David Hatch

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Bealltainn Ltd
Director
Hatch is a Director of Process Safety Integrity and has more than 30 years of design, commissioning, operating and consulting experience in the life science, energy and chemical industries. This experience covers blue-chip operating companies, major multinational engineering contractors and control and safety system suppliers. He has a BSc(Hons) in chemical and process
engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK, is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in the UK, and an IChemE-certifi ed Professional Process Safety Engineer. He holds several functional safety certifi cations, has contributed to the development of international alarm management standards including ANSI/ISA-18.2 and EEMUA 191, and was
a co-author of “Functional Safety in the Life Science Industries,” Pharmaceutical Engineering 28, no. 5 (September-October 2008). He can be contacted by email at dhatch@psintegrity.com

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