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Birol Temel, Ph.D.- INSPIRING GLOBAL HSE LEADERS (Interactive Live Interview) produced by Vedat ZAR and supported by IIHSE-International Institute of Health Safety Environment & IHSE-Institute of Health Safety Environment!
We bring together globally influential authors, influencers, association presidents, politicians and professional leaders in the field of HSE. We keep the pulse of the world's agenda. We listen to both their successes and failures as a good leader and the work they plan for the future.
"International HSE Talks" and "Inspiring GLOBAL HSE LEADERS" projects were nominated by the British Safety Council for the "Health, Safety and Wellbeing Ambassador of the Year Award" and "James Tye Award" categories.
Who is Dr. Birol Temel, Ph.D.?
Birol Temel was born in 1976 in Istanbul and is originally from Bafra, Samsun. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Atatürk Faculty of Education, Marmara University in 1998. Later, he completed his master's degree in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) at Yeditepe University in 2009 and his doctoral degree in OHS at Istanbul Aydın University in 2020.
Between 2000 and 2003, he worked as a painting/coating production engineer at Uzel Makine Massey Ferguson Factory. From 2003 to 2009, he was the Production, OHS, and Environment Manager at Toyota Tsusho Europe. From 2009 to 2014, he served as the OHS Country Manager at Honeywell Turkey. Between 2021 and 2022, he worked as a lecturer at Istanbul Aydın University. Since 2014, he has been working at ABB in the role of of Global GI BL HSE Manager.Additionally, between 2012 and 2015, he provided consultancy services to various companies, including OSGB consultancy.
Birol Temel holds various certifications in the field of OHS, including Nebosh, Class A Occupational Safety Expert, Trainer of Trainers, Certified First Aider, Firefighter Volunteer, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 internal auditor, and Six Sigma Green Belt. He has actively participated as an auditor in many domestic and international audits at Toyota Tsusho Europe, Honeywell, and ABB, and continues to do so. He is also one of ABB's Safety Masterclass senior executive trainers in the European region.
Birol Temel is married and has one child. He speaks English and has a basic level of German.
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