Global Leaders in Process Safety Leadership

Helping high-hazard industries prevent major accidents, protect people, and build operational resilience by looking at organisations through a complex system lens.

At Premier Safety Associates, we partner with global corporations in sectors such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals, and Pharmaceuticals to enhance process safety leadership.

Our expertise empowers leaders to identify unseen risks, prevent catastrophic events, and create a culture of trust and adaptability across their organisations.

Trusted By Leading Organisations

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What Drives Us

We understand the stakes are high; a single incident can lead to loss of life, environmental harm, reputational damage, and regulatory action. Our work gives organisations confidence that every level of leadership is prepared to anticipate risks and act decisively.

Why Organisations Choose Us

When safety leadership is under scrutiny, experience matters.

Boards and senior executives turn to Premier Safety Associates when the stakes are high - whether responding to an incident, preparing for regulatory review, or proactively strengthening organisational resilience. Our independent perspective, combined with decades of cross-sector leadership experience, allows us to provide clear guidance at moments of critical importance.

We bring.

  • An independent perspective and innovative thinking

  • Leadership experience across multiple high-hazard sectors

  • Tailored solutions aligned with your organisational governance and regulatory requirements

  • Agile and discreet support for complex operational challenges

Fresh Insights, Real Impact

Why Major Incidents Still Happen in "World Class" Operations

Leadership and systems, not missing rules, drive major accident risk. See leading indicators, learning reviews and board questions that cut catastrophic risk.

The Five Safety Leadership Conversations Your Executive Team Should Hold Each Month

Make catastrophic risk a standing agenda item. Five monthly conversations, signals to track and a simple 60-minute format for safer, better-governed operations.

Turning Near Misses Into Real Learning: A Blueprint for High-Hazard Operations

A practical blueprint to capture, triage and learn from near misses. Improve reporting quality, close the loop and build resilient, lower-risk operations.

Premier Safety Associates built the safety leadership foundation that underpins our global operations.

Oil & Gas
Rod Ritchie former VP HSEQ, OMV Exploration & Production

They shifted our safety mindset from compliance to true adaptive leadership.

Manufacturing
Steve McGrady, former Director of EHS, Global Pharmaceutical Company

Peter Neal challenged our senior leaders and inspired proactive risk reduction.

West Africa Operations
Christophe Catala, former Head of Process Safety, Addax Petroleum

About Us

Premier Safety Associates provides world class international expertise in process safety leadership at cultural, process and operational levels for organisations in high hazard sectors.

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