Speaker Profile

Khalid Khaleel
Chairman
JAMA’A

Industry expertise and experience:

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
• Over 30 years of experience on petrochemical industry
• Holding several positions on EHS&S field
• Currently Environment, Health, Safety and Security General Manager at Saudi Chevron Phillips company (S-Chem).
• Volunteer Chairman for Jubail Area Mutual Aid Association (JAMA’A) since 2004.
• Board Member of Saudi Association of Safety and Fire
• Member of Gulf Petrochemical and Chemical Association (GPCA), Responsible Care Team.
• Member of Royal Commission for Jubail Sustainability and Industrial Integration Committee.

Speaker Profile

Paul Michael Kudray
Head of Resilience
Royal Commission for Jubail

Industry expertise and experience:

Paul Kudray is a Resilience Manager within the RCJ Crisis and Disaster Management Department. He is an international renowned Resilience subject matter expert with over 38 years’ experience in emergency and business continuity management.

Prior to his current role, Paul worked within the UK Emergency Services for 32 years, starting his career as an operational paramedic before gaining promotion on several occasions and finishing as the Director of Resilience. During this time, Paul experienced many significant major incidents and events and he was a national, strategic commander at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. Paul holds a Masters degree in Disaster Management and is a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management. He is also a qualified Lead Auditor in ISO 22301 for BCMS.

Paul has worked with organizations around the globe in developing and maintaining resilience capabilities and he is a former strategic fellow and associate trainer for the UK Government Cabinet Office, Emergency Planning College where he helped to train international incident commanders and leaders to be crisis prepared.

Paul is a passionate leader, coach and mentor within the crisis and disaster management field and he has had articles published by leading industry journals around the world.

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Richard Reed
Head of Corporate Crisis & Continuity Management
Saudi Aramco

Industry expertise and experience:

Richard Reed is the head of Corporate Emergency Management and Continuity for Saudi Aramco. In this role, he leads the development and execution of programs ensuring the company is prepared for, able to respond to, and recover from crisis events.

Prior to assuming his role at Saudi Aramco, Richard served as Senior Vice President at the American Red Cross. He served over 20 years with the US Government working for multiple Departments. Richard worked at the White House for 7 years, serving 2 US presidents at the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council, where he held multiple positions.

During his career, Richard has develop national policy on Continuity of Government, National Preparedness, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications, biological attack Medical Countermeasures, Cyber Security, Border Security, and Immigration.

Richard has Bachelor’s degrees from Indiana University and Purdue University, and a Master’s degree in social work from Indiana University.

Speaker Profile

Abdulrahman D. Al-Zayedi
Manager-EHSS
TASNEE

Industry expertise and experience:

• 25 years of working experience within the Petrochemical Industries through SABIC and private sector (TASNEE).
• Previously served as an Operations Senior Manager (Saudi Kayan), and member of ERSHAD (SaudiKayan Safety, Health and Environment Awareness Committee).
• Currently, EHSS Manager of Tasnee Petrochemical Complex, reporting directly to the Vice President.
• JAMA’A Information & Coordination Committee Chairman

Speaker Profile

Ayssar Hanza
Risk Engineering Director
Ace Energy Group

Industry expertise and experience:

Ayssar Hanza is an Executive Risk Engineering based in London. A dynamic leader with 25 years of diverse and global experience in all aspects of Risk Management, Process Safety, Asset Integrity, leading strategies and improvements both in operations and major projects.

Her work with BP and other major operators sets an exemplary model in the energy industry. Her simplification and pragmatism approach consistently delivering exceptional value in complex, high-pressure multicultural environments. Advised, supported and worked closely with senior leaders in the application of company standards, visions and commercial acumen with the ability to lead and think strategically.

Ayssar has been ranked as one of the top speakers on the topics of Process Safety, Risk management, Leadership and Governance. She delivers inspirational masterclasses (designed to transform thinking), motivational executive seminars, and developing boards and executive teams (to integrate technical knowledge to boost investments and improve stakeholder relationships). She sets the tone, energizes the audience, and contributes to the success of individuals through inspiring young innovative leaders within organisations.

A motivational change leader thorough understanding of cultural diversity, a passionate coach, skilled trainer and a global award winner (IChemE) and finalist for the Oil & Gas UK Safety Awards.

