Key Consultants

At ESC we have over 30 world-class Safety Engineers and Consultants, including:

EUR ING Simon J Burwood BEng (Hons.), MIET, FSaRS, RFSE CEng, FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland), MISTR

Managing Director

Simon has worked globally chairing and facilitating HAZOP and SIL Determination studies. He specialises in IEC61508/61511-compliance and reliability analysis for Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Manufacturing and other industries. Simon's most notable achievements include (but are certainly not limited too): becoming a Chevron-certified Safety Objective Analysis Facilitator (SIS-201 & SIS-202); achieving BP-approved status as a HAZOP and LOPA study facilitator; selection by the the IET as an Expert Tutor for the 2012-2014 IET Professional Development Course on Safety Critical Systems and development of ESC’s in-house software tool, ProSET®.

Read More

Dr. David J. Smith BSC, PHD, CENG, FIET, FCQI, HONSFSARS, MIGEM.

Consultant

With over 40 years of direct experience concerning reliability, safety and software quality within the functional safety arena, David is a renowned contributor in the industry.

Read More

Jaspreet K Chana, MEng (Hons), CEng, MIChemE, FS Engineer (TÜV Rheinland), MISTR

Principal Consultant

Jaspreet is an FS Engineer (TÜV Rheinland) Functional Safety Engineer with a background in Chemical and Process Engineering, whose experience extends to a variety of industries including high risk, critical consequence industries such as Nuclear and Oil and Gas. Her expertise lies in Reliability and Event Modelling including SIL Verification, using techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis and Reliability Block Diagrams. Within the Company, Jaspreet is the technical lead in this area which has led her to deliver internal and external training courses on this subject

Read More

Dr Fan Ye, GICSP, CFSE, FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland), CEng, MIET

Principal Consultant

Dr Fan Ye has worked in safety consultancy in industries including oil and gas, chemical, nuclear power and defence since completing his PhD in 2005. Fan is a Charted Engineer (CEng) by the Engineering Council via IET. He is a GIAC certified Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP). He is a Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE) and TÜV Rheinland and Technis certified Functional Safety Engineer. His expertise lies in the areas of hazard identification and risk assessment, safety case development, safety management, system reliability, and ICS Cyber Security.

Read More

William Cowdroy, BEng (Hons), PGCert, MInstMC, FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland)

Principal Consultant

William is a Chemical Engineer and Functional Safety Engineer (TÜV Rheinland) specialising in the analysis of complex process systems and management of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) in accordance with IEC 61511 & IEC 61508.

Read More