Key People

Director and Head of Occupational Hygiene

Zephan has extensive working experience as occupational health, safety, and environmental consultant to various industries and public organsations in Singapore and the region.

Huang Xian is an Occupational Hygienist from IOM Singapore. She has an extensive working experience on occupational health, safety and environmental consultant to various industries and public organizations in Singapore and the surrounding region.

Rob has worked at the IOM for more than 35 years and has been a member of IOM’s management board for more than 12 years. In addition to his role in Singapore, he is Director of Strategic Consulting at IOM and he leads IOM’s work programme on nanotechnology risk which currently encompasses SAFENANO, more than ten major European Commission FP7 framework projects and a series of major public reviews for Government Agencies. His main scientific interests are in exposure and risk assessment of fine particles and he has contributed more than 50 publications on these issues.

Dr Richard Graveling is Principal Ergonomics Consultant with the UK Institute of Occupational Medicine and a Visiting Ergonomics Consultant with IOM Singapore. He has over 35 years of experience in ergonomics and human factors covering a wide range of issues including musculoskeletal disorders (backs, upper limb, lower limb); psychosocial risks and stress, heat stress and strain, workplace design, and the ergonomics of PPE. This work has taken him into many industries including coal mining, offshore oil, foods and beverages (including whisky production), power generation (coal, nuclear), finance and commerce. He also has extensive experience working for the emergency services (fire, police, ambulance, mines rescue, sea rescue).