Overview

You are invited to attend the North and West Yorkshire Member Group annual meeting. We encourage all members based in the region to attend.

Speaker

Graham Ackroyd, Committee Member, IChemE Safety and Loss Prevention Special Interest Group

Graham is currently the head of Syngenta’s Process Hazards Section, leading a group of specialists in the field of process safety with responsibilities to:

• examine Syngenta’s processes, plants and equipment throughout the world for potential fire and explosion and chemical reaction hazards and to define safe conditions of operation.
• prepare and own key HS&E documentation to be used globally within Syngenta.
• provide training and coaching in specific areas of hazard technology.

His particular areas of expertise include dust explosions, explosion protection, and electrostatics. He has published several peer-reviewed papers in these areas, and is active in many standards-setting committees, both national and international, including:

• EXL/23 Explosion and Fire Precautions in Industrial and Chemical Plant.
• CEN/TC305/WG2 Equipment for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (convenor).
• CEN/TC305/WG3 Devices and Systems for Explosion Prevention and Protection.
• IEC/TC31/SC31M/MT16852 Flame Arresters (convenor).
• IEC/TC31/JWG29 Equipment in Explosive Atmospheres: Electrostatics (convenor).
• European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Working Party on Static Electricity.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the North and West Yorkshire Member Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.