our team.

pleased to meet you.

We are a professional health and safety consultancy based in Christchurch, New Zealand, that is committed to helping organisations at all levels achieve their health and safety performance goals. Imprint Safety prides itself on its ability to connect with our clients and think outside of the box to find new and manageable solutions. We believe that health and safety is about more than just compliance and that developing an effective safety culture positively impacts all areas of an organisation.

Shannon Wright

Managing Consultant

M.   027 240 5592
E.   
Shannon@imprintsafety.co.nz

  • Shannon has over 18 years experience in workplace health and safety. Holding both group and regional health and safety management roles, as well as advisory roles, she is equally comfortable working with corporate leadership as she is out on worksites.

    Shannon holds a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health (through Massey University) and has completed training in risk management, adult education and auditing amongst other things.

    Shannon is a Graduate member of the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management (NZISM), she is also an accredited SafePlus assessor.

    Shannon has worked across many different industries including:

    • Civil construction

    • Residential building

    • Road construction and maintenance

    • Water and waste water treatment (incl. drainage)

    • Telecommunications

    • Electrical

    • Manufacturing

    • Engineering

    • Healthcare

    • Retail

    • Events

    In her spare time you will find Shannon enjoying her fur babies, dog walking and having family fun time.

Hannah Patten

Consultant

M.   027 432 5054
E.   
Hannah@imprintsafety.co.nz

  • Hannah has over 10 years’ experience in workplace health and safety and quality assurance, holding both advisory and manager level roles. She is equally as comfortable working with leadership teams as she is out on worksites.

    She holds a Bachelor of Science and a NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health (achieved with distinction). She has also completed training in risk management, incident investigation, human resources and leadership development amongst other things. Hannah is a Practitioner member of NZISM.

    Hannah’s passion lies in developing relationships and working with organisations and their people to develop their values, attitudes and behaviours. She also enjoys developing H&S management systems and working alongside businesses to implement them, ensuring a positive experience from the board table to the ground floor.

    Hannah has worked across several different industries including:

    • Civil construction

    • Residential building

    • Quarrying

    • Road construction and maintenance

    • Water and wastewater treatment (incl. drainage)

    • Transport & Logistics

    • Warehousing

    When she’s not at work you’ll find Hannah socialising with friends, enjoying the outdoors or out on the lake with her fiancé and dog.

Emily Bradford

Project Coordinator

M.   022 409 7203
E.   
Emily@imprintsafety.co.nz

  • Emily has 10 years’ experience in the construction industry, she has been closely involved in the coordination of residential, commercial and larger scale village developments. Emily has been a driver of document control, change management and overall project reporting. In her roles she has worked very closely with the main contractor, client and the consultant team in order to deliver results and ensure projects stay on track.

    Emily is currently studying towards Ara’s Diploma in Construction Management. She holds a site safe consultant password and a Certificate in Business Administration. She is also a NZIOB member.

    Emily has worked across many different industries including:

    • Aged Care

    • Engineering

    • Residential and commercial construction

    • Land Development

    • Insurance

    • Civil/Earthworks Contracting

    Outside of work Emily enjoys nature walks and the beach, she is usually busy feeding all her animals on the farm and growing fruit and vegetables to eat. Emily’s favourite hobby is making crafts.

Kate Brooks

Asbestos Specialist

M.   027 548 4956
E.   
Kate@imprintsafety.co.nz

  • Kate has over 18 years experience working in the asbestos industry in both the UK and New Zealand.

    Kate is experienced in analytical asbestos work both in the laboratory identifying samples, and out in the field conducting air monitoring and four stage clearances. Kate is also a very experienced surveyor having surveyed everything from residential premises to power stations and everything in between.

    Kate holds the following asbestos qualifications: P401 (BOHS- Bulk analysis); P402 (BOHS – Asbestos surveying); P405 (BOHS – Managing Asbestos); S301 (BOHS – Asbestos & other fibres) and the BOHS Certificate of Competence in Asbestos. Kate also holds a NEBOSH International General Certificate in Health and Safety.

    Kate has worked in many different aspects of asbestos management including:

    Hannah has worked across several different industries including:

    • Consultancy

    • Training

    • Assessments

    • Quality management systems

    • Laboratories

    • Asbestos management for large projects (incl. the Christchurch earthquake repairs)

    Kate was also a member of the joint working group between MBIE and Worksafe New Zealand that developed the HSW (Asbestos) Regulations 2016 and associated Code of Practice – The Management and Removal of Asbestos.

