Team Profile

Operational & Business Development

Ian F. Cliffen, Operations Director joined CRS in June 2010. Ian has recently returned to the UK after working overseas for the last twenty years. He has managed companies in the Middle and Far East, and in Sri Lanka; and comes from a background in business and management consultancy. He is an experienced manager and well qualified to lead CRS into its next level of development and expansion. CRS will benefit from his IT and back office systems management skills to seek improved efficiency and cost savings. In his spare time, Ian is often found programming computer systems and building new computers for friends and family.

Ros Stacey, Ros has nearly 30 years experience in Sales, Marketing and Business Development, she thrives on the challenge of taking businesses to the “next level” Over 19 years in the training business working with Blue Chip companies, local Authorities, and private sector promoting and selling training, she has valuable skills and experience in working with agents.. Also worked on product development and operations. Previously set up and ran the JCB Training Centre producing a turnover of over 1 million. She has over 25 years man management and recruitment experience. Ros took over a Property Letting Company and took it to the next level increasing the property portfolio from 50 Managed properties to over 650. More recently Ros has been working for one on the largest charities as Training Business Development Manager. Ros is a self confessed workaholic but in her spare time likes to work out at the gym and enjoys foreign holidays.

Jane Milner DIP Business Studies, Administration Manager, with total responsibility for all administration matters and is our main contact with all the accredited training bodies including NEBOSH, IOSH, CIEH, IEMA, Constructionskills and City & Guilds. She has many years experience in financial services encompassing banking, accountancy and was employed within the administrative department for the Department of Constitutional Affairs. Jane is the oil that makes the engine run smoothly as she looks after invoicing, marketing, compliance, data base, staffing and banking. Jane likes to socialise with her family, friends any enjoys IT and the cinema.

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Tutors & Consultants

Stephen Asbury MBA (Distinction) FIEMA CEnv CFIOSH,

Managing Director, has almost thirty years of risk management experience gained in consultancy and the London insurance market. He has worked in over 50 countries with a broad variety of blue chip employers and clients undertaking more than 800 OHS&E management system implementations and audits. Stephen is a Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, a Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, an IRCA OH&S Lead Auditor, and an IEMA Principal Environmental Auditor. He is a Chartered Environmentalist, and holds an MBA with Distinction. Stephen was a founder member of CRS, and he is currently a member of the IOSH Council of Management, and Chair of its Professional Ethics Committee. He is the author of recent best-selling books HSEQ Audits – A Risk Based Approach and Do the Right Thing, and a regular contributor to HSE journals and conferences. In his spare time, Stephen is a DiveMaster and enjoys theatre and F1.

Richard Ball PG Dip BSc(Hons) CMIOSH MIEMA, Head of Environment, leads our range of Environmental Consultancy and Training. He also delivers on a broad range of our Health and Safety courses. He has a wide range of experience of implementing management systems, auditing and training programme development with over 10 years experience across the public and private sectors. He also works with a range of awarding bodies developing the CIEH’s Environmental Protection qualifications, IEMA’s Applied route to Associate Membership and IOSH’S CPD course on Corporate Social Responsibility. Richard is the co-author of IOSH’s 'Do the Right Thing'. Out of work he enjoys running and spending time with his young family.

Stewart Clarke (CMIOSH, CMCIPD), Consultant who has a vast amount experience in the training, development and motivation of staff at all levels within a wide range of organisations. He is a chartered member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH) and a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CMCIPD). With a background in engineering, and more than 20 years of teaching experience, Stewart has also developed and presented Train the Trainer and Presentation Skills courses. In addition to delivering NEBOSH, IOSH and CIEH Health and Safety courses, Stewart is accomplished in the role of Health and Safety Advisor and his requisite skills include Accident Investigator, Risk Assessor, Driving Assessor, Health and Safety Auditor and NVQ Assessor. His outside interests include travelling where he has visited Australia, Hawaii and Nashville Tennessee.

Simon Starkey (MSc. BEng. PGCE CMIOSH), originally from an manufacturing background has additional engineering experience within the Royal Navy and power industry. Moving into public service he was employed in both the Police and Trading Standards Services. Before, qualifying as teacher and eventually entering full-time Health and Safety as a construction tutor with a major contractor. Simon’s experience within health and safety has since extended to advising an international aerospace company and, multi-discipline consultancy and training work. In his spare time, Simon rides and maintains motorcycles.

