Alex Lew
Board Member
Alex Lew, Senior Manager at Franklin Offshore, is a lifting industry expert with 22+ years’ experience. He leads cross-functional teams, champions safety standards, and chairs LEEA South East Asia, driving best practices and progress across regional lifting operations.
Andy Campbell
Board Member
Andy has been involved in the Lifting Industry since 1988 and is currently the Technical Services Manager for Bunzl Safety and Lifting who are a provider of Lifting and Rigging equipment and associated services across Australia.
Ashley Hall
Board Member
Ashley is an Area Sales Manager for The Crosby Group in the UK, and has been in the lifting industry for 28 years. As a Crosby authorised trainer, Ashley is often out on the road with Crosby's Rig Safe Rig Smart trailer, delivering toolbox talks and supporting LEEA's ethos of safe lifting.
Ben Burgess
Board Member
Ben is a director at William Hackett Lifting Products
Chris Towne
Learning and Development Committee Chair
Chris has been the Director of Towne Lifting and Testing since 1975. Currently engaged in delivering Lifting and Slinging Training particularly to do with Lift Planning.
Chartered Member of IOSH and Fellow of the Nautical Institute
Dave Cormack
Vice Chair
David is the owner and Managing Director of Delphini Ltd and has been in the lifting industry for over 30 years. Specialising in the design and manufacture of lifting beams, spreaders and frames in the marine and maritime industry, Delphini also offer bespoke lifting and structural steel solutions.
Derek Buck
Chairman of the Technical Committee
Derek is the Managing Director at Delmark Lifting Equipment, who specialise in bespoke lifting solutions.
Erik Lissola
Board Member
Erik represents Certex Denmark A/S and is Digital & Marketing Director for Axel Johnson International who has 23 companies specialising in lifting equipment, steel wire rope and services.
Kat Moss
Board Member
Kat represents Catena Inspection & Engineering Services Ltd, a supplier of lifting equipment, proof load testing and statutory inspections in the Midlands.
Marcus Curry
Board Member
Marcus is Managing Director of George Taylor Lifting Gear, one of the UK's leading brands of lifting, hoisting and mechanical handling products.
Martin Halford
Board Member
Martin is Managing Director and owner of Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd, who specialise in the Design and Manufacture of Load Cells and Load Monitoring Equipment, as well as a Director at Vulcan Offshore Ltd who specialise in Engineering services to the Offshore Industry.
Oliver Auston
Board Chair
Oliver is the CEO and founder of Safehold, and has over 20 years of experience within the industry.
During this time, he has developed a wide range of products from industrial soft goods to complex engineered products and has over 70 patents credited to his name.
Paul Fulcher
Board Member
Paul is the owner and Managing Director of Rigging Services (formerly LGH Rigging), a specialist service provider to the Events Industry.