Speaker Profile

Mozher N. Al-Qahtani
Fire Operations Superintendent
Saudi Aramco

Industry expertise and experience:

On January 19, 1991, Mozher N. Al-Qahtani joined Saudi Aramco Apprenticeship Program as Metal Mechanic. On December 1993, he decided to change his career and joined SA Fire Protection department. He began his career as a firefighter and promoted to Fire Apparatus Operator, then Captain, and Deputy Fire Chief / Sr. Fire Instructor, then Fire Chief from 1997 to 2012. In 2014, he was appointed to the position of Fire Operations Superintendent. His line experience includes industrial and structural firefighting, hazardous materials, rescue operations, critical stress management and scene management.

Fire Ops. Superintendent Mozher Al Qahtani, has worked closely in the Fire Protection and Training arena for several years. He served as the Critical Trauma Responder Leader for several years.

Among his current responsibilities, he served as the chairman of the Fire Officers Assessment Center till end of 2018. He is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineering, and National Association of Fire Investigators. His professional qualifications include Master Degree in Business Administrations, BS degree in Fire safety Studies from JIBC Canada, Associate degree in Municipal Fire protection from OSU, and Fire Leadership Diploma from JIBC Canada.

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Eric LaVergne
President
JCI/Williams Fire & Hazard Control

Industry expertise and experience:

• 36 years of flammable liquid firefighting experience
• Over 150 flammable liquid events
• Participated in the extinguishment of the largest storage tank on record – 82 M gasoline

Speaker Profile

Nasser Subaey
JAMA’A Coordinator
JAMA’A

Industry expertise and experience:

• B.S. in fire & Safety Engineering from Oklahoma State University, U.S.A 1976.
• Fire Marshal with Saudi Aramco from 1974 – 1979.
• Manager EHSS Saudi Petrochemical Co. (SADAF) 1982 – 1983.
• Vice President Saudi Petrochemical Co. (SADAF) 1984 – 1996.
• Tasked by SABIC to establish the idea of forming an mutual Aid Jubail Group in emergency response and fire fighting for the new petrochemical industries recently starting operations in Jubail Industrial area in 1983 which was eventually named Jubail Area Mutual Aid.
• Jama’a chairman from 1983 – 1989 & from 1990 – 2006, Jama’a Coordinator from 1996 to date.
• Tasked by Sabic to build and manage a modern state of the art an industrial firefighting training Complex for all Sabic affiliate companies from 1996 – 2006.

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Surendra V Mahakalkar
Lead Engineer
SABIC

Industry expertise and experience:

Presenter holds a Bachelor degree in Fire and Safety Engineering from National Fire Service College Nagpur, India and Certified Safety Professional (CSP) from Board of Certified Safety Professional –USA. He has 20 years of extensive experience in refinery and petrochemical industry in emergency response and crisis management. SME for developing SABIC Emergency Response Standard and Corporate Crisis Management Guideline.

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Mohamed Ahmed Al Hashemi
Safety & Environment Superintendent
GPIC

Industry expertise and experience:

• Working for GPIC since 2009.
• Education:
• Bachelor in Environmental Management & Technology - University of Glamorgan, wales, UK 2007
• NEBOSH – National & International Certificate
• NEBOSH in Process Safety Management
• IOSH Certificate
• Firefighting Level 01, 02 and Emergency Controller Level 03
• Safety Team Leader during Turnarounds 2010, Catalyst replacement activities in Ammonia & Methanol Plant.
• Took part of new Project (Boiler & UF-85) as safety team leader and coordinator
• Selected as National Safety Council Rising Stars- NSC 2014.

Speaker Profile

Ashley Price
Vice President
Fire Science Academy

Industry expertise and experience:

Mr. Ashley Price has a career of over 25 years within the fire fighting and fire protection industry ranging across the sectors of Aerospace, Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Professional Emergency Responder training and international certification. Mr. Price has a BSc in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago USA.

Having worked in over 40 countries in a variety of emergency response preparedness initiatives, Mr. Price joined The Fire Science Academy in 2010 to design, construct and create operational establishment of The Fire Science Academy where he serves as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Price and his team were recipients of the Red Adair award for technical contributions to industrial fire fighting and he is a regularly published author for training articles in Fire Middle East Magazine.

Mr. Price serves on the board of directors for The Royal Commission Yanbu and Fire Science Academy Joint Venture.

