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  • Rudolph Driessen

    Operations Director, Shell Gazprom NEFT

    Rudolph Driessen is Operations Director of Shell & Gazprom´s joint venture Salym Petroleum Development in Western Siberia. As Production Director, Rudolph Driessen has overseen an “Incident and Injury Free” cultural safety change program in the organization following a severe incident in 2014. In 2016, he received a Safety Recognition Award for the cultural change programme due to its strong improvement of the organization´s multi-year stagnant safety performance.
    Rudolph Driessen holds a Master in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University from 1990.
     

    • 11:20 - 11:50 Engaging people in the journey, and Transforming Safety Leadership

      Does it really make good business sense moving beyond processes and systems?
      Does better safety really mean better business performance?

      What does it take to embody leadership that shifts mind-set’s of over 5,500 staff, contractors, and subcontractors - operating in harsh technical, commercial and financial environments - driven by a historically influenced hierarchy culture - dominated by strong command and control, ‘semi-macho’ and blame behaviour styles across its leaders?

      For the past 3 years, this has been the focus of my life, transitioning the safety leadership culture in Salym Petroleum Development, operating in Western Siberia. Leading and sponsoring this journey has had a profound impact on me as a business leader and person, and I believe we all have similar experiences and learning. By sharing these impact-points, let us all create truly Incident and Injury-Free environments, where ‘Care for People’ translates to safety, as well as business efficiency and performance.
      11:50 - 12:05 Talk with Rudolph Driessen
      Odd Oeen and Rudolph Driessen will elaborate on the themes issued in each of they speeches and discuss with the audience how we can stay committed to our vision to sending all of our people home safe every day while at the same times facing challenging times.
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