Simon is a Chemical and Process Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the mining, pharmaceutical, FMCG, and nuclear industries in New Zealand (4 years), Australia (2 years), Ireland (5 years) and the UK (15 years). Simon has carried out hazardous area classifications for a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, smelters, mines, and paint factories. His experience also includes working with radioactive hydrogen (tritium) at the Joint European Torus fusion research facility. Simon has a BE(Hons) in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Canterbury (NZ). He is a Chartered Engineer with the IoMMM and IChemE.

Lisa is a chemical engineer with over 25 years of experience in top-tier oil and gas companies and as a principal risk consultant at GPA. She has extensive expertise in operations engineering, engineering management, reliability, maintenance, and process safety consulting. Throughout her career, Lisa has experienced and learned from major incidents, been involved in recovery efforts, experienced the introduction of MHF legislation, and led the preparation, audit, and licensing of two safety cases. Recently, she has facilitated safety in design studies for future fuels projects involving new and novel technologies.

Todd Yu is a Regional Sales Manager at DNV with over 14 years of experience in the engineering software and energy sectors, driving market development and customer success across the Asia-Pacific region. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and an MBA. His expertise includes process safety software, technical consulting, and market development. His professional background spans software engineering, consulting and business development. He actively supports the energy transition and digital transformation, helping organizations deploy engineering software solutions for emerging sectors such as hydrogen, ammonia, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and maritime decarbonization.