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Global HSE / About
About the Practice

Built in the
field.
Not the
boardroom.

Global HSE Consulting is a Vancouver-based occupational health advisory practice focused on preventing occupational disease and strengthening practical health systems for high-risk industries.

Meet the Founder & CEO
Why Global HSE Consulting Exists

Prevention systems, not paperwork.

Occupational disease is preventable when evidence becomes practical systems, accountable operations, and measurable workplace controls that protect workers in real operating conditions.

The work is not measured in reports filed. It is measured in diseases that did not occur.

What We Believe

Occupational health improves when prevention is designed into how work is planned, measured, and governed.

  • Prevention before harm
  • Systems before paperwork
  • Evidence before assumption
  • Global perspective, local application
The Method

How the work is actually done.

Every engagement follows the same four-stage approach – whether it is a single mine, a national policy framework, or a multi-country research programme. The deliverable changes; the method does not.
Stage 01

Diagnose the system gap

Identify where the gap between what the law requires, what the data shows, and what actually happens in the workplace is widest. The gap is the brief.

Stage 02

Design for implementation

Build frameworks that work in this jurisdiction, this industry, and this workforce – not frameworks borrowed from elsewhere and resented locally.

Stage 03

Embed measurement

Prevention systems without surveillance infrastructure produce documentation. We build the data layer that makes improvement visible and accountable over time.

Stage 04

Build institutional capacity

The goal is not dependency on external advice. It is a functioning organisational or national system that improves independently after we leave.

Leadership & Advisory Team

The practice,
in the people.

Global HSE Consulting is led by a small senior team and a network of sector associates – each carrying a defined line of expertise. Mandates draw on the combination the brief requires; no project is staffed by one person alone.

Dr. Nayab Sultan, Founder & CEO of Global HSE Consulting Limited
Leadership

Dr. Nayab Sultan,
Founder & CEO.

MSc, MRes, MPhil, Hon. PhD

Dr. Nayab Sultan leads Global HSE Consulting's advisory practice across occupational disease prevention, silica and dust hazard control, national OSH systems, and high-hazard industries, bringing field practice, standards-informed advisory work, and research translation into practical prevention systems.

Our Team

A multidisciplinary team,
built around the work.

Digital Innovation

Andreea Trif
Senior Vice President
Technology

Sector Leadership

Titus Ofei
Sector Lead · Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals
Industrial Operations · Process Safety · Sector Advisory

Management

Sivakumar Ramakrishnan
Marketing & Communications Manager
Brand Strategy · Web Design · Institutional Communications · Digital & Learning Systems

Senior Associates

Kibria Shah
Senior Associate · Mining Health & Safety
Mining Safety Systems · Workforce Protection · Operational Risk
Perry Harvey
Senior Associate · Construction Safety
Construction Safety Systems · Site Risk Management · Compliance
Partners & Collaborators

Working across health,
technology, training, and
community systems.

Global HSE Consulting collaborates with selected organisations to support practical occupational health delivery, digital systems, training infrastructure, and community-focused workforce health initiatives.

Health & Training
BIS Safety, Noor Corporate Health Services
Digital Systems
My Occupational Health Record, Avodahtec
Technology & Implementation
TRIF Consulting
Community & Indigenous Engagement
Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation, Tahltan Nation Development Corporation, Tsay Keh Dene Nation, Gitxsan
Institutional Credibility

Trusted across
institutions, standards
and research.

Selected international, standards, academic and professional relationships that reflect the practice’s institutional reach.

International & Standards

  • ISO/TC 283 – ISO 45001
  • ISO/TC 146/SC 2 / WG 7 – Workplace Atmospheres - Silica
  • ILO, UNDP, UN Secretariat
  • Commonwealth Secretariat, CARICOM

Academic & Research

  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Cape Town
  • King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
  • NIOEH – Vietnam

Recognition

  • Outstanding Contribution to the Global Development of Occupational Health
  • ISO/TC 283 – DCCG Co-Convenor Appointment
  • CIHR Project Grant – $600,000
  • Featured in international press
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Affiliations & mandates

ISO/TC 283 – ISO 45001
Co-Convenor, Developing Countries Coordination Group · 80+ nations
Active
Member of the ISO/TC 146/SC 2 / WG 7 – Workplace Atmospheres - Silica
Standards working group
ISO
Southern Africa Miners Association
Senior Consultant · 10 countries · 3M+ workers & dependants
Active
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Expert roster · OSH advisory
UN
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Expert roster · workforce health
UN
UN Secretariat
Expert roster · occupational health
UN
Commonwealth Secretariat
Expert roster · OHS policy & capacity building
Intl.
CARICOM
Expert roster · national OSH information systems
Intl.
University of British Columbia
CIHR Co-Applicant · AI detection of silicosis & TB
Research
University of Cape Town
Research collaborator · SAMA / CIHR programme
Research
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Visiting Professor · Dhahran, KSA
Academic
MHRSD – Saudi Arabia
OSH Guidelines · mining, healthcare, retail · 2026
Govt.
NIOEH – Vietnam
Memorandum of Understanding · knowledge exchange
Govt.

Awards & recognition

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Outstanding Contribution to the Global Development of Occupational Health

Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) · London · 2025

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ISO/TC 283 – DCCG Co-Convenor Appointment

International Organization for Standardization · 2020

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CIHR Project Grant – $600,000

Canadian Institutes of Health Research · 2022 · co-applicant

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Featured in international press

TRT World · AP News · CBC/Radio-Canada · CTV · The New York Times · 2024–2026

Forthcoming · 2026

National Occupational Safety and Health Information Systems in the Caribbean – Institutional Framework and Implementation Guide

Book · Dr. Nayab Sultan · publisher to be confirmed.

Featured in   /   international press & media (2024 – 2026)
Press & Media

Media resources,
biography & expert commentary.

Professional profile, credentials, publications, media appearances and speaking topics.

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Global HSE Consulting
at a glance.

A concise overview of the practice, capabilities, experience and international work.

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