G+ is the global health and safety organisation, bringing together the offshore wind industry to pursue shared goals and outcomes. It is run in partnership with the Energy Institute, which provides the secretariat and supports its work.
The G+ has six main work areas:
- Incident Data Reporting
- Good Practice Guidance
- Safe by Design Workshops
- Learning from Incidents (Toolbox)
- Lifesaving Rules
- Wind Operation Safety Rules
The members of the G+ are lead operators and owners of offshore wind farms and Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Senior executives of the member companies meet quarterly, as the G+ Board.
There are three main Focal Groups; European, APAC and North America. These Focal Groups consists of members’ health and safety experts, who meet monthly to deliver the work programme of the G+.
Chair
Lisbeth Norup Frømling
Senior Vice President QHSE
Ørsted
Vice Chair
Giles Mackey
Head of Health, Safety & Sustainability, Offshore Wind
JERA Nex bp
Board members
Beate Myking
VP Renewables
Equinor
Graeme Paterson
Global Head HSE in Offshore Execution
SGRE
Karin Borg
Offshore Director HSSE & Asset Risk
RWE Renewables
Michelle Ruane
Lead Safety, Health & Wellbeing Manager
SSE
Natalia Planillo
Head of HSEQ Global Offshore
Iberdrola
Nicolas Wawresky
Senior Vice President – HSE Gas, Renewables and Power
TotalEnergies
Pavlo Malyshenko
Head of Generation, Offshore
Vattenfall
Pierre Emmanuel-Guillot
Director Asset Management & Operation Strategy
EDF power solutions
Richard Pargeter
Global Health and Safety DIrector
OceanWinds
Tyrone Singleton
Global Head HSE
Vestas
Europe Focal Group
Chair
Michelle Aitken
UK Head of HSE
TotalEnergies
Vice Chair
Bradleigh Pettman
Head of H&S - UK & Central Europe
RWE
Americas Focal Group
Chair
Robb Hall
Head of Safety, Security & Sustainability for Renewables Americas
Equinor
Vice Chair
Tom Cassidy
QHSSE Manager (North America)
OceanWinds
APAC Focal Group
Chair
Jeonghyun Ye
APAC Head of QHSE Supplier Mgmt
Ørsted
Vice Chair
Christy Yohanes
Senior Manager – HSE
JERA Nex bp
Meet the team
Kate Harvey is the General Manager of the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation. Kate began her career in renewable energy at RWE in 2002. Kate then joined SSE in 2008, where she undertook the following roles: Consents Manager for Greater Gabbard, Project Manager for Galloper, SSE Asset Manager for Dogger Bank and Board member of Seagreen. Kate has been the G+ General Manager since 2016.
Beate Hildenbrand, G+ Head of the Americas/ G+ Good Practice is leading the strategic development of the global Offshore Wind Health and Safety (H&S) good practice program and the strategic development of G+ in the Americas region with the aim to improve health & safety performance in the global offshore wind industry. Beate has supported the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation deliver their work programme since 2018 when she joined as Manager for Offshore and Onshore Wind. She joined the Energy Institute in 2010 as Technical Manager for Environment and Health where she managed the environment and health technical programmes at the EI and worked with the various Committees on issues relevant to the energy industry.
Mariana is the Technical Manager for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute, supporting the G+.
She started her health and safety journey at IOGP, launching Project Safira, which aimed to eliminate fatalities from the industry.
She holds a Chemistry degree from Imperial College London and a Masters in The Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials from UCL.
A veteran data analyst, Edwin Sheppard is a seasoned user of Excel, PowerBI, and a whole host of coding languages and software packages. Always happy to look deep into the numbers, and find any nuggets of insight which can be gleaned. Can be found writing reports and presenting insights in the day, and pouring over the numbers and code late into the night.
Caren Hsiao is the head of APAC at G+, based in Taiwan.
She leads G+’s engagement and coordination across the Asia-Pacific region, working closely with industry members, regulators, and stakeholders to support the advancement of offshore wind health and safety.
Olivia assists and provides the G+ secretariat as a Technical Officer for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute.
She graduated from the University of Reading with a master’s degree in Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability.
Liam assists and provides the G+ as a Technical Officer for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute.
He previously spent ten years as an engineer in the space industry, collaborating on projects with NASA, ESA and MIT.
Emma assists and provides the G+ as a Technical Officer for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute.
She recently graduated from The University of Leeds with a Masters in Energy and Environment and has previously worked as a science technician.
Dahye assists and provides the G+ as a Technical Officer for Offshore Wind in APAC.
She is based in South Korea and has previous experience supporting energy and other offshore projects, including experience working with Equinor.
Calendar
An events calendar for the organisations involved in the Industry Collaboration Committee (ICC) is listed below. This calendar lists external and internal events and meetings.
Should you require further information, please contact your relevant industry organisation represented on the ICC.
January
20-21 January - WFO Global Summit - Barcelona, Spain
27 January - G+ European Focal Group meeting - Glasgow, UK (2026_01)
28-29 January - Scottish Renewable Offshore Wind Conference - Glasgow, UK
February
3 February - G+ US Focal Group meeting (Virtual) (2026_01)
9-12 February - Oceantic Network IPF26 - New York, US
10-12 February - EI International Energy Week - London, UK
12 February - G+ Board meeting (In-person) (2026_01)
March
4-6 March - ACP O&M and safety conference - Orlando, Florida US
12 March - G+ Stakeholder Forum - London, UK
26 March - G+ European Focal Group meeting (Online) (2026_02)
31 March - G+ US Focal Group meeting (In-person) (2026_02)
April
15 April - G+ Board meeting (Virtual) (2026_02)
21 - 23 April - Wind Europe Annual Event
23 April - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting (2026_01)
May
12 May - G+ European Focal Group (In-person) (2026_03)
19 May - G+ US Focal Group (Virtual) (2026_03)
June
9 - 11 June - Seaworks: The European Commercial Marine Boatwork Exhibition
16-17 June - RUK Offshore Wind Conference
16-18 June - KWEIA conference - Korea
25 June - G+ European Focal Group meeting (Virtual) (2026_04)
30 June - G+ US Focal Group meeting (In-person) (2026_04)
July
August
5 August - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting (2026_02)
September
10 September - G+ European Focal Group meeting (In-person) (2026_05)
15 September - G+ US Focal Group meeting (Virtual) (2026_05)
24 September - AGM - Hamburg, Germany
30 September - G+ Board meeting (In-person) (2026_03)
October
November
17 November - G+ US Focal Group meeting (Virtual) (2026_06)
19 November - G+ European Focal Group meeting (Virtual) (2026_06)
December
2 December - G+ Board meeting (Virtual) (2026_04)
9 December - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting (2026_03)