Chief Executive Cheryl Cartwright and Business Manager Steve Dobbie flew over for the event and both reported that it was a great success, with a solid turnout and an interesting and entertaining speaker.
The speaker, Wayne Vernon, Chief Inspector Petroleum & Geothermal High Hazard Unit in the NZ Government, provided a detailed and well-argued case about the need for safety and the background to the management of regulation in NZ. Mr Vernon had recently been appointed to this role after working for Australia’s offshore regulatory body, NOPSEMA, and in the United Kingdom’s health and safety regulatory regime.
Ms Cartwright and Mr Dobbie thanked Graham Alexander of Core Group, for his assistance in organising the event. With such a positive response – and the tremendous turnout at the Young Pipeliners Forum pre-dinner drinks – it seems NZ will now be on the official APIA calendar of events.