International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations

Eddie Greer
President

Eddie Greer is the President and owner of Eddie Greer & Associates located in Sugar Land, Texas. Eddie has developed and delivered numerous keynotes, presentations and seminars on leadership, team building, crisis management, and behavior based safety across the United States, Canada, Middle East and the United Kingdom.

Eddie recently retired after thirty-one years of service with Brown & Root/KBR serving in leadership positions throughout the company in areas of HSE.

Eddie is past society president of the American Society of Safety Engineers where he is a professional member and sits on the Society Ethics Committee. He currently serves on the Board of Certified Safety Professionals in Savoy, Illinois, and is a trustee for the Texas Safety Association Foundation. Eddie holds a BBA from LeTourneau University and an Associate in Science Degree from Paris Junior College. Eddie is a Certified Safety Professional by exam. Eddie was honored in 1987 as the Gulf Coast Chapter Safety Professional of the Year.

Martin Ralph
President Elect

Mr Martin Ralph is the Managing Director of IFAP. As part of his role Martin manages the implementation of IFAP’s occupational safety and health consulting services.

Prior to joining IFAP, Mr. Ralph was appointed as a Special Inspector of Mines with the WA Government Department of Minerals & Energy where he specialised in matters related to radiation, ventilation and occupational hygiene. Mr Ralph has also spent several years with one of Australia's premiere mining houses, Western Mining Corporation (WMC), initially as a Radiation and Safety Technician, and then later as Radiation and Safety Officer on WMC's Olympic Dam and Yeelirrie Projects.

Martin has developed and delivered a wide range of training programmes, including a United Nations sponsored programme for radiation protection and occupational health and safety specialists in the South East Asian tin and among mining industry.

Phil Lovelock
Vice President

Phil is a health and safety professional with considerable experience across a broad range of industries including pharmaceutical manufacturing, power generation and distribution, airports, transport, health and community organisations, emergency services and office based organisations. He is currently employed as a Senior OHS Consultant with the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry [VECCI].

Phil is a Past President of the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA) and is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute (CFSIA), a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH) and a Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Phil is the endorsed SIA representative for INSHPO.

Paul Faupel
Past President

Paul Faupel is Immediate Past President of INSHPO.

Paul’s career started in 1968, working in smoke obscuration technology and later in toxicology, graduating as a Chartered Biologist in 1975.

Gaining an initial qualification in health and safety in 1979, he moved into full-time employment as a Safety & Health Practitioner in 1980. Paul gained his higher qualification in health and safety in 1982 and was Registered as a Safety Practitioner and made a Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in 1989.

Following the award of chartered status to IOSH in 2002 and to its members in 2005, Paul was made a Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner.

During his career Paul worked in scientific research and local government organisations, including London Fire & Civil Defence Authority. He retired as County Health & Safety Adviser from Cambridgeshire County Council in March 2007.

Paul’s distinguished service to his profession has been continuous since 1995 and culminated in being appointed President of IOSH in 2000 to 2002 and as first President of INSHPO in 2004 to 2006.

Jim Allan
Secretary & Treasurer

Jim Allan has had a varied career after graduating from the University of Toronto with a B.Sc.

He spent four years in the Canadian Armed forces, prior to joining Bell Canada, the major Canadian Telephone company. The first half of his 34-year career in Bell was in operations (construction and maintenance) and the latter half in health and safety in both a regional and corporate basis. He has been actively involved in the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering for almost 20 years, serving in all executive committee positions within that organization.

He now is President of his own H&S consulting company and has been appointed to INSHPO as CSSE's representative.