role

Appointed to Board November 2020; Interim Chair from October 2024

Bobby specialises in business strategy and strategic management. He has global experience in campaigns, funding, capital investment and business development. He was appointed Interim Chair of the Board following the resignation of Professor Peter Bonfield OBE.

Bobby specialises in business strategy and strategic management. He has global experience in campaigns, funding, capital investment and business development. He was appointed Interim Chair of the Board following the resignation of Professor Peter Bonfield OBE.

There are five IOSH members who sit on the board. They are appointed by our Council and must be Chartered Members or Chartered Fellows.

Neil Edmunds CMIOSH

Job role

Appointed November 2022

Neil is a semi-retired consultant with over 30 years' health and safety experience in the UK and internationally. He has worked in several high-risk sectors, including coal mining, oil and gas, rail transportation and construction.

Neil is a semi-retired consultant with over 30 years' health and safety experience in the UK and internationally. He has worked in several high-risk sectors, including coal mining, oil and gas, rail transportation and construction.
John Green CMIOSH

Job role

Appointed in April 2019

John has worked in safety for over 40 years and held a range of senior and board level positions with companies in Britain and overseas.

John has worked in safety for over 40 years and held a range of senior and board level positions with companies in Britain and overseas.
Simon Hatson CFIOSH

Job role

Appointed March 2019

Simon has been a health and safety professional for 20 years, working mostly in the energy and manufacturing sectors.

Simon has been a health and safety professional for 20 years, working mostly in the energy and manufacturing sectors.
Lesley Kavanagh CMIOSH

Job role

Appointed July 2021

Lesley has worked in health and safety, risk management and sustainability roles for more than 30 years across a range of industries and countries.

Lesley has worked in health and safety, risk management and sustainability roles for more than 30 years across a range of industries and countries.
Paul Lindsay CMIOSH

Job role

Appointed November 2022

Paul has over 40 years' experience in the construction industry in the UK and overseas. He works for Jacobs on the Palace of Westminster restoration and renewal programme and sits on our London Metropolitan Branch construction section committee.

Paul has over 40 years' experience in the construction industry in the UK and overseas. He works for Jacobs on the Palace of Westminster restoration and renewal programme and sits on our London Metropolitan Branch construction section committee.

Independent trustees are appointed to the board by our Council and are not IOSH members.

Anthony Blackman

Job role

Appointed November 2022

Company

Managing director, Insight Optical Training and MyHealthCPD

Anthony founded and runs two companies that offer professional development and training for people working in optics and wider healthcare industries. He has over eight years' experience as a non-executive director, board member and trustee.

Anthony founded and runs two companies that offer professional development and training for people working in optics and wider healthcare industries. He has over eight years' experience as a non-executive director, board member and trustee.
David Blower

Job role

Appointed March 2022

David is a senior finance professional with over 20 years’ executive experience in the social housing industry. He is a chartered certified accountant and holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.

David is a senior finance professional with over 20 years’ executive experience in the social housing industry. He is a chartered certified accountant and holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.
Atul Nahata

Job role

Appointed August 2024

Atul has over 20 years’ international business experience. He is Finance Director and Deputy MD of the Global Bakery Yeast Division of AB Mauri, part of Associated British Foods Plc. He is also a Non-Executive Director, Finance at Cricket East and a trustee committee member at Bharat Hindu Samaj.

Atul has over 20 years’ international business experience. He is Finance Director and Deputy MD of the Global Bakery Yeast Division of AB Mauri, part of Associated British Foods Plc. He is also a Non-Executive Director, Finance at Cricket East and a trustee committee member at Bharat Hindu Samaj.
Richard Rolfe

Job role

Appointed August 2024

Richard is a senior IT professional with over 20 years’ global experience in the life sciences manufacturing industry. He has worked with multiple technologies from inception, build and implementation to full operation, but always with a focus on people, data and their security.

Richard is a senior IT professional with over 20 years’ global experience in the life sciences manufacturing industry. He has worked with multiple technologies from inception, build and implementation to full operation, but always with a focus on people, data and their security.