Our people

Lord Jordan was President of RoSPA from 2008-2013 and is now Life President.

He has a great interest in both safety and education. Ever since presenting RoSPA’s top occupational health and safety award – the Sir George Earle Trophy – to Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) in 2005, Lord Jordan has been keen to encourage high-performing companies to learn from each other and share their safety expertise.

A trade unionist by background, Lord Jordan began his career as a shop steward at GKN in Birmingham. He was President of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union from 1986-1995, during which period he was also a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. In 1995, he became general secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, a post he held until 2002. He was a governor of the London School of Economics from 1987-2002 and of the BBC from 1988-1998. He has also held a number of international presidencies, including that of the International Metalworkers' Federation, and was a member of the UN High-Level Panel on Youth Employment.

Lord Jordan was chairman of RoSPA’s board of trustees from 2008-2013 and is now chairman of the governing body of Ofqual-recognised RoSPA Qualifications.

Baroness Eaton became a Deputy President of RoSPA in 2020.

A former teacher, Baroness Eaton has been a Conservative life peer since July 2010. She was a councillor with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council for 30 years from 1986 - 2016, leading the council from 2000 - 2006, and was the chairman of the Local Government Association from 2008 - 2011. She was made a Dame in the New Year Honours 2010 for services to local government.

Baroness Eaton is a member of the Advisory Panel of the National Media Museum, Vice-President of the Local Government Association, Vice-President of the Trading Standards Institute, Governor of Lady Lane Park Preparatory School, Bingley, and a member of Beckfoot Multi Academy Trust, Bingley.

Crossbencher Baroness Mary Watkins has recently joined the RoSPA Presidential team. She is a leading healthcare professional, a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and a member of the NHS England Board. Her roles have taken her as far afield as Kuwait and Qatar and she’s keen to continue to travel as part of her RoSPA role. She’s also very active in the Upper House, including membership of All Party Parliamentary Groups on global health and intensive care. Her work with housing associations also gives her insights into the relationship between accidents, ill-health and inequality.

Mike was born in Liverpool and received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Manchester and an MBA from the Manchester Business School.

He began his career with Dow in 1968 where he later became president and chief executive. In 2003, he was appointed group chief executive of BNFL, successfully dismantling and overseeing the privatisation of the company until he left in June 2009.

Mike has served on various boards and committees including as chairman of Liverpool’s economic development company, senior independent director of Crystalox Solar and SNC-Lavalin, chairman of Street League, non-executive director of the Land Domain Executive, trustee of the Energy Institute, non-executive director of Sigmoid Pharma and Laird Plc, advisory board member of Tower House Partners LLP and management board strategic adviser to the Metropolitan Police.

He was made a CBE in the New Year’s Honours in 2009 for services to the energy industry and in 2014 received the recognition of Citizen of Honour for the City of Liverpool.

Under his guidance, RoSPA has also launched several successful charitable campaigns, such as Safer Stairs, Fall Fighters and the recent success of Protect Our People. These initiatives have helped solidify RoSPA’s impact on public safety and health.

Kizzy is a Partner in a large UK City law firm and is a Solicitor Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience, and has significant experience in defending companies, senior directors and employees in corporate manslaughter and serious health and safety prosecutions. She is committed to promoting a more proactive and preventative approach to health and safety – both in the UK and globally – through the use of briefings, review of corporate policies and practices, the stress testing of companies’ approaches to health and safety compliance and by being involved in consultations and industry reviews of current and proposed legislation. She promotes the importance of leading health and safety 'from the top' through Board and Trustee training sessions, reminding them of both their individual and corporate governance responsibilities.

Kizzy is recognised by The Legal 500 in 2022/3 as an “exceptional Leading Individual” for health and safety. She is also highly ranked in Chambers & Partners in 2022/3, which describes her as “impressive, forward-thinking and really excellent at what she is doing”. She has been voted one of the top 15 health and safety influencers in the UK by around 600,000 global readers of the Safety & Health Practitioner.

She has been on the Trustee and Executive Boards of a number of organisations in recent years, including a local school and health and safety industry organisations.

