Safety and Loss Prevention
Graham Ackroyd
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 & 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
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