The EUA/IGEM Gas Industry Awards ceremony was held at the Park Lane Hilton in London. Chris Bielby, Chair of the Gas Safety Trust (GST) and the Gas Industry Safety Group (GISG) received the 2016 IGEM/EUA Leadership award.
Mr Bielby, whose day job is as Director of Industry Liaison at Scotia Gas Networks (SGN), was recognised at the Awards for his long-standing commitment to improving safety and performance within the gas industry. The citation referred to his strong leadership during the unbundling of the UK’s gas industry whilst at British Gas and his central role in all of the major UK initiatives to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning over the last 40 years.
Chris Bielby said:
“I am pleased to have received this award, and to be recognised by my peers. I am proud of our industry and all that it has achieved during the time that I have worked in it. We have seen huge changes and we are now, as an industry, not only safer but also proactively dealing with the envi-ronmental, regulatory and innovation challenges that have developed. However, I am mindful of the fact that there are still a number of issues the industry faces in the coming years and I hope to con-tinue to be a part of the industry’s efforts to deal with them.”
