Our Chief Executive

Rob Strange OBE FCIB C.Dir MIoD

Rob Strange became Chief Executive of IOSH on 1 January 2001. He joined the Institution in August 1997 as Deputy Chief Executive with specific responsibility for developing the range of commercial health and safety training courses and products, as well as for the secretariat and financial functions, before becoming Chief Executive (designate) in February 2000.

Rob became a Trustee of IOSH in November 2005, and until recently was also a Trustee of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). Rob was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced in June 2008.

Rob is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and also a Chartered Director.  He has also been made an Honorary Fellow of IOSH, in 2005, in recognition of his contribution to occupational safety and health and the granting to IOSH of a Royal Charter. He spent many years in senior management positions in the banking and financial services sector, predominantly with Alliance & Leicester plc, and has particular experience of heading up finance, sales, branches, legal and secretariat functions. He has led project management teams through two large mergers and a major acquisition, and was part of a strategic team responsible for developing and implementing organisational change management processes.

As Chief Executive of IOSH, Rob has overseen over eight years of unprecedented growth in membership numbers and financial performance, the development and achievement of three strategic plans, two extensions to head office, a new customer relationship management IT system, the introduction of individual Chartered membership and the development and implementation of a new corporate governance structure. He has chaired parliamentary dinners and conferences, and spoken on a range of topics including governance, outsourcing and membership development. Rob also served on the Brooke Commission on Corporate Governance in the Third Sector and is a member of the professional standards board of ACEVO, the professional body for chief executives of voluntary organisations.

Rob is married, with two grown up and married children and has three young grandchildren. His interests include history, genealogy, music, cinema, theatre, walking and motor sport.