Melissa Fazackerley – Founder and Chair

Melissa is an influential leader in the safety and high-risk industries, known for her dedication to advancing her field and uplifting others. Honoured as one of SHP’s most influential people, she also earned the HBF Top 100 Women in Construction Northwest Hero award in 2024 for her substantial impact as well as being recognised 3 years in a row for the Top 100 Women in Construction. She was awarded the President’s Commendation Award from IIRSM in 2025 which adds to her previous award of the Top 40 under 40 globally by IIRSM back in 2018.

Melissa's passion for community-building led her to create the Safety Social, a networking and education group that unites health, safety and risk management professionals, offering support, development, and charity involvement without heavy sales pitches and pressure to sell.

Melissa’s focus is on ISO Management Systems, strategy, executive coaching and mentoring. In addition, her "Under Construction: The Swearing Journal" empowers mental health awareness, particularly for men in construction, through authentic, accessible language.

Melissa’s ethos—"Make it relevant, and it will work"—is evident in everything she does.

Sophie Pirrie – Secretary

Sophie Pirrie is a Chartered Health & Safety professional with a background in psychology (BSc Hons). After completing her degree, she pursued a career in health and safety and now leads the SHEQ department for a specialist façade contractor, with a strong focus on behavioural safety, workplace culture, and the Building Safety Act.

Committed to continuous learning, Sophie has recently embarked on her fire safety journey, undertaking a Level 6 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment. She is also a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, actively supporting women in construction. She gives back to the profession through her volunteer role as Secretary for The Safety Social.

An active member of the health and safety community, Sophie is dedicated to mentoring and supporting professionals in developing their skills and advancing their careers in the field.

Jenny has 30 years’ experience within the construction industry, predominantly with public sector as a Project Manager for minor and major construction and engineering capital and revenue works. H&S was a strong theme throughout the roles and a significant area of responsibility.

Jenny has worked in a variety of industrial sectors including Public Transport sector, Healthcare, Construction, Engineering, Marine and Retail.  Jenny is a prominent figure on LinkedIn who is keen to share knowledge and support new professionals into the industry, particularly women and young people as a first-choice career and volunteers a lot of her spare time giving back to the industry particularly through The Safety Social.

Jan has always worked in healthcare in some form or other. Originally, her background is in general nursing, training at Edgware General and Barnet General, qualifying in 1989 and taking up a staff nurse post on an acute general medical ward. During this time, Jan also volunteered as a telephone counsellor for the Terrence Higgins Trust. She ventured into occupational health in 2015 and set up Cornerstone Occupational Health in 2019.

Her business now has a large client base of SMEs of all industry types, mostly in the Northwest, Yorkshire, and The Midlands. Jan always loved networking, especially with anyone involved in occupational health & safety. The generous help, Jan is keen to give back where she can, whether that’s answering questions about health surveillance, fitness to work, or just listening and offering support on a personal level.

Nieve graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2023 with a degree in Business Management and has since worked in the solar PV/roofing sector. She covers operations and more recently H&S after passing her NEBOSH late 2024. She is still very new to the H&S industry and doesn’t mind admitting she is learning every day, which was a huge reason for her joining TSS - to pick the brains of all of these wonderfully knowledgeable people! She helps on the social media side for TSS, mainly as a way of giving back to the group and she love helping on the socials. She is currently doing a level 7 strategic leadership apprenticeship alongside her role, due to be complete early 2026!

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