Andrew Arkinstall (CMIOSH Dip2OSH), Senior Tutor, and is a key person in our NEBOSH Certificate and NVQ programmes. Previously, he has worked in the retail and leisure sectors, progressing into the training sector and has gained a vast amount of experience and knowledge in health and safety issues. Clients include both large manufacturing companies and SMEs in the food, manufacturing, retail, construction, automotive, policing and higher education sectors. Andrew is a City and Guilds NVQ assessor and Internal Verifier with vast experience in delivering Health and Safety, Retail, Customer Service and Business Administration qualifications up to level 5. In his spare time Andrew enjoys shopping, golf and travel and looking after his son.

Chris Dougherty (GradIOSH MIfL), Chris has had a varied career in engineering disciplines. He started in agricultural engineering in Northern Ireland, spent 23 years in the Royal Navy as a Marine Engineer. Since 1995 he has worked as a Health and Safety Trainer/ Consultant working with the Petrochemical Industry, Food and many different contractor groups delivering a wide variety of training for NEBOSH, IOSH, CIEH and Industry Specific courses He is an enthusiastic and energetic Health and Safety Professional, currently a member of IOSH at Graduate Level His interest and hobbies include DIY, Golf, Jet Skiing

Kerry Edwards (BSc (Hons), CMIOSH, MIIRSM, RGN), has over 18 years experience in Occupational Safety & Health covering large businesses e.g. Vehicle Manufacturing, Design & Engineering and construction as well as SME’s. Kerry joined CRS in December 2005 as an NVQ Assessor, aiming to help others in the field of occupational safety and health to develop a dynamic approach in their workplaces. Kerry has developed and implemented Health & Safety management systems in many organisations with her extensive knowledge of legislation and potential civil and criminal liabilities. Kerry enjoys riding, wildlife protection, travelling and reading.

John Leivers (CMIOSH), is a mechanical engineer and a health and safety practitioner with a background in the power generation industry. He has worked with CRS since 1999. John specialises in training, particularly on our NVQ programme, and in the delivery of Safety Passports. He is also an RTITB Forklift Truck Instructor. In his spare time, John plays squash and is interested in hill walking and photography.

John Beresford (CMIOSH), joined CRS in 2005 as an NVQ Assessor. He has almost 30 years experience in health and safety, and for 25 years worked for a leading brewing and leisure company. During his time as Group Safety Adviser / Company Safety Manager he gained a wide experience of not only food and drink manufacturing and distribution, but also of the retail, leisure and hotel sectors. John has been a member of several national health and safety working parties including those of the British Beer and Pub Association and British Soft Drinks Association. He also holds the Institute of Acoustics Certificate in Workplace Noise Assessment. John is a family man and in his spare time he enjoys photography, music, walking and travel.

Paul Bradbury BSc (Hons), DMS, Dip2OSH, CSPA, CMIOSH, MRIPH, has over eighteen years experience in this sector. He is a Chartered Member of IOSH and a qualified microbiologist. He has experience in working for large multi - site retail organisations (food and non-food), manufacturing and the construction industry. As a trainer, Paul delivers NEBOSH, IOSH and CIEH courses. Paul is also an NVQ assessor. Paul has an unusual hobby outside work as he likes to build, fly planes and helicopters.

Jackie Holder-Wooloff (CMIOSH), is a specialist NVQ mentor and assessor. A Chartered Member of IOSH, she has over ten years experience in Occupational Safety and Health. Jackie served 30 years in the Police, latterly as Head of Health and Safety at Thames Valley Police prior to retiring in 2006. Jackie has gained extensive experience in training and coaching. She trained police recruits at a regional training centre and later, as a Director of Studies, inducted and developed trainers at national level. She believes in a pragmatic and co-operative approach to both health and safety and NVQ Assessing and takes great satisfaction from seeing others achieve their goals. Jackie has 2 boys aged twelve and seventeen. The family are also in the process of having a narrow boat built! She enjoys family trips to watch Leicester Tigers, gardening, the theatre, and walking and training their young Labrador dog.

