Previous Conferences

H.E. Engineer Tarek El Molla

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

Abed Ezz El-Regal

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) CEO

Saad Helal

The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) Chairman

Mohamed Shindy

Methanex Egypt Managing Director

Gamal Fathy Mohamed

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) HSE Chairman Assistant

Salah El Din Riad

The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) Q&HSE Chairman Assistant

Emad Kilany

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company OHS & Fire Fighting Technical Studies General Manager

Mourad Maged Hassan

Methanex Egypt Responsible Care (QHSE & PSM) Manager

Mohamed Fouad

Egypt Oil & Gas Managing Director and Partner

Ken Rivers

Ken is President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He also chairs the UK’s Control of Major Hazards (COMAH) Strategic Forum, which is the joint industry/regulator group tasked with raising standards and improving the effectiveness of major hazard legislation.

Ken’s extensive international career included being CEO of Refining NZ and responsibility for Shell’s UK refining and petrochemical operations. He is a past President of UK Petroleum Industry Association and chaired the joint industry/regulator task force in the wake of the Buncefield terminal explosion. He was one of the founding members of the New Zealand Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum. More recently, he chaired the “Midstream Oil Sector Government and Industry Task Force”, which considered ways of improving the resilience and viability of the UK refining and fuel import sectors following the recent government review.

Jason Clement

The Director Process Safety Management for Methanex corporation. In this role he is responsible for leading the development and execution of the company’s global process safety management program.

Before joining Methanex he was the Risk & Assurance Manager at the New Zealand Refining Company. Dr. Clement has over 15 years’ experience serving in risk and engineering related disciplines within both large and small companies.

Michael P. Broadribb

He is a member of BakerRisk’s Process Safety Group. He began work at BakerRisk in December 2009 after 41 years of service with BP.

During the course of his career, Mike has worked in onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and production facilities, oil refineries, and marine terminals in Europe and North America in a variety of operations, technical and process safety roles. He was an expert witness at the 1989 Piper Alpha Public Inquiry, Aberdeen, Scotland. He is a principal author of CCPS “Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents” and “Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety into Engineering Projects” books. He is also lead investigator and author of BP investigation report of the 2005 Texas City Isomerisation Unit explosion.

Deb Grubbe

Deborah Grubbe has been a consultant for 10 years to the process and aerospace industries. Ms. Grubbe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, and attended graduate school in chemical engineering on a Winston Churchill Fellowship at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

She was employed by DuPont for 27 years and held director positions in Engineering, Corporate Safety, Large Project Design/Construction and Operations. After retiring from DuPont, she became Vice President of Group Safety for BP, plc. She has supported the US Army on the Demilitarization of the US Chemical Weapons Stockpile with a focus on operational excellence and process safety. In 2003, Deborah consulted with the NASA Columbia Shuttle Accident Investigation Board on the subject of safety culture. She then spent 9 years as a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel to guide the safe flyout of the Space Shuttle and to complete the construction of the International Space Station. Deborah is an Emeritus Member of the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety and has lectured extensively on the subject. A Fellow of both the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Institution of Chemical Engineers in the UK, she currently serves as the Chair of the AIChE Center for Ethical Practice and has served on the AIChE Board of Directors. In 2010, Deborah received an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from Purdue for her industrial and process safety leadership. In 2013 she was inducted into the National Academy of Construction and is a former chair of the NAC Safety Committee. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in Delaware and is a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom.

Ken Rivers

Ken is President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He also chairs the UK’s Control of Major Hazards (COMAH) Strategic Forum, which is the joint industry/regulator group tasked with raising standards and improving the effectiveness of major hazard legislation.

Ken’s extensive international career included being CEO of Refining NZ and responsibility for Shell’s UK refining and petrochemical operations. He is a past President of UK Petroleum Industry Association and chaired the joint industry/regulator task force in the wake of the Buncefield terminal explosion. He was one of the founding members of the New Zealand Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum. More recently, he chaired the “Midstream Oil Sector Government and Industry Task Force”, which considered ways of improving the resilience and viability of the UK refining and fuel import sectors following the recent government review.

Jason Clement

The Director Process Safety Management for Methanex corporation. In this role he is responsible for leading the development and execution of the company’s global process safety management program.

Before joining Methanex he was the Risk & Assurance Manager at the New Zealand Refining Company. Dr. Clement has over 15 years’ experience serving in risk and engineering related disciplines within both large and small companies.