Mrs Nina Fairweather
Overview
Over 30 years experience in the International leisure, catering and hospitality industry, of which 20 years have been focused on providing leadership in Food Safety, Health & Safety, Emergency and Crisis Management. A very competent leader, auditor, risk assessor and engaging trainer.
Recognised to have an open, collaborative and helpful approach. Nina leads by example, provides coaching and engages multi-cultural teams. An excellent record for furthering awareness to ensure compliance through hands-on advice to all levels of management, the development and implementation of compliance toolkits, training and ongoing communication, to all levels of the organization. Performance driven and able to communicate clear and concise goals, yet also maintain a pragmatic approach. A dedicated self-motivator with a passion and enthusiasm for achieving success and delivering results. Demonstrable ability to establish a functional strategy and priorities in reducing risk with multi-cultural stakeholders. Confident collaborating with external contractors, external agencies, customers, communicating effectively with a diverse range of people at all levels.
Specialisms
| Industry | Years Experience |
|---|---|
| Catering and hospitality | 30 |
| Entertainment and leisure | 17 |
| Topic | Years Experience |
|---|---|
| Legionnaires' Disease | 10 |
| Corporate responsibility | 15 |
| Managing for health and safety | 17 |
| Human factors | 15 |
| Leadership | 15 |
| Risk education | 15 |
| Risk management | 15 |
Services
Legionella surveys
Competent legionella risk assessor with over 10 years experience.
Testing programme in association with PathCon Laboratories EU
Food Safety
Development of food safety management systems, training, auditing, outbreak management.
REHIS training centre for Elementary Food Hygiene, Elementary HACCP in food manufacturing; Intermediate Food Hygiene - E'learning course
Accredited Training
IOSH Leading Safely and Managing Safely approved trainer
Leading Safely is aimed at people with leadership responsibilities, such as senior managers, directors, heads of departments, board members, business owners and chief executives – wherever they are in the world. It will convince leaders that effective safety and health management will create real and lasting business beneļ¬ts.
Leading Safely is a face-to-face session (four contact hours), supported by pre-course online content, including a diagnostic questionnaire for all participants to complete and an optional e-learning module that can be used to give background information.
The course will support decision-makers to:
- develop a strategic understanding of the value of safety and health
- understand good practice from leading global organisations
- understand where they want to position their organisation’s safety performance against other organisations
- plan for implementation
- understand their operational responsibilities and the opportunities of good performance, as well as the consequences of poor performance.
REHIS training centre
Bespoke training also written
Audits
In-depth property risk surveys - H&S, Fire, Food Hygiene, Security
Coaching, policy review, risk assessment, emergency & crisis planning
Quality Management Systems - ISO 9001:2015
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System - ISO 45001:2018
Work History
| Role | From - To | Job Title / Description |
|---|---|---|
| Director Safety & Security | 06.2006 - 03.2017 | Overall direction and responsibility for safety, hygiene and security management of 260 hotels & resorts across EMEA regions Policy development, training, inspections and auditing, emergency preparedness and crisis management |
| Interim Head of Safety & Security | 12.2017 - 05.2018 | Interim Head of Safety & Security for Travelodge Hotels Ltd (+560 hotels) Managing team of Regional Health & Safety Advisors and administrative support Board Reporting; Communicating to various levels of Operational Management; Primary Authority liaison Policy review: Emergency and crisis escalation, Accident/Incident investigation, Personal security |
| Freelance Hygiene, Safety and Security Consultant | 06.2017 - today | Developing and delivery of bespoke management training; IOSH trainer Interim Safety & Security Management Risk assesment, auditing, policy development REHIS Elementary food safety, HACCP Emergency & Crisis Management |
| Hygiene & Safety Advisor | 05.1999 - 05.2006 | UK and European advisor to Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts |
Membership of Professional Bodies
| Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 03.2014 | |
| IIRSM | Fellow (FIIRSM) | 10.1999 | 03.2014 |
| REHIS | Ordinary Member | 12.2018 | 03.2014 |
Qualifications
| Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Certificate | ISO 9001:2015 Auditor/Lead Auditor | 09.2018 |
| City & Guilds | Certificate | Legionella risk assessment | 09.2011 |