Dr Fergal Callaghan is Director with responsibility for Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) with AWN Consulting, with a focus on Seveso industries, Process Safety and Environmental Modeling. He believes strongly in adding value to his clients businesses by developing innovative cost effective solutions to emissions abatement challenges, by negotiating with Regulators on behalf of his clients, and by reducing the costs of environmental compliance through maximising the permitted emissions from industrial sites while minimising emission treatment costs. He has a BSc in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD in Chemical Engineering. He is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), a member of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), an Associate Member of The Institution of Chemical Engineers (AMIChemE), a Member of the Environmental Protection and Water Subject Groups at the IChemE. He has 22 years engineering and consultancy experience in the Irish, UK, US, Middle Eastern and European markets. In his spare time he is a Guest Lecturer in Process Safety Engineering at Queens University Belfast and in Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin.