Stephen Panton

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About Stephen Panton

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) leader with over 25 years experience predominantly in bio-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical sectors. An EHS leader at international and regional level with a proven track record who: • Is passionate about establishing and building successful safety teams, understanding and ownership which embeds a strong safety culture. • Develops aligned EHS management systems and programs across multiple sites and internationally. • Sees the bigger picture but is also detail oriented, when required, to deliver tangible and sustainable competitive advantage. • Works collaboratively to optimise productivity, with pragmatic risk management, whilst ensuring compliance and risk mitigation beyond acceptable when it adds value. • Ensures the safe delivery of new research, development, manufacturing and laboratory facility builds. • Provides assurance and insight through site and business unit audits to enhance performance and build management system effectiveness. Key areas of experience are: EHS strategy, governance and program development Safe construction, commissioning and decommissioning of biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical development, manufacturing and laboratory facilities Leading occupational safety, health and environmental audit programmes Chemical risk management Fire and explosion safety Working across multi-national cross -functional teams Facility management including security, controlled drug and asbestos management Specialties include: Potent and high hazard chemical risk management REACH compliance Biological safety including contained use of genetically modified organisms containment level 2 Nanotechnology Business Continuity Management