Bryan Underdown - Health and Safety Advisor
Bryan joined the team in November 2024 and is a Chartered member of IOSH with an extensive consultative experience in safety management. He is also an experienced safety trainer and auditor.
Having advised many specialist contractor companies, Bryan is able to provide support and advice on a wide range of safety issues based on practical experience.
He is the lead for laser safety and the contact for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (HLS).
Rachel Rollinson - Deputy Health and Safety Advisor
Rachel joined the Health & Safety team in 2021 and is the main contact for queries relating to the Noise, Vibration, Confined Spaces, LEV, Animals on Campus, and New and Expectant Mothers safety standards. She has undertaken IOSH qualifications for Noise and Vibration monitoring since joining the team and can be contacted with requests for these services.
A resident of Cornwall, Rachel also provides an on the ground presence at the Penryn campus for part of the week.
Phill Windsor - Deputy Health and Safety Advisor
Phill joined the team in November 2021 and is the main contact for workshop health and safety matters. This includes providing support around machinery, including lifting equipment, dust/fumes and local exhaust ventilation, manual handling and noise and vibration.
Phill’s early career was in mineral and environmental engineering. He has worked widely in industry in waste and energy management and safety engineering roles.
Dr Russell Leek - Deputy Health and Safety Advisor
Russ is one of the University’s Biological Safety Officers and joined the Safety Team at Exeter in 2022. Russ has worked for several British universities during his career including Cardiff, London, and Oxford. Russ started his research career at Oxford University in 1990, working for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund which later became Cancer Research UK. He has published research covering angiogenesis, cytokine networks and tumour metabolism, mainly in the area of breast cancer. In 2015, he transitioned from research to specialise in laboratory health and safety management.
Sara Wortley - Safety Systems Developer and Administrator
Sara is team lead for developing and administering digital solutions and database management and is the initial contact for data requests and reports.
