Being a safety professional is the only thing that David has done since he was 19 years old more than 2 decades ago. He has worked across many high-risk industries and has been responsible for overseeing safety across operations in more than 100 countries. He has been a career learner having completed a Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology and OHS), Masters of Health Science (Risk Management and OHS), Masters

of Business Administration (Finance and Economics) and a PhD in Safety Science.

David has spoken at more than 100 national and international conferences over the last 5 years and published more than 10 academic research papers in leading safety journals. In 2018, David was awarded the prestigious Dr. Eric Wigglesworth OHS education medal by the Australian Institute of Health and Safety for his research and contribution to safety. David is an Adjunct Fellow at the Griffith University Safety Science Innovation Lab.

Every week David co-hosts ‘The Safety of Work’ podcast which reviews the latest safety science research and shares practical advice for making improvement within real organisations. The Safety of Work podcast is listened to every week by thousands of safety professionals and managers in more than 90 countries.

Being the Chief Learning Officer at Safety Futures is the culmination of David’s career of practice as a safety professional and his extensive research.

Amanda has a broad career as a business professional in many different industries. She has been involved in leading the implementation of significant business and technology change projects. Having experience operating in large and complex organisations Amanda knows how every function in an organisation needs to operate to deliver stakeholder outcomes.

Amanda’s role as Program Manager at Safety Futures is responsible for all technology and business management. Her focus is always primarily on the user experience, and she brings that to every aspect of management at Safety Futures.