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Samah Al Hamad
Superintendent Business Resilience Management
BAPCO

Industry expertise and experience:

Master Degree holder in Occupational Health and Safety and Bachelor Degree holder in Chemistry and Oil and Gas Certified Safety and Health Official. Fifteen years’ experience at Bahrain Petroleum Company (Refinery). Four Years as Superintendent Business Resilience Management; involved mainly in managing enterprise risk management process and maintaining the ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System BCMS implementation throughout the organization, where Business impact assessments are conducted and Business Continuity Plans (BCP’s) are developed based on high risk areas identified. Six years as Operational Excellence Management System Leader, involved in the implementation of the OEMS in BAPCO. Lectured training sessions such as NEBOSH Certificate and NEBOSH Diploma, conferences and technical presentations in Bahrain and the regional area. In addition have managed OHSAS 18001 and qualified as a Lead auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 5001 and ISO22301 and OHSAS 18001 . In addition to that was awarded by the National Safety Council Global Safety Award in October 2011 as Rising Stars of Safety for recognized contributions to safety.

Speaker Profile

Manny Tamer
Occupational Health & Safety- Speaker & Trainer
Bayan Group

Industry expertise and experience:

Mr. Manny Tamer is a professional consultant and a senior trainer with 35 plus years of experience. He has been associated with renowned international and local organizations in various disciplines such as Engineering, Quality, Design for Manufacturability, Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Safety and Environment.

Manny is Fellow of many Institutes and organizations of Occupational Health and Safety and is a Certified OHS trainer, manager, and auditor. He often engages in all types of safety related training and seminars, plus involvement in Incident Command and Emergency Response drills and exercises.

Over the past three decades, Manny has successfully executed and supervised hundreds of projects, assignments and other tasks in multinational organizations like ARAMCO, Amiantit, SABIC, SADIP, and Bayan in Saudi Arabia, Amplas in Oman, Flowtite in Norway, Amitech Spain Industries in Spain, SUBOR in Turkey and Amitech USA, Mobil, IBM, NJ-DEP in USA just to name a few.

Manny earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and two Master Degrees in Manufacturing Engineering and in Occupational Health & Safety from USA. He is an active member in several professional organizations such as GOEMG, ASSE, NFPA, BCSP and OSHA, and was a visiting Professor in Florida Atlantic and A&T Universities, in USA.

Speaker Profile

Henry Ludick
Senior Trainer (SFTC)
SABIC

Industry expertise and experience:

Studied at South African Emergency Services Institute as well as Technicon Pretoria. Have 32 years’ experience as a Fire, Rescue and Hazmat response officer of which the past 15 years was spent as a training officer. Currently working as a senior trainer at Sabic Fire Training Center.

Speaker Profile

Saud Abduljaleel Alabdulwahid
Fire and Safety Instructor
Jubail Industrial College

Industry expertise and experience:

• Developing and improving a number of short courses, such as; Emergency preparedness, accident investigation, transportation of hazard materials, an Industrial Hygiene.
• Delivered a number of short courses to Saudi Arabian Military Industries, Sabic, Saudi Electrical Company, and John Hopkines Aramco Dahran.
• Responsible for safety Labs such as industrial hygiene and confined space at the Fire & Safety Training Center
• EHS supervisor in number of projects with Sabic and Saudi Aramco.

Speaker Profile

Taha Hassoubah
Retired Fire Chief
SABIC

Industry expertise and experience:

• Civil Aviation - one year
• Sabic - 28 years
• Consultancy fire safety - 5 years

Speaker Profile

VP Mahawar
Former Director-Onshore
ONGC

Industry expertise and experience:

• Former Director of India’s top most E&P organisation ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited) having 36 years Industry experience. He was the Head of Crisis Management of ONGC has Expertise of Well control & Blow out prevention Systems (Surface & Sub-sea) and controlled almost 33 blowouts & more than 100 complex well control situations in India & abroad. Presented more than 25 technical papers in National/International conferences/seminars.
• He has successfully managed 10 major Assets of ONGC across India & reversed the declining production trends as Director- Onshore (9 Onshore Oil & Gas Assets & 1 Coal Bed Methane Asset).
• He was holding Director I/c Martial Management portfolio of ONGC dealing with almost US $ 4 billion of budget every year and was director of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited, Mangalore, India.
• He played key role in commissioning of 726 MW gas based power plant in Northeast part of India and doubled the gas production in 3 years to run the power plant at full capacity as Executive Director.
• Established & headed the country’s first internationally accredited Well Control School in India in 1997, which is providing training to the participants from across the globe.
• Apart from getting many awards within the organisation he has been issued Appreciation letter from Secretary of the Interior, Govt of America, Washington for Contributing to the Ministerial Forum on “Offshore Drilling Containment”.
• He was conferred with CEPM Fellowship Award-2016 for outstanding contribution in the area of Project and Risk Management.
• He is a Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak, India selected by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India for a period of 5 years in Dec., 2016
• Received Lifetime Achievement Award by Greentech Foundation for commendable practices & pioneering achievements in Oil & Gas Sector.

