Who Are The iESMWG?
An International Steering Group (iESMWG) has been created to oversee the production of the iESM Handbook to ensure that this up-to-date good practise handbook on engineering safety management is compliant with European legislation, can be applied worldwide and addresses the needs of Railway operators, controllers and multi-national suppliers. Profiles of some of the members of the iESMWG are provided below:
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Gab Parris, Principal Consultant, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Mr Gab Parris is a Principal Consultant working for WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff. He is a Chartered Engineer specialising in Railway Signalling and the Asset Management of Rail Control Systems Assets in the Urban & Mass Transit domain. Prior to joining WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff in 2014 he worked for London Underground (part of Transport for London) for 25 years. During that time he has worked extensively in the field of operational asset management which includes; maintenance delivery management, safety engineering, technical assurance, audit, reliability improvement and asset management and major project sponsorship. He has also worked with UK mainline rail and other metros worldwide through EC-funded Train Control Systems research projects (metro systems), International Committees & the IRSE; developing industry standards, benchmarking and sharing good practice in the above areas. He was also a member of the original 'Yellow Book' Steering Group. |
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Gareth Topham Gareth started his railway career with British Rail in 1994 as an S&T Graduate trainee and having completed the two years training moved into signalling maintenance based in Glasgow. He commenced his railways system safety career with Lloyd’s Register Rail (or MHA) in 1997 producing safety cases for signalling and rolling stock projects including the West Coast Main Line. He has worked on projects and with suppliers in France, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Sweden UK, New Zealand and Australia A move to Australia in 2004 led him to RailCorp where he was the Principal Safety Change Advisor before returning to Scotland and taking up a position ultimately as Rail director for Abbott Risk Consulting and back to Oz! Since returning Gareth took a position with Rio Tinto as H&S Manager and now delighted to be working on the AutoHaul™ project as principal safety assurance. |
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Dr. Roger Chen Dr. Roger Chen is the deputy chief engineer of research institute of general technology of Beijing National Railway Design and Research Institute of Signal and Communication Co., Ltd. (CRSCD), a certified safety engineer and a certified quality engineer of P.R.China. He’s responsible for setting up safety assurance system of CRSCD. Roger has extensive experience in leading safety validation for signalling safety platforms, CTCS products and CTCS engineering projects. His research interests focus on reliability modelling, safety assurance techniques, safety management, and safety validation of signalling systems. |
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Professor Niu Yingming Professor Niu Yingming had worked at Beijing Subway Corporation and Beijing MTR Construction Administration Corporation successively since 1975, holding positions as deputy chief engineer of BMTRO, Manager of communication signals department and chief engineer of Equipment Management Center respectively. In her tenure, Professor Niu took charge of signal equipment’s management and maintenance and equipment upgrading and reformation of the existing line, reviewed construction scheme and organized project implementation and security management of engineering including Beijing Subway FuBaXian(part of Line 1), Line 5, Line 10, Yizhuang Line, Changping Line, Line 14, etc. Meanwhile, Professor Niu engaged in equipment research and subway standard development with the relevant research institutes, tertiary institutions, which won the National Scientific Technology Advance Award and Beijing Progress Prize in Science and Technology. As the committee of National Rail Transit Standard Compile Technical Committee organized by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China, the deputy chief of professional group on National Rail Transit Equipment Technology Accreditation Commission, the deputy chief of drafting group on National Rail Traffic Signal Professional Technical Standard, fellow of International Railway Signal Engineers Association, professor Niu is reviewing rail transit standard and technical support work. |
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Jean-Marie Cloarec Throughout his career, particularly during his participation in various industrial and railway projects, Jean-Marie CLOAREC has acquired extensive experience in the field of operational safety, reliability and maintainability studies and in the analysis of safety, for railways, but not only (e.g. military, nuclear, automotive, space, etc. industry). He worked a long time as RAMS Consultant, before joining SYSTRA in 2003 for the High Speed Rail project in Taiwan where he was assuming the IC (Independent Checking) activities. Then he joined Bombardier as the RAMS Lead Engineer for the Gautrain project in South Africa. He’s now RAMS Senior Expert with SYSTRA, where he is acting as an RAMS Expert Consultant in Qatar, KSA, Denmark, France, Belgium, etc. He currently chairs a RAMS Working Group in the French Institute of Risk Management or IMdR (Institut de Maîtrise des Risques). In addition, he has published various articles on RAMS topics and he is responsible for the RAMS Tutorial within the French RAMS Conference. |
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Dr Robert Davis Robert is a specialist in railway systems integration and R&D project management & engineering. Following an early career in the car, aerospace and defence industries he has worked extensively within the rail sector. He has previously led British Rail HQ and Network SouthEast signalling centre developments, and has held posts as Professional Head of Electrical Engineering and Control Systems in Railtrack’s Major Project Division and as Head of Systems Engineering & Integration for the £10B West Coast Programme. |
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Paul Cheeseman Paul Cheeseman is a career railwayman trained in railway signal engineering, who specialized in the development, application and assessment of safety critical systems and processes whilst working for the British Rail Board. He has produced numerous safety cases for novel equipment and regularly acts as Lead ISA on projects around the world. Paul was part of the team that delivered the Yellow Book workstream in 1992 when he was working with BR Network South East. He was responsible for developing the Lloyd's Register suite of Yellow Book training courses and has delivered versions of the course in eight different countries. He was acting Chair of the Yellow Book Steering Group when it ceased in 2009. |
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Bruce Elliot Bruce Elliott has worked in ESM and systems engineering in the transportation sector for more than 20 years. He led the team that produced the British Rail work instructions that became the Yellow Book. He went on to act as editor for versions 1, 3 and 4 of the Yellow Book and he then edited version 1 of the iESM Handbook. He has delivered training and practices as a systems safety engineering throughout this period. Most of this experience is in the rail sector but he also set up ESM processes for a large Canadian air traffic services project and for the Canadian air traffic services supplier. In 2014 he completed PhD research into the benefits of adopting systems engineering approaches in rail projects at the University of Birmingham in the UK. |
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Mike Castles Mike is the Professional Head of Safety Engineering & Risk for Ricardo Rail in the UK. He has been an Engineering Safety Management practitioner for over 20 years, preparing and managing safety cases for projects, systems and products, from hazard identification and safety planning through to final safety arguments and acceptance. He is also a lead Independent Safety Assessor. Mike is a career railway professional, specialising in safety-critical signalling systems but also with significant experience in other railway disciplines including rolling stock. He is an expert on the European Common Safety Method on Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSM RA), and has applied it to a major resignalling project, amongst others. Mike was a member of the Editorial Committee for the Yellow Book application guidance note on ‘Safety Management and Standards’. |
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Mark Roome Sadly Mark passed away prematurely on 20 Feb 2018. His entry remains to record his commitment to railway safety. Mark Roome was a Systems Assurance Engineer with wide experience in rail operations, operational planning and software based control systems. Mark’s rail career began with QR and developed into discipline head for the signalling and operational systems design group. This period coincided with the rapid expansion of QR’s heavy haul operations (now Aurizon) and the electrification and expansion of passenger services throughout SE Queensland. Mark worked in all Australia states as well as internationally (especially while based in the UK for six years). Career highlights included leading the development and implementation computer-based traffic control systems (in both power signalled and dark territories), heading up a UK based rail operational planning and assurance team supporting engineering design and construction on London’s Crossrail and Thameslink projects, assisting DaneBanmark with the implementation of their asset management system and many fast-paced refranchising assignments. He returned to Australia in 2007, and continued a consulting role with key clients and where he was imbedded into the Rio Tinto AutoHaul® project in the role of Systems Assurance Manager. This autonomous train project is based on ETCS Level 2 technology and is in the final stage of deployment. |
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Greg Newman Greg Newman is a Professional Signalling Engineer and Lead Assessor with more than 30 years’ experience in delivering major signalling projects. He has led the ISA of safety product development and signalling modification works on metro systems throughout Asia and Australia against international good practices (EN50126/8/9) and Engineering Safety Management requirements. Greg is also an experienced trainer of the iESM. Greg’s career began as a signalling engineering for Queensland Railways. His key qualifications include, but are not limited to: |
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Steve Bickley Steve Bickley is a Director at Abbott Risk Consulting, ARC, in Australia. ARC is an independent consultancy providing safety, risk management, human factors and independent safety assessment consulting to all high-risk industries in Australia and overseas. |
