About the author


Barry Holt is the head of health and safety consulting with Cardinus Risk Management Ltd, part of the THB Group. He has over 30 years’ experience in providing environment, health and safety consulting services and training to a wide range of commercial, industrial and public organisations. Barry has worked in most European countries, the Middle East, USA and Far East. Prior to joining Cardinus in Jan 2009 he was regional director, Europe with the National Safety Council, USA and a senior consultant in the business risk practice at Willis and principle consultant at Norwich Union Risk Services.


Barry Holt Head of Health


and Safety Consultancy Cardinus Risk


Management Limited


He is also involved in the academic fi eld, being a visiting lecturer in health and safety and risk management on MSc programs at University College, London and formerly at Imperial College, London. For four years he was external examiner on the postgraduate programs in the Centre for Hazard and Risk Management, University of Loughborough. Barry was a member of the project board for a three-year government-funded research project to identify key factors infl uencing risk perception in construction projects. This was carried out by University College, London and the University of Manchester Business School.


His clients have included major blue chip organisations, particularly in the engineering, chemical, petroleum, food and drink, pharmaceutical and mining industries including Royal Mail Group, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Siemens, Phillip Morris, Kraft Foods, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, ILO, BP Chemicals and Eastern Petrochemicals (Saudi Arabia). He has written numerous articles in journals and has contributed to two books on risk management in construction projects. He has also spoken at many events including the NSC Congress and a UN Environment Program conference at the Royal Society in London.


He has a BSc (Eng) in Metallurgy from Imperial College, London and is an Associate of the Royal School of Mines, a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and a Member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management. Barry was formerly a director of the Institute of Risk Management and was its chief examiner in risk analysis and chairman of their examinations committee.


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