Garry Barnes CMIOSH PgCert, Garry's career in health and safety started over ten years ago when he was assigned responsibility within a large production processing plant with some 500 employees. Since then, he has worked with some of the leading health and safety providers in the industry, providing services to some of the largest UK businesses including United Utilities, National Grid, British Gas and Carillion. This experience has given Garry the experience to deliver health and safety training courses at the highest level. As a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Garry is actively involved with his IOSH branch, and regularly attends monthly meetings and training seminars. Garry is a very enthusiastic health and safety tutor and a dedicated health and safety consultant with a very practical application to business-focused solutions.

Anna-Lisa Kelso, is a Senior Environmental Trainer. She is also an Environmental Consultant, NVQ assessor and Internal Verifier. She has ten years experience in Environmental Management and Sustainability across a wide range of sectors assisting companies to implement management systems to recognised standards including ISO 14001 and BS 8555. Anna-Lisa is an advanced trainer and has written and developed many courses for various awarding bodies (CIEH, ILM and NCFE). She has also developed courses that lead to Associate level membership of IEMA as well as many bespoke packages for a myriad of clients including the Environment Agency. She sits on the Sector Skills Council for Environment and Land Based Sector (LANTRA) steering group and has assisted with the re-write of the National Occupations Standards (NOS) for Environmental Management

Michelle Campbell, is a Senior Environmental trainer. She has six years experience in delivering training and EMS development to ISO 14001 for a wide range of companies and sectors. She is an advanced trainer and has written and developed many courses for various awarding bodies (CIEH, ILM and NCFE) and has also developed courses that lead to Associate level membership of IEMA as well as many bespoke packages for a myriad of clients including the Environment Agency and Sector Skills Councils. She sits on the Sector Skills Council for Environment and Land Based Sector (LANTRA) steering group and has assisted with the re-write of the National Occupations Standards (NOS) for Environmental Management. She is active in the IEMA North East Steering Group and has delivered presentations to the IEMA North East membership on several occasions. She has drafted approximately 15 environmental management systems to ISO14001 standard and we are delighted to report that she has had a 100% success rate for external certifications to this standard.

Bryan Weatherill BSc Hons. CMIOSH. FCIEA. PGCE., He says that health and safety has been part of the his world of work since his first day as an apprentice on the railway. With this background in engineering he moved into production and manufacturing engineering. After training to achieve qualified teacher status went into Lecturing at North Devon College. Whilst there achieved the NEBOSH Diploma and CMIOSH, then building up the Health and Safety Unit and working as College Health and Safety Adviser. Recognition as a Senior Lecturer and Advanced Practitioner proved a high point of his career. Has tutored and managed NEBOSH, CIEH and bespoke courses for circa 15 years. Also, taught as an Associate Lecturer for the University of Plymouth on their Engineering Degree programmes, specialising in the elements of health and safety, robotics, fluid power and engineering management. Has been a NEBOSH Examiner at both Certificate and Diploma levels for a number of years, latterly working as a Standards Officer in their offices.

Rodger Hope BSc (Hons), MSc, PgDip, CMIOSH, MIIRSM, has over 16 years experience of safety, health and environmental advisory and management roles in the public and private sectors.  He has worked in research and development, manufacturing, for a large unitary Local Authority, and for 10 years in the construction industry with some of the county's largest contractors.  He has extensive experience within the safety, health and environmental discipline of training course development and delivery, has been heavily involved in behavioural change programmes within the construction industry, and also has many year's experience of asbestos management.  In addition to the above he is skilled in risk assessment, developing safe systems of work and planning safe delivery of large construction projects.  In his spare time he enjoys sailing and boat maintenance, walking, playing tennis, and has recently started to learn sub-aqua diving and gliding.

Andy Newborough (MSc CMIOSH MIIRSM TIFireE), Andy has a wealth of 'line' management experience in fast moving customer facing environments and has over 17 years experience of health and safety consultancy, course design and delivery. Andy has extensive knowledge of safety in both the public and private sectors having held posts in retail, for a city financial institution and as Head of Safety for a London Borough. Andy holds a Masters degree in Health & Safety Management, is a Chartered Safety Practitioner and also holds membership of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and the Institution of Fire Engineers, which brings a very practical and robust approach to managing health and safety in the workplace. 
Andy has worked extensively with a number of County, District and London Borough councils, ALMOs, a Not-for-Profit organisation responsible for running a London borough's education services and the police service, as well as many private sector organisations including well known high street names. In his spare time, Andy supports his two sons in their junior football and rugby careers, is himself a qualified rugby union referee, and enjoys a busy family and social life.

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