Rose brings a wealth of board and governance experience from her executive Chief Financial Officer (CFO) career of over 30 years, with a particular focus on financial strategy, transformational change and governance. Rose trained with KPMG and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

Her work as a CFO for engineering and design consultancies Hyder Consulting and Arcadis gave her a great insight into the positive impact that awareness of risk through education and safety by design can have on our quality of life.

Brian is a capable and flexible Director with a successful track record in both Executive & Non-Executive roles in a wide variety of settings including public listed companies, not for profit organisations and government.

Brian has developed his leadership skills as Chief Executive in a variety of organisation turnarounds and thoughtfully/carefully adapted to the non-executive environment. Adapting to diverse sectors, he has focused on building capable teams, developing clarity of strategic intent and dynamic delivery cultures. Working in chemicals, manufacturing , housing and a safety regulator, prevention of accidents has been a strong theme throughout Brian’s career.
 

Sarah leads on strategic capability and engagement in the devolved nations supporting the work of the Health and Safety Executive as a GB-wide regulator.

Sarah is a career civil servant, first joining as a scientist, then moving into policy development and external collaboration. Sarah has served on the national executive of a trade union becoming elected vice president for several years. She is also a lay member of the Employment Tribunal, currently sitting on cases in Glasgow.

Stephen is a successful entrepreneur and business leader who is focused on how disruptive technology is changing the world of work – and how business can thrive in this new environment.

A seasoned chief executive officer who has built successful tech-based businesses, he has international commercial and technical expertise at a senior level, including the profitable development of businesses and the acquisition and sale of companies. His extensive international experience includes the management of global teams and the development of business and government relations in China, Japan, South Korea, Europe and North America.

Stephen now specialises in board-level leadership where he can invest and apply his knowledge to the commercialisation of new technologies such as the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, mobile payments, secure transactions and cybersecurity.

As well as his non-executive roles, he also provides advisory and investment support to high-growth companies and performs consultancy work for private equity and other investors.

Born in South Wales, Jocelyn graduated in management science from the University of Kent at Canterbury. Her career in FMCG marketing spans multiple food and beverage categories in the UK, Europe and Australia, and she is a former marketing director at consumer goods giants Kraft Foods and Danone.

She now runs her own consultancy business and has a portfolio of non-executive and charitable roles, and is a governor of the University of West of England (UWE).

Jocelyn is married with three children and lives in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

As chief executive of ConsultSafe Ltd, Graham shares his experience as a global leader within the occupational safety and health (OSH) world with more than 20 years’ experience in a variety of high- and low-risk environments in both private and public sectors. His background includes strategic OSH management for real estate, facilities management, logistics, aviation and general health and safety management sectors.

Graham is a Fellow and past president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). He is also a Fellow of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM), a professional member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), international member of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineers (CSSE) and certified member of the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), while also being one of the leading RoSPA Awards Ambassadors.

Through his work with various organisations, Graham has been able to engage on a global platform with leaders including the ILO, WHO, ISSA and governments across the world.

Naomi is former Executive Director of Campaigns at the business lobby group London First. Prior to focusing on her campaigning work, Naomi spent 15 years working in finance and accounting with the likes of Arthur Andersen, Deloitte, and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, as well as chairing voluntary groups. 

Michael is an independent public health consultant. In the NHS he worked mainly as a Director of Health Promotion for different health authorities. Director posts involved: managing a department, initiating and leading multi-agency groups (including accident prevention), and initiating and advising on research and evaluation.
 
At the University of Nottingham he was involved in injury research for 20 years. He was a temporary adviser for the WHO and has also provided advice at national and local levels on accident prevention. He has been involved in research in different countries including: England; Iran; Malawi; Palestine; and Uganda. He is a regular contributor to debates in the British Medical Journal.
 

Paul is a CMO specialising in the growth of technology companies. Currently working in event and venue software, his background combines Marketing, Sales and Customer roles including as Senior Director at Eventbrite, leading global consumer and B2B teams at Twitter, a Board Director at advertising agency AMV BBDO, and a strategic consultant at Accenture. He's highly experienced in digital effectiveness and growing companies internationally, and has won multiple awards throughout his career including The Guardian Mega Innovation award in 2010 for his personal data project #sixweeks in which he successfully charged companies for being their customer.

