Mary Gerschefski
Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental (HSSE)
Manager, Shell
Mary Gerschefski is Shell’s Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE) Manager for Emerging Technologies where her primary responsibility is growing process safety competency and driving continuous improvement in how process safety risks are managed across Technology Development for Shell. Mary joined Shell in 2011, prior roles in Shell include Technical Safety Engineering Program Manager and HSSE Manager roles for Major Capital Projects in Upstream, Downstream and Midstream businesses.
Mary is a Texas A&M graduate from the Class of 1997, holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. She is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and her HSSE experience spans across deepwater developments, chemicals manufacturing and distribution, and renewable energies. She is dedicated to driving process safety performance through a focus on integrated solutions, increasing process safety competence at all levels in the organization, and mentoring younger professionals as they strive to be the safety leaders of tomorrow.
Dr. Michael G. Hamblin
Head of Process Safety and Investigations
Woodside
Dr Michael G. Hamblin holds a BEng (mechanical) with 1st class honours and PhD from the University of Western Australia.
Early in his working life he was involved in farming, open cut gold mining and then consulting to the Oil and Gas industry.
Since joining Woodside as staff in 1997 he has held many roles including engineering, maintenance and production management positions across LNG plants, offshore platforms and dis-connectable FPSOs as well as leading the Operations division risk management, compliance and process safety assurance activities.
His was previously General Manager Quality responsible for Quality Management support across all Projects and Operations at Woodside.
Currently Head of Process Safety and Investigations Michael oversees Process Safety Management and significant HSE event investigation process across Woodside globally.
Dr. Steve Horsch
Technical Leader, Dow’s Reactive Chemicals group R&D EH&S organization, Dow
Dr. Horsch is a Fellow at Dow and is the technical leader for Dow’s Reactive Chemicals group and the R&D EH&S organization at Dow. Dr. Horsch holds a PhD, master’s, and bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Wayne State University. He has been working at Dow for more than 17 years starting as a Sr. Engineer and progressing to Associate Scientist, Senior Scientist, principal scientist, and eventually Fellow. His expertise includes but is not limited to Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of reaction systems via adiabatic calorimetry, reaction calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, and heat of mixing calorimetry to determine total energy release and rate of release. His work has been instrumental in the safe design of reaction vessels, determination of safe operating envelopes, understanding thermal stability, and maximizing production.
Bridget Todd
VP, Enterprise Health, Safety and Environment
Leader, Baker Hughes
Bridget Todd leads the Health, Safety and Environment function, for Baker Hughes, commencing the position in 2022. She is responsible for leading the company’s Health, Safety and Environment management, including governance, reporting, programs and performance.
Previously Todd led Performance Excellence for Health, Safety and Environment responsible for building an integrated approach to performance management incorporating organizational learning, human performance, management systems, and governance.
Before joining Baker Hughes in 2012, she consulted to the energy and automotive industries, specializing in environmental and human health remediation and compliance. She holds BSc in Geology and is based in Houston, Texas.
