Hazards: Concurrent Session 5A - Safety Culture and Leadership
Tracks
Track 4
| Wednesday, September 30, 2026 |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Victory Room D |
Speaker
Avishek Biswas
SHEQ Manager
Vopak Terminal Australia
Activating the Barrier Guardian: Moving from ‘Calculative’ to ‘Proactive’ Safety Culture in Major Hazard Facilities
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Avishek Biswas is the National SHEQ Manager at Vopak Terminals Australia, where he serves as a core member of the Management Team driving national safety strategy and governance. A Bachelor of Chemical Engineering with over 10 years of experience, Avishek is a specialist in Major Hazard Facility (MHF) compliance and Process Safety Management. Beyond the energy sector, he has a proven track record of driving cultural transformation in the manufacturing and gas industries by leveraging data-driven system improvements, most recently leading Vopak Australia’s transition.
Dannae Campbell
Process Safety Analyst
Worksafe Victoria
Practical compliance in a world of distraction
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Dannae Campbell is WorkSafe Victoria’s Principal Process Safey Analyst with 20+ years experience in the development and implementation of major hazard facility safety case regulation and assessment. In fulfilling this role she achieves her ambitions of protecting the community from large scale catastrophic chemical incidents.
In 2023 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study regulatory and technical best practice for the safe onboarding of hydrogen and ammonia at scale. This report is freely available on the Trust’s website. She currently represents Victoria on several committees for Victoria’s safe transition to renewables and the Australian / New Zealand MHF Regulator Community of practice.
Mr Ardi Sastrohartoyo
Manager - APAC, Process Safety & Risk Management
Kemira Oyj
Leadership at the Sharp End of Risk: Strengthening Executive Oversight of Major Hazards
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Ardi Sastrohartoyo is a Chartered Chemical Engineer (CEng MIChemE) and Certified OHS Professional with over 20 years of experience across the mining, utilities, logistics, and chemical manufacturing industries. He currently serves as the Manufacturing and EHSQ Manager for Kemira Australia and also holds a regional role as Manager APAC – Process Safety and Risk Management. His work focuses on major hazard facility safety, operational risk management, and strengthening process safety leadership and organisational capability. Ardi is a Board Director of the Australian Organisation for Quality and a Guest Lecturer teaching Safety Management Systems in the postgraduate program at Monash University.
Session Chair
Paul Battersby
Business Engagement Manager
IChemE Safety Centre