Paul was a Non-Executive Director at UK retailer Card Factory for 8 years, an arts charity trustee and is an advisor to the National Trust. He has a strong passion for futures thinking and is a keen sportsman. 

Becky assumed the helm of RoSPA as CEO in 2024, marking a historic milestone as the organisation’s first female chief executive. 

With over two decades of dedicated service, Becky's journey to CEO has been defined by key transformation initiatives. Under her tenure, RoSPA’s sales and marketing functions were rebuilt and the now flourishing strategic partnerships division was born. Becky's visionary leadership extends to societal impact, evidenced by initiatives like the Brighter Beginnings Appeal, aiding vulnerable families, and her strategic collaborations with industry giants such as L'Oréal and Berkeley Group which have secured RoSPA's global influence in health and safety excellence. She was also at the helm of RoSPA’s sector-leading response to the recent REUL Bill. 

As CEO, Becky steers RoSPA towards its vision, placing sustainability and member-centricity at the forefront. With her unwavering commitment to safety and innovation, Becky charts a bold course, laying the foundations for future growth to stand RoSPA in good stead for years to come. 

Monique’s career has been primarily with Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, where she has had nearly every role in Finance from an accounts payable clerk to CFO. She has a BCom in Business Managements and Psychology and is a member of CIMA.  Her key skills are delivering change, implementing structure, and profit optimisation. She joined RoSPA as interim Finance and IT Director and after a few months she became part of the team, and it was decided she would join RoSPA permanently. 

 Her key objectives are to implement an IT system that supports our members and customers and streamlines all our processes securely, and to move finance from back-of-house administration to valued business partner, focusing on future opportunities and risks.

Tracey is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, has a BSc in psychology and an MSc in business and personnel management.

Having joined RoSPA in 2009, she is responsible for the wellbeing of RoSPA staff and ensuring that RoSPA is compliant with changing legislation in relation to employment matters and data protection. As Operations Director Tracey also oversees RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders (RoADAR), the administration and delivery of workplace safety and fleet training and consultancy and the management of RoSPA facilities.

Tracey and her teams focus on delivering a high quality, high value experience to RoSPA clients.

Julia develops and implements the strategic direction of RoSPA awards, events, membership and qualifications. Responsibilities include oversight of the robust qualification and awards procedures, including the secure awards online entry system used by nearly 2,000 entrants from over 40 countries, assessment, verification, quality processes, reporting into the qualifications board of trustees and driving through changes to ensure an unrivalled membership experience.

She has a BA (hons) in Business Management and 20 years experience in developing relationships with prospective clients, ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources, budget and line management. Julia has overseen many RoSPA events but a career highlight was managing the RoSPA Centenary Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, attended by nearly 3,500 guests.

Adrian heads the policy and press team at RoSPA, where his team uses evidence-based policies to enhance safety in the UK and beyond. They also share news, views, insights, and member achievements through various media channels. Before joining RoSPA, Adrian led non-food policy at the British Retail Consortium, assisting top global retailers with challenges like retail Covid recovery, the cost-of-living crisis, and post-BREXIT product safety regulations. His career started in Local Trading Standards Services, working on the front lines of consumer protection and later managing Trading Standards Services and leading on business advice, education and codes of practice for the trading standards profession. Adrian holds a degree in journalism, is a Chartered Trading Standards Practitioner, and serves as a Non-Executive Director of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

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At RoSPA, James combines his research skills with his policy background and a keen interest in politics. He is responsible for: developing and implementing our research strategy; analysing trends in accident data; identifying policy problems and working with our policy team to propose solutions; managing our campaigns work in conjunction with the Head of Policy and Press; supporting our public affairs and press functions; managing our historic archive; and responding to public enquiries.

James joined RoSPA in 2024, having spent the previous two years at Make UK. He has experience in policy, research, campaigns and public affairs, with a prior focus on housing, manufacturing and the economy. He also has degrees from the University of Oxford (BA) and King's College London (MRes), and received research council funding to complete a mixed methods PhD in contemporary English history at the University of Sussex. He was a tutor at Sussex, is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and has published in academic journals.

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