Garus-Alaka Wale

I am a highly experienced Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) professional with over 16 years of experience delivering robust health and safety management systems across manufacturing, FMCG, construction, and high-risk industrial environments. My background as a Project Engineer and Health & Safety Manager has equipped me with the technical knowledge, leadership capability, and practical experience required to provide comprehensive and up-to-date health and safety advice and guidance to staff and managers at all levels.

Throughout my career, I have consistently demonstrated the ability to interpret and apply UK health and safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH, PUWER, and RIDDOR, ensuring organisational compliance while promoting a proactive safety culture. I have successfully developed and implemented policies and procedures aligned with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 standards, ensuring continuous improvement and best practice across operations. My approach combines regulatory compliance with practical risk management, ensuring that safety systems are both effective and sustainable.

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER — Medik8 (Aylesbury, January 2026 – March 2026)

• Led the design and delivery of Medik8’s health and safety framework, policies, and procedures across all sites and functions.
• Ensured full compliance with UK health and safety legislation, industry standards, and best practices.
• Identified, assessed, and mitigated workplace risks through robust risk assessments, audits, and inspections.
• Championed a positive safety culture by embedding health and safety awareness into everyday working practices.
• Investigated incidents, near misses, and hazards, ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Advised senior leadership on health and safety risks, trends, and performance.
• Managed relationships with regulators, insurers, and external consultants as required.
• Developed and delivered health and safety training and communications tailored to different roles and environments.
• Monitored performance through KPIs, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supported business growth, new projects, and change initiatives by ensuring health and safety is considered from design through execution.

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER — Ambala Foods (Cake Box); Welwyn Garden City (July 2025 – Jan 2026).

• Designed, developed, and implemented the company’s Health & Safety Management System, aligning with ISO 45001 and food industry regulations.
• Led risk assessments, safe systems of work, and hazard reporting processes across production, maintenance, warehousing, and logistics.
• Established emergency response procedures, including fire safety, spill response, and evacuation drills.
• Delivered tailored health & safety training programs for staff at all levels, improving hazard awareness and reducing incident rates by [70%].
• Collaborated with food safety and operations teams to integrate HSE with HACCP and GMP requirements, ensuring compliance with both occupational and food safety standards.
• Developed the training material and coordinated training on fire safety, manual handling, infection prevention, and first aid
• Promoted a safety culture through behavioral safety awareness campaigns and toolbox talks
• Spearheaded safety culture initiatives, increasing hazard reporting and employee engagement in workplace safety
• Managed accident/incident investigations using root cause analysis (RCA), implementing corrective and preventive actions
• Monitored daily site inspection registers to call out and follow up on gaps identified before becoming an incident.
• Developed standard HSE metrics to facilitate proper monitoring of HSE performance at all levels of the business

MASTER OF SCIENCE: PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

— University of Sunderland

Sunderland, Dec 2023

MASTER OF SCIENCE: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

— University of Ibadan

Ibadan, Nov 2011

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

— Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Ogbomosho, June 2008