Professor Richard Taylor has had a lengthy career in health and safety – including nuclear safety - both in industry and academia. He is now a risk management consultant, and a visiting Professor at both City University and the University of Bristol, following a 20 year career (1986-2005) in which he occupied a range of senior safety management positions with CEGB, Nuclear Electric plc, and Magnox Electric plc, finishing a Corporate Head of Environment, Health and Safety at BNFL plc.
| 1 | Companies, partnerships, trusts or other bodies of which you are a paid employee. | Nil |
| 2 | Companies and organisations in which you or your family or close associates: | |
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| a) has/have a controlling interest, or | Nil | |
| b) is/ are a Director or Partner, or | Nil | |
| c) has/have shares or securities with a nominal valueof more than £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issues share capital, and | Nil | |
| d) could be involved in the supply of goods or services to, or have business dealings with the HSE | I run my own part-time consultancy business as a sole trader, specialising on giving advice on strategic health and safety issues, particularly on learning from major events in high hazard industries and on safety culture. I currently have three contracts with nuclear and petrochemical companies. I occasionally do consultancy work for larger consultancy companies on an ad hoc basis in the same general areas. I am a visiting professor at City University (School of Engineering) and the University of Bristol (School of Engineering). | |
| 3 | Non-profit making organisations (e.g. charities, housing associations) where you or your close familyare Trustees, or on the Committee of Management or other controlling body and which might receive grants, carry out activities designed to promote or develop the organisation, or have other significant dealings with the HSE | Member of the Executive Committee of the Hazards Forum Member of the Policy Advisory Committee on H and S for the IET Chairman of the Inter-institutional Group on H and S (all have interactions with the HSE) |
| 4 | Any land or property in which a member has a direct interest and is clearly within HSE's sphere of activities. | Nil |
| 5 | Membership of local authorities, health authorities and trusts, the Magistrates Bench, and relevant voluntary sector bodies. | Nil |
