The Health & Safety Executive's Chris Buttrick will be providing an update at Hazardex Live 2026 on a number of key messages affecting major hazard industries and operators of essential services across the chemical and energy sectors. The Electrical, Control and Cyber Security (ECCS) team will also be taking the opportunity to communicate a change in regulatory benchmarking and the move from OG86 to ISA/IEC 62443.

About the speaker:

Chris Buttrick is a Principal Specialist Inspector for the ECCS discipline within the HSE’s Chemicals, Explosives and Microbiological Hazards Division (CEMHD), heading up a nationwide team of front line ECCS specialists. Before joining HSE he worked for 5 years in EC&I Engineering and management roles at a single start-up COMAH establishment. Prior to that, he has a wealth of experience in consumer goods manufacturing, latterly in management but starting out as, and always remaining an engineer at heart. He is a focused and committed Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET).