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About -
The Executive Edge are Specialists in Health and Safety
The Executive Edge is a small friendly experienced organisation providing a comprehensive, professional and highly practical range of health and safety training and consultancy support services right across the commercial spectrum. Our services include public and in-house training courses. Consultancy, both
general and specialist, practical guidance, auditing, inspections, risk
assessments, safe systems of work, method statement preparation, policy etc.
Meet the Team
All of our team are extremely conscientious and highly motivated
individuals with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
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Barbara Drake
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Paul Wharton and Barbara Drake head up our consultancy service within the
risk and safety management role.
Paul has a background in engineering and training management working
extensively in the heavy engineering, electronics, civil and military
defence, plant, pre-press, communications, retail, FMCG and food processing
industries. This has involved dealing at all levels of business from shop
floor to the board, with official bodies and external providers both
contractor and consultant. Paul has held a number of senior appointments
within business including membership of trade bodies and has a pragmatic no
frills approach to practical safety management.
Barbara Drake, our principle HR consultant, is professionally qualified (Chartered MCIPD) with over 25 years’ experience in Human Resources, supporting both Corporate and SMEs clients. Barbara has well developed communication and commercial skills, is committed to the development of sound and viable employment management systems that will benefit both the organisation and its employees. Barbara’s experience covers a broad range of sectors including FMCG, manufacturing, engineering, health care, leisure, service, advertising and the arts. As soon as you employ just one member of staff you enter the minefield of employment legislation. Barbara can guide you through this in a proactive and pragmatic way ensuring that your practices, policies and procedures are both legally compliant and business effective.
Barbara is often consulted by employers, insurers and legal professionals to provide counsel and act as a management coach.
Providing our clients with the depth of support, often missed by many, that dovetails a number of business strategy and policy areas. The intrinsic link between safety and business management.
Michael Coverdale MBE heads up our Expert Witness Division handling and preparing case
documentation for our clients and insurers. Michael began his career within
the automotive industry. Following sucessful completion of his
apprenticeship Michael joined the Police Force retiring with 33 years service, he also served 21 years in the Royal Military Police T.A. achieving
Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM). Michael is an expert in statement taking,
having specialist training in traffic, crime and industrial injury matters.
Michael spent the last 8 years of service in the Criminal Justice Unit
preparing case files and obtaining statements, making plans and photographs
for Court. Michael is also road safety, logistics and supply chain
management and transport qualified as well as acting as a military and
police law specialist. Michael has recently been teaching European driving
road safety competencies and the Highway Code of these countries to improve
business drivers skills .
Darren Edwards, a full member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, heads up our Dangerous Goods and Supply Chain Consultancy Services, he has extensive experience and first hand knowledge of supply chain management, from green-field warehouse design and construction to implementation of inventory management systems.
Darren began his career within the Ministry of Defence in the Logistics and Communications field, during which time he was heavily involved in the carriage and movement of dangerous goods throughout the UK and wider world.
Darren continues to specialise in the management of dangerous goods, working across the commercial arena. Clients include blue chip chemical distributors, heavy engineering and manufacturing, haulage and distribution groups and construction companies.
A qualified Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor since 1998, he has developed a wealth of experience, not only in the successful health and safety management of dangerous goods, but with best practice within the chemical industry as a whole. Darren has personally contributed to the best practice and legal obligations of many companies.
As an International CPC holder, this has allowed Darren to ensure many small transport operators to develop and practice with professionalism within the complex ‘operator licensing’ criteria.
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