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Dubai Ceremony

Safety Summit 2025: One day. Real impact. Maximum return.  

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 JW Marriott Hotel Marina Dubai, UAE

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In partnership with NEBOSH Mobile

Where safety leaders meet to drive safety forward. 

As respected contributors to the global safety community and acknowledged experts in your fields, we would be honoured to welcome you to the RoSPA Safety Summit 2025, in partnership with NEBOSH.

This one-day gathering is where committed professionals and collaborative partners to come together to address the region’s most pressing health and safety challenges — from building resilience against extreme heat to preparing for future GCC regulations.

You’ll hear directly from world-class speakers and peers, sharing proven strategies and real-world solutions that are shaping safer workplaces across the region. This is your opportunity to be part of the conversation, and to help shape the future of safety in the GCC, together.

Safety Summit 2025 seats

The seat price includes full access to the event programme, lunch, refreshments, and networking opportunities.

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Award winners. Trusted partners. Respected safety leaders.
The Safety Summit 2025 is your opportunity to stand alongside peers who share your commitment to excellence — not just to listen, but to shape the future of OSH in the GCC and beyond.

We would be honoured to welcome:
•    Our award-winning safety champions inspiring industry standards worldwide
•    Long-standing RoSPA partners, collaborating to drive progress across organisations, sectors, and supply chains
•    Esteemed colleagues in OSH management ready to expand their influence, expertise, and impact
•    Women in Safety — change-makers eager to connect, exchange, and inspire across industries
•    Strategic decision-makers and C-suite leaders, guiding their organisations toward resilience, innovation, and a culture of care.

Reasons to attend Safety Summit 2025

Make your voice part of the conversation
Help shape the discussions that guide OSH in the GCC for years to come. 
Be the first to know
You’ll hear directly from people shaping policy and be among the first to understand what it means for leaders like you.
Share with those who lead by example
We’ll showcase powerful case studies from RoSPA Qualification Centres and award-winning organisations who are raising the bar in safety and health. 
Reconnect with your safety leadership community
More than networking — this is a gathering of friends, peers, and partners who share your passion for excellence. From informal conversations over coffee to thought-provoking panel debates, you’ll strengthen relationships and forge new ones for the future.

Our speakers

Mr Eugene Mayne
Founder and Group Chief Executive, Tristar Group

Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi
Chairman, Platform for Connected Leadership

Dr Rahaf Ajaj
Chair, Department of Environmental and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University

Mr. Mohamed Khalil Alsaeed
Director Safety, Health, Fire and Security, ALBA

Dr Maryam Bin Essa
Acting Director of Health and Safety Department, Dubai Municipality

Mr Ahmed Elasandoby
Senior Beach Safety Officer, Dubai Municipality

Dee Arp
Chief Quality Officer, NEBOSH

Dr Aissam Bousdjel
Consultant (International Business Development), NEBOSH

Dr David Marsh
PDO RSB Contract Manager, Dareen Global

Becky Hickman
CEO, RoSPA

Matt Cryer
Head of Awards, RoSPA

Penny Brooks
Driver Qualifications Portfolio Manager, RoSPA 

 

Event Programme

 

Time

Session

Speaker/Panelists 

9:30 am - 10:00 am (GMT+4)

Registration and networking

  

 

10:00 am - 10:15 am (GMT+4)

 

Welcome

Becky Hickman, CEO (RoSPA) and Ibtehal Hamed, International Consultant (RoSPA)

10:15 am - 10:45 am (GMT+4)

From Compliance to Commitment: The Evolution of HSE Leadership in the GCC

 Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi
Dr. Waddah is a globally recognised authority on Environment, Sustainability, Health & Safety, and Governance. Recipient of the Rashid Prize for Scholarship Excellence (2007) and IEMA Sustainability Leader of the Year (2019), he has held senior leadership roles in the ENOC Group and lectures at universities in the UAE, India, and Malaysia. He is Hon. Chairman for the Energy Institute Middle East and Vice-Chairman of the OCIMF. With decades of experience advising boards and directing high-impact HSE initiatives, Dr. Waddah is valued worldwide for combining strategic governance expertise with practical leadership in high-reliability organisations across the energy sector.

10:45 am - 11:30 am (GMT+4)

 Dubai Municipality: Focus on health and safety

Chair: Ibtehal Hamed, International Consultant (RoSPA)

Panel:

Dr Maryam Bin Essa, Acting Director of Health and Safety Department (Dubai Municipality)

Mr Ahmed Fathi Elsandoby, Senior Beach Safety Officer, Public Beaches & Waterways Management (Dubai Municipality)
An accomplished hospitality, spa, and safety management leader with over a decade’s international experience across luxury resorts, water parks, and public beaches. Skilled in operations, safety oversight, and wellness program development, leading teams of 100+ in high-profile environments. Currently Senior Beach Safety Officer at Dubai Municipality, driving safety excellence across 10 public beaches and waterways.

Dr. Aissam Bouadjel, Consultant - International Business Development (NEBOSH)
With over 20 years in global oil and gas, Dr Bouadjel drives safety, sustainability, and digital transformation. A NEBOSH trainer and examiner, he advises regulators and advances Net Zero goals globally.

