Ruben is currently operations manager of Scott Lister's head office in Sydney. Reporting to the managing director, Ruben is responsible for the operations of Scott Lister business in New South Wales, which includes a team of eight risk and safety management consultants. Ruben has more than 10 years of international experience in railway engineering safety management, including tunnel & fire safety, risk management, RAMS and asset management.

Ruben has a master's degree in civil engineering & management, with a major in traffic & transportation planning. Previous positions include: Risk and Assurance Manager at Leighton Contractors, Senior Consultant Engineering Safety & Risk at Lloyds Register Sydney, Fire Safety Engineer at Arup Singapore, Product Manager Tunnel Systems at the Dutch Railways and Advisor Passenger Transport at the National Transport Research Centre in The Netherlands.

Brendyn Williams is a qualified civil engineer, project manager, certified lead auditor, and compliance and risk management professional, with over 25 years experience primarily in the building and construction industry, including with the public sector, private sector and not-for-profit organisations.

Since 1995, Brendyn has been involved in the practical application of risk management in parallel with compliance management - with a focus on the design, development, implementation and audit of management systems which support business management and effective project delivery- particularly in relation to major road construction and maintenance projects in NSW.

For nearly 10 years, Brendyn has been the Principal Consultant for Pentagon Management Pty Ltd (www.pentagon.com.au), which provides a range of consulting, auditing and training services to the infrastructure industry and beyond.

Brendyn is also Deputy President of Engineers Australia Sydney Division, a Federal Safety Officer for the FSC, a Skill Examiner for RABQSA, and is currently involved in the Professional Performance Innovation and Risk (PPIR) implementation project being undertaken by The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering.

Ian Ackland is a Chemical and Environmental Engineer who currently works with NATA Certification Services International (NCSI) as a Certification Auditor for Environmental, Safety and Quality Management Systems. Previously he has held a variety of positions at employers which include NSW EPA, NSW Rail sector, Australian Iron & Steel Port Kembla (now Bluescope Steel), NSW Department of Education and Sydney University Chemical Engineering Department.

Ian is President, Sydney Division of Engineers Australia in 2010 and holds voluntary positions with the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) and the Board for Certification for Environmental Practitioners (CEnvP Board). He is also active in Lions Clubs International, having held all Board positions at club level.

Jean Cross is emeritus professor at UNSW where she was professor in the School of Risk and Safety sciences for 18 years teaching in OHS and risk management courses and undertaking research into applying risk assessment techniques.

She chaired the standards committee OB7 which prepared AS4360 until 2004 and currently chairs the committee which deals with IEC standards on dependability and risk.

Jean has a degree and PhD in Physics and prior to joining UNSW worked on electrostatic problems and applications and on gas discharge phenomena.

As a civil engineer with over 15 years experience in the construction industry, Pedram is a certified Master Project Director (MPD) and a professional member of Engineers Australia. He is highly skilled and technically proficient in different aspects of the project planning and controls field including Programming, Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA), Quantitative Cost Risk Analysis (CRA), Project Risk Analysis with the application of Monte Carlo Simulation Technique, Project Monitoring & Controls (PMC) Systems, Earned Value Performance Measurement technique (EVPM), and Multiple Projects Planning & Controls (MPPC).

Pedram is an industry innovation award winner for his programme statistical analysis skills and the Primavera system applications in analysing programmes. He is an executive member of professional groups including the International Program Committees of AMSRA, IASTED, RES and CELM Sydney.

Pedram is currently an Associate Director with Blue Visions Management (blueVisions), a professional international project management consultancy that provides government and private organisations with increased project certainty and reduced risk through innovation, culture and excellence in delivery. He is leading a team of Planning & Controls specialists within the infrastructure and construction sectors.

Peter is a senior consultant for Capital Insight, a project management and consultancy firm based in Sydney. Peter's role focuses on the definition, planning and approval of capital works projects in the health, research, education, transport and justice sectors. He has over 15 years experience providing consulting, project management and audit services to both the public and private sectors.

Peter has a degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. Peter is a Certified Practicing Risk Manager (CPRM) and a Quality Management Systems Auditor with substantial experience developing and auditing quality and safety management systems across a range of industries.

Ian McLeod is a Senior Consultant with Evans & Peck Sydney. Ian currently works on Risk Based Cost Estimates for various state government authorities including dam safety upgrades for State Water and water and wastewater systems for Sydney Water. This is done at the concept design stage or pre-tender detailed design stage, establishing inherent estimate risk and overall project contingency risk.

He has over twenty years experience in the construction and engineering industry working for private companies as well as local and state government public organisations. Ian has worked on projects around Australia in most capital cities including Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and regional centres Newcastle, Gosford / Wyong and Orange in NSW at Cadia goldmine. He has specialist knowledge in earthmoving, retaining structures, roads, drainage reticulation, water distribution systems and contracts management.

Ian has a Bachelors degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Associate Diplomas in Civil and Structural Engineering. He is currently undertaking a Masters in Business Management Technology. Previous positions include: Project Manager with BMD Constructions, Contracts Engineer with WJ Friend, Site Supervisor with Christie Civil, Senior Geotechnician with Douglas Partners, Civil Estimator with Balfour Beatty, Site Engineer with Public Works Dept and Graduate Engineer with John Holland's and Baulkham Hills Shire Council.