Speaker Profile

David Crouch
Professor
3M

Industry expertise and experience:

David Crouch is Global Subject Matter Expert for Military and Civil Defence for science-based technology company, 3M and is a professional chemist, with more than 25 years’ experience in the fields of materials science and CBRN protection. A chartered chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, David is currently application engineering lead on all 3M CBRN Hazard management programs, for both the civil and military markets. He is a visiting professor at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (Cranfield University-Defence & Security), Convener of CEN/TC391 Societal & Citizen Security Working Group 2 (CBRNe) and is the former chairman of CBRN-UK (www.cbrn-uk.com), the UK industry’s specialist CBRN interest group.

Speaker Profile

Dennis L. Smith
Senior Solutions Engineer
LION

Industry expertise and experience:

Since 1987, Dennis has held various roles within LION including Regional Sales Manager (RSM). As an RSM he has covered every state in the Union selling StationWear, turnouts, boots, helmets and gloves. Dennis currently covers North and South America for LION’s training solution products and services. Dennis is also responsible for PPE sales in the Middle East Region.

Previously he held the roles of Director of Sales North America and the Director of International Sales where he opened LION’s first office outside the US and began LION’s international market by selling LION products globally.

Speaker Profile

Abdullah Melhem
Head of Sales
Siemens Ltd

Industry expertise and experience:

Abdullah Melhem has been experienced of Buildings technologies Solutions Business for almost 16 Years with a demonstrated history of working in the Business development. He is skilled in Safety, Security, Smart Buildings and Integration. Abdullah is passionate about digitalization, IoT & smart City applications., helping make infrastructure more smart, sustainable and energy efficient.

Speaker Profile

Ahmad Farrakh Manzoor
Head of Smart Infrastructure, Solutions and Services
Siemens

Industry expertise and experience:

Ahmad Farrakh Manzoor is the Head of Smart Infrastructure, Solutions and Services, at Siemens Saudi Arabia. For nearly two decades, he has been associated with various divisions and has held multiple positions.

Ahmad is an advocate of cultural transformation through teamwork, ownership and shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

Ahmad is passionate about digitalization, IoT & Smart City applications. Through his work, he intends to make technology simple to understand and have it applied in a useful way, helping to make infrastructure smarter, more sustainable and energy efficient.

Speaker Profile

Erasmus M. Acquah
Senior Product Manager, Industrial Products
Elkhart Brass

Industry expertise and experience:

Mr. Erasmus Acquah is a Sr. Product Manager at Elkhart Brass where he is responsible for the industrial fire protection products including the Elkhart Brass industrial fire monitors for oil & gas applications, industrial handline nozzles, industrial fire protection valves and monitors for industrial cleaning applications. Erasmus has more than eighteen years of experience within the fire protection and Life Safety industry, working for Elkhart Brass, Tyco and Kidde Fenwal Inc. where he held product management and engineering roles. Erasmus holds an MBA from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts in USA, an MS in Engineering Management from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts in USA, an MS in Manufacturing Engineering from WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts in USA and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology in Ghana. Erasmus is based in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA and may be reached at eacquah@safefleet.net

Speaker Profile

Zahi Daher
Sales Manager – Fire & Life Safety Division - UL MENA
Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Industry expertise and experience:

Zahi Daher, Sales Manager in UL’s Building and Life Safety Technologies division provides support in the Middle East and North Africa regions. Working out of the UL office in Dubai, Zahi provides technical expertise in regulations, codes, standards, and product installations related issues to assist regulatory authorities, consultants, manufacturers, designers and contractors in resolving product acceptance and code compliance issues.

Prior to joining UL, Zahi worked as a design & estimation engineer for a leading supplier of fire and life safety solutions. In that role, he managed projects across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) involving the design & estimation of fire protection equipment and systems.

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Bakir Ghaith
Regulatory Engineer, Codes & Regulatory Services
UL

Industry expertise and experience:

Ghaith Bakir, Regulatory Engineer in UL’s Building and Life Safety Technologies division provides regulatory support in the Middle East and North Africa regions. Working out of the UL office in Dubai, Ghaith provides technical expertise in regulations, codes, standards, and product installations related issues to assist regulatory authorities, consultants, manufacturers, designers and contractors in resolving product acceptance and code compliance issues., Represents UL at AHJ and code development meetings by participating in code discussions and conducting technical presentations on code-related technical subjects, Plan, conducts and supervises code and regulatory related projects of major magnitude and scope.

