New HSE chief executive

摘要

The health and safety Executive (HSE) has announced that it has appointed Dr Richard Judge as its new chief executive. Dr Judge, who will start in his new role in November, is currently chief executive of the Insolvency Service and has previously worked in science and technology organisations spanning the nuclear, rail and environmental sectors. He has a professional background as a chartered engineer (Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers), and is qualified as a chartered director. He will take over from Kevin Myers, who has been acting chief executive since August 2013, when Geoffrey Podger stepped down after eight years in the role. Judith Hackitt, HSE chair, said: "I am delighted to welcome Richard as our new chief executive and look forward to working with him. His valuable, considerable experience in both the public and private sector is a perfect fit for HSE, enabling us to take forward our commercial agenda whilst also ensuring we can build on our standing as a world-class regulator of workplace health and safety."