Access Key	Description
1	Home Page

News and events

News release

04 March 2010 - NR 06/10

New IOSH representative for INSHPO

IOSH is delighted to announce that Vincent McNeilly CFIOSH has been appointed as its new representative on the board of directors for the International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO).

Vince is chief of HSE & Security of Marine and Protective Coatings Business Unit within AkzoNobel and was appointed IOSH Research Committee chair in 2003. With a background in chemistry and over 17 years of working as a health and safety practitioner, Vince's professional experience includes both low and high hazard environments.

INSHPO was founded in 2001 through the efforts of the then IOSH president, Paul Faupel and representatives from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE). The first board of directors was appointed in 2004 and since then Paul Faupel has successfully served his term as president and past president of INSHPO.

IOSH chief executive, Rob Strange OBE, said:

“I’d like to express my warmest gratitude to Paul for his major contribution to the success of INSHPO. He played an important part in setting it up and has seen it grow tremendously over the last nine years.

“I wish Vince all the best with his appointment to the board of directors, and I look forward to seeing INSHPO continue to flourish.”

INSHPO members include:

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), USA
Associazione professionale Italiana Ambiente e Sicurezza (AIAS), Italy
Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), Canada
China Occupational Safety and Health Association (COSHA), China
Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention (IFAP), Australia
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), UK
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Management (IOSHM), Mauritius
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA), Korea
Korean Industrial Safety Association (KISA), Korea
National Association of Centres for Occupational Safety and Health (NACOT), Russia
New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM), New Zealand
Safety Institute of Australia (SIA), Australia
Singapore Institution of Safety officers (SISO), Singapore

Affiliate members:

Board of Canadian Registered Safety professionals (BCRSP), Canada
Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), USA
National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), UK

- Ends -

Notes for editors:

IOSH is the Chartered body for health and safety professionals. With more than 37,000 members in 85 countries, we’re the world’s biggest professional health and safety organisation.

We set standards, and support, develop and connect our members with resources, guidance, events and training. We’re the voice of the profession, and campaign on issues that affect millions of working people.

IOSH was founded in 1945 and is a registered charity with international NGO status.