Prior to joining UL Ghaith worked as a project engineer for a leading producer and supplier of fire and life safety solutions. In that role, he managed projects across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involving the installation, testing and maintenance of fire protection equipment and systems. He also worked for a Dubai master developer as a fire engineer, assisting in developing and implementing fire safety management system frameworks, and evaluating compliance with national and international fire safety standards and best practices.

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Abdulrahman Hesham Souka
KSA Team Leader & Principal Safety Engineer
Risktec Solutions

Abdulrahman has a strong academic background in Chemical Engineering (BEng, MsC, University of Sheffield), and extensive technical safety and risk management experience in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries.

Industry expertise and experience:

• Executing and coordinating onshore plant and pipelines Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) and Building Risk Assessments (BRA), as well as other studies involving physical effects and risk modelling.
• Facilitating and participating in workshops and technical meetings (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP / PHA, SIL / LOPA). Abdulrahman is an approved facilitator for workshop based studies.
• Developing Bow Tie diagrams, including the identification and implementation of Safety Critical Elements (SCE) and Safety Critical Activities (SCA).
• Authoring and reviewing onshore and offshore Safety (HSSE, HSE, etc.) Cases, in line with regulatory and corporate requirements.
• Managing large projects and delivery within scope, on time, and on budget.

He is a proficient user of various proprietary software packages including DNV-GL PHAST and SAFETI, Shell FRED, BowTieXP, and PHA Pro.

As a specialist consultant, he has an extensive track record of directly advising and making recommendations to client companies through technical studies, reports, workshops, secondments and site visits.

Speaker Profile

Majed Fahad Almarri
Fire and Explosions Engineer
Saudi Aramco

Industry expertise and experience:

I hold a Bachelor degree in Fire Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Fire and Explosions Engineering, in addition to being a Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS), a Member with the Institute of Fire Engineers (UK), and a registered Professional Engineer with the Saudi Council of Engineers.

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Omar Alzahrani
Product Development Engineer
Fire & Hazard Control

Industry expertise and experience:

Omar Alzahrani is a Product Development Engineer at Fire & Hazard Control (FHC) responsible for continuous product development process, re-engineering & improvisation to existing or new products meeting global standards and compliance. Full involvement in the complete process of product development, dissemination and implementation by adopting technology advancement. Enhanced engineering skills performing detailed engineering, simulation modeling, and calculations for the development of product under local manufacturing setup at FHC plant in Dammam II Industrial Area.

Omar holds a B.S. in Industrial & System Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Mineral in Dhahran, KSA. Omar is based in Dammam, Eastern Province in the KSA and may be reached at omar.alzahrani@fhcmfg.com

Speaker Profile

Paul Holland
Executive Manager - Design & Development
Al Elm

Industry expertise and experience:

Paul is currently the Executive manager for Design and Development within Elm, Training Solutions. He is the Elm specialist advisor for Fire and Rescue Service.

Paul has over twenty years of experience in the United Kingdom Fire & Rescue Service, including three years of experience working for the Fire Service College in the UK.

Paul has been an operational fire officer for over 20 years completing all the relevant courses and qualifications in the United Kingdom from Firefighter to Strategic Commander including the Multi Agency Gold Incident Command course.

Paul is a graduate of the (International) Institution of Fire Engineers, an organization that is globally recognized as the best for fire professionals.

Paul has various health and safety qualifications including the NEBOSH L3 Certificate and the Fire Prevention Association’s Certificate in Applied Fire Risk Assessment.

Paul has also been the incident commander for various levels of emergency incidents ranging from wide area flooding and road traffic collisions to large building fires. Paul has a strong background in training and development working as a service instructor and a national instructor within the UK. Paul has designed and delivered courses and programs ranging from basic fire skills through to advanced Fire behavior training and incident command simulation and assessment, including the introduction of national fire and rescue service vocational qualifications in 2012.

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AbdulAziz Al Ghamdi
President & CEO
REC

Industry expertise and experience:

Abdulaziz is the Founder and President of Reliability Expert Center (REC). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He is recognized RCA & Reliability expert. He established complete reliability system for many industries and played a key important role in establishing the reliability system for SABIC & Ma’aden. He’s having a total of 34 years of experience, 15 years in Reliability & RCA and 19 years in Operation and Management. He has successfully developed around 4,000 professionals, conducted many assessments and led more than 60 major investigation. His credible ways of consulting, teaching and influential principles have significantly improved the safety, reliability, and performance of various major companies.