David Bryson

After a successful military career, David Bryson started a new chapter in life joining the energy industry. He combined his passion for leading people, creating high performance teams, engineering and operational excellence in roles in the UK and Europe. This led him to become more involved in safety leadership and behavioural safety, leading change programmes and day-to-day safety at asset and group level.

Having held various board roles within the group, David was appointed to the Board of Management of Uniper SE, a global power and gas utility, as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer in 2019, including responsibility for all health and safety topics at board level. Life was not dull, a Group Safety Leadership Programme, Net-Zero ambitions, COVID, the global gas crisis and the Russia-Ukraine war created a fast pace of business life.

At the end of 2022, David decided to start the third chapter in his life story; a portfolio career. He acts as an advisor to businesses, a non-executive director and continues his passion for safety in those roles and as an IILSC Advisory Board member. Having completed the INSEAD Coaching Certificate course, he also coaches senior executives in their leadership development, including senior safety professionals. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and a Member of the Worshipful Company of Engineers.