Health and Safety Working Group

With over 25 years experience in public and private sectors beginning as an Environmental Health Officer, I now support the 5200 strong 3663 population as head of the Environmental Services Department. My role includes occupational health and safety; operational food safety and environmental management for this leading national foodservice distributor.

Graham, originally from a Countryside Management background, joined Kff in 1988. He started his career with Kff in the transport department and quickly moved into the warehousing side, specialising in developing and managing the storage, order picking and loading systems. In 1998 Graham also took on the role of Kff Health and Safety Officer reporting to Chris Beckley, Operations Director.

kff is the leading independent food service supplier in the South East of England. We supply an extensive range of high quality frozen, chilled and grocery products, direct to the caterer."

A health & safety practitioner for 12 years following initial qualification as an Environmental Health Officer, I initially worked as a H&S Manager with Next, both within their distribution and retail operations, before moving onto Asda in 2003.  My current role incorporates formulating central policy and process and setting national strategy for all areas of Trading Law (H&S / Fire / Food Safety / Env / Trading Standards) within the distribution operation, incorporating 23 depots and 1500 Asda fleet vehicles.
I am a chartered member of the CIEH and an active member of the IOSH Retail and Distribution committee. I also represent Asda and the industry sector within wider organisational circles including the BRC and the BFFF.