Description
Senior safety management expert offers a wealth of aviation experience to clients seeking safety management improvement. She holds a strong academic background and is a visiting lecturer at City University and Cranfield University for the global MSc Aviation programmes.
Has the key ability to listen and understand client needs; she has strong theoretical and practical experience of SMS & FRMS and tremendous overall knowledge of aviation operations from grass roots to the board room. She is an excellent communicator who brings strong business acumen to her advice, thinking and perspectives.
Is an accredited ICAO Accident and Incident Investigator and was a finalist in the first Innovation in Aviation Safety Management Awards made at the European Safety Symposium. She is a safety professional with passion around the areas of effective safety interventions and sustaining change in aviation risk management.
Consults and advises in the development and embedding of safety risk management into organisations, through workshops, diagnostic tools, data analysis and promotion of best practices.
Strategic, management and technical expertise to advise and provide organisations with clear pictures of effective safety interventions in their safety management systems.
Training and facilitation skills in Safety Management Systems, Fatigue Risk Management Systems, Safety leadership and Safety Culture, Human Factors, Just Culture and Effective Safety Investigation.
She held a senior management position as Safety Manager for Titan Airways responsible for leading and managing the implementation of an effective Safety Management System, developing in-house tools for safety management, undertaking risk assessments, conducting investigations, safety training, safety auditing, safety data analysis and liaising with the CAA. Also held the position of Head of Aviation Risk Practice for RTI, consulting and training Aviation clients globally.
Prior to Titan, working with easyJet- Luton and Airbus- Toulouse. Also held the role of an executive board member for the UK Flight Safety Committee and is currently a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Academic Background
City University, London (2013-on-going); Currently working on PhD Aviation Risk Management Thesis Title: “How to intervene effectively and sustain change in Aviation Risk Management”
City University, London (2008-2009); MSc Air Safety Management Modules included: Active Safety Management, Accident & Incident Investigation, Airline Operations, Airline Business, Crisis Management, Safety by Design, Airworthiness, Human Resource Management, Aviation Psychology, Quality Management and Human Factors
City University, London (2011: IntroCert) Academic Practice Module: Learning, Teaching & Assessment
City University London (2005-2008); BSc (Hons) Air Transport Operations & Management 2:1 Key Modules: Maintenance Technology & Planning, Aerodynamics, Airport design & operations, Management & Leadership, Accounting & business finance, Quantitative Methods, Business Aviation, Safety Management. BSc Thesis Project, easyjet Luton: Analysis of easyJet’s safety reporting system with consideration to the ICAO 2009 standard on SMS in order to provide future recommendations.
ICAO Accredited Accident & Incident Investigator (2008)
Flight Operations Monitoring (FOM) Course, Airbus (2007) (Toulouse)
Consultancy Skills (2009)
Professional Experience
Managing Director, Aviation Safety Initiatives Ltd; 08/17 – Present
- Responsible for leading and managing a highly motivated team of safety consultants
- Responsible for global business development across airlines, airports, ground handling, air traffic control and regulators
- Successfully won and delivered consulting & training programmes for Aviation in Europe, Asia and Africa
- Delivering safety programmes for other transportation industries: rail, mining
Safety Consultant, IATA; 06/24-Present
- Developed and designed a safety case using a unique risk methodology including optimisation of global data for a major congested airport in respect of its expansion and reduction of risk.
Visiting Lecturer, MSc Air Safety/ Air Transport/ Airport Management Programmes, City University London; 12/09 – Present
- Lecturing students from all spectrums of the Aviation industry on the theories and practical implementation of safety management systems
- Lecturing on academic writing and conduct at postgraduate level
- Assessment of Exam and Coursework papers
- Supervising and mentoring students for thesis project
Head of Aviation Risk Practice, RTI; 02/15 – 08/17
- Responsible for leading the Aviation Practice in safety consultancy and training products, together with developing and growing the business globally
- Successfully won and delivered programmesfor National Flag Carriers; Airlinesin Asia and Europe; Air Traffic Control, Airports globally.
- Aviation Safety Risk Consultant, Baines Simmons; 07/13 – 08/15
- Consulting and advising in the development and establishment ofsafety risk management into organisations, through workshops, diagnostic tools, data analysis and promotion of best practices
- Strategic management and technical expertise to advise and provide organisations with clear “route” for effective safety interventions in their safety management systems
- Training and facilitation skillsin safety managementsystems,safety leadership and safety culture, human factors, Just Culture, Error Management and Investigations
- Bespoke Project, City University London; 09/12 -12/12
- Review of safety modules taught on the MSc Air Safety Management. The aim was continuous development of the course content and ensuring that it echoed the current needs of the industry. For this review a proposal was delivered for new structures/improvements to the taught content
Safety Manager, Titan Airways Stansted; 08/08 – 09/12
- Responsible for leading and managing the implementation of an effective safety management system
- Conducting a gap analysis & implementation plan
- Developing an in-house tool for safety management
- Undertaking risk assessments
- Conducting safety training
- Conducting investigations & recommending resource allocations in support of safety initiatives
- Initiating & undertaking safety data analysis
- Safety auditing
- Liaising with the CAA & other customers for audit purposes
- Board member
Flight Operations & Safety, Airbus Toulouse; 06/07-09/07
- Responsible for developing Safety Management Systems (SMS) training materials for airlines
- Liaison with ICAO for the development of the SMS standard
- Facilitation of the ARMS workshops for the development of the ARMS Risk Management Tool
Integrating safety tools including AirFASE & Reporting