 

11:30 am - 11:45 am (GMT+4)

 

Coffee break

  

11:45 am - 12:15 pm (GMT+4)

 

Climate resilience and worker wellbeing: Adapting to extreme heat, flooding and environmental hazards

Mr Mohamed Khalil Alsaeed, Director Safety, Health, Fire and Security (ALBA)
Since joining Alba in 1997, Mr. Mohamed Khalil Alsaeed has played an instrumental role in developing the organisation's standards, operating procedures and training programmes relevant to safety, health and environment. He is currently a key driver of major organizational initiatives focused on environmental sustainability, with a particular emphasis on the use of renewable energy, industrial waste management, and GHG emission capture projects.

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm (GMT+4)

Panel discussion | Women in Safety

Chair: Dee Arp, Chief Quality Officer (NEBOSH)

Panel:

Dr Rahaf Ajaj, Chair of the Environmental and Public Health Department, College of Health Sciences (Abu Dhabi University)
Dr. Ajaj is an authority on environmental sciences, sustainability, and climate change, with 20+ years’ experience across academia, nuclear regulation, and petroleum councils. Formerly a Health Physicist at the UAE nuclear regulator, she is a prolific researcher and policy leader, heading a UAE climate research cluster and holding senior roles in global sustainability and renewable energy networks.

Prarthana Dsouza, Service Delivery Manager (STS Group)

Doha Mattar, Regional EHS Director - AMESA (PepsiCo)
Doha is an accomplished EHS thought leader and business partner, known for developing impactful and sustainable EHS strategies and programmes across sites, markets and mutli-geographies. Doha's has gained over 20 years EHS experience across manufacturing, supply chain and commercial operations within the food and beverage industry and has positively contributed to enhancing EHS culture, business continuity and growth.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (GMT+4)

Networking lunch

  

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm (GMT+4)

Human Capital in motion: Road risk in the OSH sustainability agenda

Becky Hickman, CEO (RoSPA)
RoSPA CEO Becky Hickman brings over 20 years of experience and a strong communications background to shaping a distinct, sustainable approach to safety. Drawing on global case studies, she highlights the power of raising organizational and supply chain standards through recognition and celebration. Becky’s message is simple but profound: by nurturing a culture of safety beyond the workplace, organizations can spark deeper engagement and inspire lasting behavioural change—laying the foundation for a safer, more sustainable future for all.

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm (GMT+4)

Panel Discussion | Protecting your fleet drivers : How investing in safe driving standards reduces occupational road risk

Chair: Penny Brooks, Driver Qualifications Portfolio Manager (RoSPA)
Penny has been involved with learning and development in the field of driver training for 18 years. She qualified as a DVSA Approved Driving Instructor in 2003, quickly moving into fleet training and then into the design, delivery and assessment of driver training programmes, working with drivers and trainers in the UK and overseas.

Panel:

Mr Jamil Kharoudeh (ADNOC)

Dr David Marsh, PDO RSB Contract Manager (Dareen Global)
Dr. David Marsh is a road safety professional with over 25 years of experience. His career has evolved from hands-on driver instruction across all vehicle types to leadership roles in fleet training, behavioural-based driver education, trainer development, and project management. 

Mr Eugene Mayne, Founder and Group CEO (Tristar)
Mr Mayne founded Tristar in 1998 and under his leadership the group and its entities have grown to become Middle East’s largest privately-owned energy logistics solutions provider with operations in more than 30 countries spread across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Americas, and Europe. He has been listed among the Top 25 most influential logistics executives in the Middle East for seven consecutive years by the ITP Media Group. Mr Mayne is a Board member of the local UAE network of the UN Global Compact and the Indian Business & Professional Council (IBPC) Dubai.  

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm (GMT+4)

Building a culture of safety: Leadership strategies for high-risk industries 

Dee Arp, Chief Quality Officer (NEBOSH)
Dee Arp is a Chartered member of IOSH and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. Dee became a qualified health and safety practitioner 25 years ago whilst working at RoSPA.  As NEBOSH’s Chief Quality Officer, Dee has responsibility for providing leadership on qualification development and assessment and on all compliance matters. Dee is President of INSHPO and a RoSPA Ambassador and Head Judge of the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards.

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm (GMT+4)

Panel discussion: The RoSPA Health & Safety Awards

Chair: Ibtehal Hamed, International Consultant (RoSPA)

Panel:

Matt Cryer, Head of Awards (RoSPA)
Matt heads up the development and delivery of the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards - the leading and largest scheme of it's kind, which celebrates progression and excellence in workplace health and safety management. As well as coordinating the independent assessment and judging team who assess entry submissions, Matt regularly gives best practice advice on entry to the RoSPA awards at various forums and webinars throughout the year.

Bilau Smadi, EHS Director (Xylem)

Siyad Pottayil Mohammed, Head of Environment, Health, Safety & Quality (Etihad Airport Services)

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm (GMT+4)

Closing remarks and thank you

Becky Hickman, CEO (RoSPA) 

**Programme may be subject to change**

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Join valued members of RoSPA's global safety community on 24 Sept at JW Marriott Marina, Dubai, UAE to address the region's most pressing health and safety challenges.

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