The general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress will give the keynote address at this year’s UK Oil and Gas Industry Safety Awards.
Grahame Smith will address the afternoon ceremony at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on Wednesday, April 24, where he will also present winners with their awards.
He is a member of two government/oil and gas industry groups which aim to maximise the potential of the industry – Pilot and the Scottish Oil and Gas Industry Leadership Group.
The safety awards, sponsored by Maersk Oil, are jointly organised by Oil & Gas UK and Step Change in Safety. They honour the top people and companies across seven categories.
Robert Paterson, Oil & Gas UK’s health and safety director, said: “The safety awards are getting bigger every year and I’m very pleased to announce we will have a very high-calibre speaker at the event in the form of Grahame Smith”