Dr James Blanchard
Has a background in chemistry, biology and oceanography, and has some 25 years of international experience in the oil industry. Dr Blanchard has held various senior international health, safety and environmental posts with Marathon Oil and Enterprise Oil. Since 1992, he has worked as an HSE consultant to the industry. He has a broad knowledge of the upstream and downstream oil industry from licence negotiations through exploration, production, transport, refining and marketing. He has extensive experience in HSE Management Systems, their formulation, implementation, audit and training. This has included the role of advisor on the development of OGP's 'Guidelines for the Development and Application of HSE Management Systems'. In addition, he has considerable experience in strategic planning and policy development, risk and environmental assessments, audits, emergency response and oil spill contingency planning. Dr Blanchard is a Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and a Chartered Biologist. He is a director of the RBA Group, and Travelwatch and a Non-Executive Director of Triodos Renewable Energy Fund plc.