Matt Jones is the Director/Principal Consultant of Advanced Safety, Founder of the Business Leaders New Zealand, Founder of the New Zealand Health and Safety Professionals, radio host of ‘Health and Safety Unplugged’ and ‘Business Leaders New Zealand’, podcast producer and one of the first health and safety professionals to become Health and Safety Association of New Zealand (HASANZ) registered.
Father of five, mentor and volunteer, Matt is passionate about helping individuals and teams find their confidence and business owners discover what they are truly capable of. Regularly producing value loaded information and content on radio, social media, live web-based events and public talks, everything he does is intended to be accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
Matt is determined to play his part in turning the current tide of preventable workplace fatalities in New Zealand and beyond.”
David Bristow represents the NZ Council of Trade Unions (CTU).
David has been involved with the Charter since its inception following the Canterbury earthquakes. David’s day to day job as an Organiser working for First Union dealing with Transport, Logistics, Manufacturing and St John sites.
David has a keen interest in health and safety as part of his job, but also worked on the Safe Rebuild project and the implementation of Safe Plus. David is a qualified in adult literacy education.
Keith Land and Karen reside in West Melton where they built in 2014, they have one daughter Lauren who is an Auckland based lawyer.
Keith relocated to Canterbury in 2011 following executive and governance roles in insurance and reinsurance in the UK, India, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, the Middle East, Australia and Pacific Islands.
Keith is passionate about helping the growth of sustainable and resilient businesses with Health, Safety and Wellbeing being a key part of business plans and was an original signatory of the Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter.
My focus in now on governance and advising SMEs on risk management and I am a business mentor with Business Mentors New Zealand.’
Meet all the Charter Board Members: https://safetycharter.org.nz/about-us/