    In Kate’s sparetime she loves playing golf with her husband and travelling. Kate also passionately loves her adorable pug called Doug.

Liz Hodgson

Health and Safety Consultant

M.   027 418 1697 
E.   
Liz@imprintsafety.co.nz

  • Liz has over 12 years’ experience working in the health and safety industry in New Zealand.

    She is experienced in many different aspects of health and safety with particular skills in the construction sector. Post the seismic activity in Canterbury, she was involved in the earthquake strengthening and rebuild of a major heritage site; this role included developing a new health and safety management system for the project and working with four major construction companies.

    Liz holds a Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety and is an affiliated member of NZISM

    She has worked in the following areas of health and safety management:

    • Consultancy

    • Training

    • Assessments

    • Asbestos Management

    Liz enjoys spending time with friends and family, being outdoors in the garden, reading a good book and enjoying a taste of whisky.

Liberty Freeman

Health & Safety Consultant

M.   027 341 1791 
E.   
Liberty@imprintsafety.co.nz

  • Lib has been dedicated to health and safety roles since 2014 and has been in regional and national health and safety management roles. She is vigilant about safety systems and conscientiously forms relationships with clients, subcontractors and workers on the ground to ensure they are implemented.

    Lib holds NEBOSH International certificate in Occupational Health and Safety and is currently studying NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety in Management Professionals.

    Lib is a Practitioner Member of NZISM

    Lib has worked across many different industries including:

    • Commercial Construction

    • Civil Construction

    • Telecommunications

    • Residential Building

    • Landscaping

    • Farming

    • Agriculture / farming contracting.

    • Engineering

    • Hydraulics / workshops

    • Building Merchants

    When Lib is not at work you'll find her spending time with her husband and two pups or catching up with friends.

Marty McInnes

Health and Safety Consultant

M. 022 561 8414
E.
hsands@outlook.co.nz

  • Marty has worked the last decade in the construction industry, the first four of which gaining invaluable knowledge of health & safety as a class five truck driver & excavator operator for a medium sized commercial construction company based in Christchurch. Gaining his Site Safe Certificate in Construction Site Safety while working, before studying full time to gain his Diploma in OSH through the Southern Institute of Technology. During and since studying full time Marty has practiced as a Health & Safety consultant for several residential developers, construction companies and construction related trades, the security industry and several well know hospitality venues.

    Qualifications in Health & Safety; Site Safe Certificate in Construction Site Safety, Diploma OSH, SIT, 2018.

    Marty has worked across many different industries including:

    • Civil construction

    • Residential & Commercial construction

    • Security & hospitality Health & Safety

    • New Zealand Army, Non-Commissioned Officer

    • New Zealand Police, sworn front line officer

    • Trainer of Royal Oman Police & military trainer

Angela Clay

OHS Consultant

M.   027 511 2397
E.   
Angela@imprintsafety.co.nz

  • Angela has over 25 years’ experience in workplace injury management and health & safety, holding both advisory and senior advisory roles, in industry and government workplaces. Angela started initially in injury management as a Case Manager with ACC soon after university but then moved into injury prevention (health and safety) and has remained in this field ever since.

    She holds a 1st Class Honours Degree in Social Science (Anthropology) from Massey University along with a Diploma in Rehabilitation Studies from Victoria University and the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety.

    Through her years as a Health & Safety Advisor, further development and qualifications in the H&S field have been added including:

    • Operational Risk Assessment Methodology

    • Managing Critical Risk, Bowtie Fundamentals

    • ICAM Investigation Techniques (Advanced)

    • Auditing H&S Management Systems (Lead Auditor)

    • and more recently Prince II (Foundation).

    Angela is also a Practitioner member of NZISM.

    Angelas prefers to work on site developing health and safety systems such as H&S manuals along with risk assessments, risk registers and health and safety plans that are simple and practicable for workers and involving them in that process.

    Angela has worked in the health and safety space across multiple industries including dairy research and manufacturing , residential and commercial construction, and more recently in security in the aviation sector.

    When she’s not at work you’ll find Angela enjoying activities in the outdoors such as cycling, photography or skiing, or just relaxing at her property up in Arthurs Pass.