Meet the Team

Brian is a leading expert in the control and management of electrical systems used in offshore/onshore oil and gas facilities. He has spent over 20 years providing training and consultancy services to the sector.

He developed PFC’s unique high-fidelity Generation and Distribution simulator, used throughout PFCs training portfolio.

Having a varied background since working offshore, Scott is one of the leading experts within the Non-Technical Skills (NTS) discipline. To date he has observed over 100 groups in simulation exercises, over 90 external simulations and over 50 offshore NTS observations. All of this data plus his working background makes Scott feel just as at home in the simulator as he does offshore and thrives in sharing this knowledge with new groups.

Although he has a strong understanding of all the NTS – his area of interest lies in helping those on the front line understand and apply Communication, Situation Awareness and Stress Management. For example, he has recently led the way with a programme of ToolBox Talk coaching across the Oil & Gas Industry.

As Human Factors Director of PFC he has an overall understanding of the importance of human factors and its application across projects. 

Emily’s natural skillset leans her towards understanding the importance of the process element of Human Factors. Her organisational and management skills make her one of the best at methodical Human Factors techniques – including SCTA.

Emily has led several SCTA programmes across a number of disciplines including Pigging and Flares & Vents. Her problem-solving ability allowed this work to continue during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, through the development of a remote data collection method.

Emily’s keen eye for detail allows her to excel at document management and Human Factors integration within task procedures. Barely a week goes by without a call for assistance from a client regarding procedure best practice. Emily has worked on a range of projects over the years, including those with regulator oversight and has become proficient in delivering best practice and meeting industry standards. In addition to the above Emily can be found offshore completing assessments or task walkthroughs.

Emily had the pleasure of being recognised as highly commended for the New Ergonomist of the year in 2022.

Despite only being with the company less than a year, Libby has continued to develop and impress with her skills. Initially coming on as a summer intern whilst still at the University of Aberdeen Libby’s enthusiasm and keenness to learn made her stand out from the crowd and earned her a part time role within the company when she returned to her studies.

Following her graduation Libby has come on to the team as a full-time member of staff and continues to impress with her attention to detail and interest in all elements of the work.

Professor Neville Stanton, PhD, DSc, is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Engineer, and Chartered Ergonomist.  Neville is a Professor Emeritus in Human Factors Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.  He has degrees in Psychology, Applied Psychology and Human Factors from the Universities of Hull, Aston and Southampton in the UK.

Professor Stanton has worked at the Universities of Aston, Brunel, Cornell and MIT before re-joining Southampton in 2009.  He has published 60 books and over 400 journal papers on Ergonomics and Human Factors. 

Professor Stanton is a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Fellow of The British Psychological Society as well as a Chartered Ergonomist and Fellow of The Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.  

In 1998 he was awarded the Institution of Electrical Engineers Divisional Premium Award for a paper on Engineering Psychology and System Safety. The Institution of Ergonomics and Human Factors awarded him The Otto Edholm Medal in 2001, The President’s Medal in 2008 and 2018, as well as The Sir Frederic Bartlett Medal in 2012 for his contribution to basic and applied ergonomics research.  The Royal Aeronautical Society awarded him the Hodgson Prize and Bronze Medal in 2006 for research on design-induced flight-deck error.

Dr Maggie Stanton is a Chartered Psychologist and member of the Division of Clinical Psychology with the British Psychological Society. She is also an Accredited Therapist and Supervisor with the Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).  As Psychological Therapies Lead, for many years Maggie headed a team of psychologists and psychological therapists in a large NHS trust. More recently, she has focused on teaching and supervising professionals from a range of backgrounds.

In 35 years of mental health clinical work, she has specialised in seeing clients with a range of difficulties. Maggie has lectured and supervised at post graduate level including on the DClinPsych course at the University of Birmingham, the DClinPsych and Post Graduate Diploma CBT at the University of Southampton and the Post Graduate Diploma in DBT at the University of Bangor. For 10 years she was a Senior Trainer with British Isles DBT Training. Maggie has been involved in a range of research including being Clinical Lead in a large multi-centred randomised control trial (RCT) for Treatment Resistant Depression. She has published her work in journals, books and at conferences, including two books on teaching and using mindfulness skills, and has been an invited speaker both nationally and internationally. 

Maggie was a Director of the UK and Ireland Society for DBT and was a member of the Expert Reference Group, which developed the Self-Harm & Suicide Prevention Competence Framework for the NCCMH.  

Glenn E. Ridsdale is the Managing Director of Gauged Solutions, and as a member of IIRSM he currently chairs the North East and Cumbria branch, having helped to establish it in March 2018. A career that started in aeronautical electrical engineering, Glenn has subsequently spent the last 20 years working in high hazard industries including power, oil, gas, petrochemical, waste and recycling, construction and Sub Sea, having held senior risk management positions in most. 

As comfortable on the shop floor as he is in the Board Room, Glenn is a Chartered safety professional passionate about both. Coaching executives or working with operational staff, Glenn specialises in both the human and technical aspect to managing risk. 

With an MSc in Behavioural Change, specifically related to occupational health and safety, Glenn has worked across the globe introducing cultural and behavioural based safety change programmes to a diverse range of organisations. One such behavioural change programme delivered by Gauged Solutions to Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd,  won the inaugural IIRSM Barry Holt Award for Outstanding Risk Management Practice at the 2018 Risk Excellence Awards Dinner. 

PFC and Gauged Solutions have an open and honest working dynamic and complement each others skillsets. 

Asgeir Nilsen is the Principal Consultant for Gauged Solutions and is an experienced risk management professional with over 20 years UK and international experience, working in a variety of industry sectors including logistics, oil and gas, power generation, construction, demolition, waste management, leisure and manufacturing.

A former specialist personal injury lawyer as well as holding a number of senior management positions within industry Asgeir is able to bring a different perspective to businesses in understanding, addressing and resolving health, safety and environmental issues faced by companies.

Experienced in developing and auditing management systems (ISO9001,14001,45001), training (NEBOSH, IOSH & bespoke courses) and in applying modern behavioural safety techniques attained through his MSc studies in Behavioural Change.

Commercially astute, Asgeir is able to balance the need for effective safety management and resilience within modern fast-moving businesses and is currently Secretary for the IIRSM North East & Cumbria branch.

PFC and Gauged Solutions have an open and honest working dynamic and complement each others skillsets.