Rick joined HSE in 1989 and has worked across a range of industry sectors as an inspector and in senior operational roles. Throughout his HSE career he has also moved through a number of leadership roles including Business Services, HR Learning and Development, Operational Policy and Strategy. As Head of Agriculture he lead the development of HSE’s current strategy for working with the agricultural industry, integrating a range of regulatory activities, communications, partnership working and stakeholder engagement to increase the reach and impact of actions to improve the sector’s poor health and safety record. Most recently he played a key role in working across government as part of HSE’s response to the Covid Pandemic and has since led the development of HSE’s new strategy, Protecting People and Places.