Minutes of Meeting North East Of England & Cumbria Branch Thursday 28th March 15:00 – 17:00 Acklam Hall – Hall Drive, Acklam,

Attendees Position Glenn Ridsdale Chair Andy Grant Vice-Chair Asgeir Nilsen Secretary Barry Cooper Treasurer Dave Dixon Membership Advisor

ITEM MEETING MINUTES ACTION BY DUE DATE The Chair opened the meeting and everyone gave a 1. Information brief self-introduction. All attendees confirmed their willingness to take on 2. AG to re-join IIRSM 30/04/2018 their designated roles. The committee reviewed the overall aims of IIRSM 3. Information 2021 Corporate Business Plan The committee agreed that it was important to align and agree the aims, purpose and objectives of the NE & Cumbria Branch to the IIRSM Corporate Business AG to review the key visions Plan. and values of the IIRSM 3 The committee agreed that it was essential to 4. year plan and create 30/04/2018 promote the overall ethos of IIRSM relating to risk deliverables for the Branch management and not just safety focussed. which are fully aligned Due to the extent of the IIRSM plan it was agreed that it was necessary for the Branch to identify some key deliverables to match the IIRSM plan. GR provided a brief background into the Branch title GR to propose the and recent re-alignment of postcodes to incorporate rebranding of the Branch to 14/04/2018 from the Yorkshire region i.e. including CA NE & Cumbria with IIRSM (Carlisle), NE (Newcastle), SR (Sunderland), DH Corporate (Durham) and TS (Teesside). GR to provide details of 5. An open discussion took place as regards CA Suzan Fikru & IIRSM postcode and it was agreed that Carlisle should corporate to committee remain in the NE region. 14/04/2018

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Adding Teesside to the NE almost doubles the DD to contact Suzan Fikru numbers for the region and there are about 12 IIRSM at IIRSM Corporate and members within CA postcode. obtain exact numbers of memberships and post code 21/04/2018 information; DD to then circulate membership profiles to committee e.g. managers/risk/safety etc. GR presented a brief outline of the membership in the region, job descriptions and numbers together with GR at first IIRSM events Next IIRSM 6. the results of the feedback from IIRSM corporate meeting to ask if anyone Events Meeting survey of membership. Approx. 10 persons expressed wishes to assist the Group an interest in assisting the branch. GR set out a list of potential pipeline of visits where provisional agreement has been agreed, including:-

➢ MGT – largest Biomass Plant in the world, based in Teesside; potential for 25 persons to be given a tour and their CEO to present a Dates to be confirmed by talk on risk management 7. the committee, pending ➢ Sirius Minerals – large construction agreement on launch event operation/mine being built; provisionally July 2018 ➢ Risk Management Loss Adjuster – their perspective on risk management for companies/how they can best advise companies on risk management etc. GR proposed a major summer launch event (potentially May 2018) where there were opportunities DD to make enquiries with for the IIRSM CEO to attend &/or CEO of Suez re. suitable venues including 8. Safety In Mind behavioural safety and risk 14/04/2018 Middlesbrough Riverside management culture programme &/or Sabic Stadium representative on construction project management risks associated with tanks & pipelines GR explained that it would be important to look at DD to make enquiries with potential revenues for funding of the Branch and venue providers for events events, given that there was a limited budget of and suggest/survey Next IIRSM 9. £500p.a. members on paying a small Meeting fee e.g. £50 each but 2 places free? The committee agreed that for the successful AN to identify potential promotion of IIRSM in the region we needed to make businesses/industries in the it accessible for other industries and disciplines region which could be 31/04/2018 included within the 10. circulation list and mailshots DD to enquire with IIRSM 31/04/2018 Corporate/Suzan Fikru if we

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The committee agreed that future meetings should be AN to identify suitable dates as follows:- for end Apr/May for the next 14/04/2018 a) Committee meetings – monthly (to maintain committee meeting impetus at this stage); different locations to be 11. used, as appropriate; AG to confirm that his b) Location for IIRSM Branch meetings – company’s boardroom is 21/04/2018 Teesside initially but then to be throughout available (Doxford Park, the region, including x1 in Carlisle region Sunderland) each year Under AOB 3 items were discussed:- a) Can the IIRSM Branch be used for accessing AN to contact Suzan Fikru job opportunities e.g. if we hear of a job and make the enquiry re. job 14/04/2018 opportunity can it be advertised through an advertising 12. email from Suzan Fikru? b) Obtain bios and photographs from all AN to obtain bios and committee members to create a IIRSM photographs from the 30/04/2018 committee bio committee members

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