Vision Zero at Work: Towards a More Sustainable and Resilient Future​

Nana Wanjau

Nana Wanjau is the Administrative Director for Eastern, Central & Southern African Regions for Commonwealth Women Network (CWN); a Commonwealth accredited organization, recognised by Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Foundation, with the frame of implementing the Gender Plan Action and Commonwealth Charter.

She is the Vice President of Commonwealth Business Women – Africa, an affiliate of CWN.

The Pan African Chamber of Commerce recently appointed Nana Wanjau to head the Chief Gender Office for Africa. Her role will involve mainstreaming gender in the Pan African Chamber of Commerce programs and operations. She is instrumental in the establishment of the Women Entrepreneurship Centers across Africa.

Stuart Hughes

A Chartered Member of IOSH with 18 years’ experience as an OSH practitioner. Stuart has worked across enforcement, consultancy, and industry. Stuart holds a guiding principle that a healthy and safe work environment is a fundamental human right and beyond that, the work environment should enable people to thrive and flourish.

As a first career safety professional, Stuart aims to inspire a future generation of OSH leaders to choose OSH as their first-choice career, leveraging OSH as a purpose-driven career that has a positive global impact.

Stuart is an advocate for performance-based OSH, specialising in enhancing organisational OSH performance and driving cultural change. 

Sini Adamson

Sini Adamson, is the Global EHS Manager in Sandvik Mining and Construction. Within the global network of their Load and Haul Division, her focus is firmly fixed on safety. At Sandvik, safety isn't just a priority; it's their guiding principle, with the vision of zero harm. She´s enthusiastic to collaborate with their excellent teams to work towards these critical objectives.

Sini´s professional path has taken her through various project construction sites, providing insights into a diverse range of safety priorities, performances, and cultures. This experience has inspired her to cultivate a culture of global safety. Working towards a safety network that spans the globe, supporting each other along the way toward more sustainable and resilient future.

Tommi Alanko

Tommi Alanko is Director of Occupational Safety -unit at Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH). Previously he was Head of Development at FIOH with main task of leading the Finnish Vision Zero Forum.

He has a PhD (2002) in physics from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He is author and co-author of several peer-reviewed articles and popular publications. Vision Zero is a way of thinking that Tommi promotes and applies in his work.

Tommi Alanko participates actively in Global Coalition task group on Introduction to Vision Zero at enterprises, is the vice-president of the International Section of the ISSA for Research on Prevention and he was the organizer of the first Vision Zero Summit in 2019.

Masahiro Indo

Academic Background - 1979 Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering.  

Qualifications - 1984 First Class Registered Architect, First Class Construction Mgt. Engineer/Concrete Engr, Seismic Isolation Const. Mgt., Engr of Prestressed concrete. 

Work Experience - Joined Shimizu Corporation in 1979, experienced more than 30 constructions Sites as manager and engineer. In 1995 the recovery of Kobe city after the Great Hanshin Earthquake. In 2003 as Project Director in Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 Project. In 2010, assigned as Managing Director of Construction Technology Division in JapanHQ, In 2011 involved in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 Cover Construction. 2013 Executive Officer, GM of Production Engineering Headquarters. 2023 Special Director, Research Fellow, NOVARE (Innovation Center).　 

Tiina-Mari Monni

Tiina-Mari Monni is Product Manager at Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH).

She is leading the Vision Zero Forum in Finland. 

She is M.Sc (Eng.) from the Tampere University of Technology, Finland. She has worked within Occupation Health and Safety and better working life her whole career.

Tiina-Mari’s professional goal is to see the year when nobody must die at work in Finland.