Executive Leadership Team
Dr Leah Bishop
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Leah established Inherent in 2010, out of a desire to support the resources sector to work smarter not harder in the safety and risk management area. Over the past 12 years Leah has built Inherent to be the most trusted Risk Consultancy in the Mining, Oil and Gas and Chemical Processing sectors.
In addition to her role as Managing Director, Leah utilises her practical expertise across all project lifecycle phases to provide technical safety and risk, strategic risk management, safety case development and hazard assessment services to our clients. Her strengths (apart from her awesome arm in softball and her witty sense of humor) is in her customer focused delivery. She enjoys providing Risk Management techniques such as HAZID, HAZOP, PHA, PHA/SOA, SIMOPS, FSA, SIL and safety case development.
Leah has worked on several international projects and is committed to supporting charitable causes that align with her mission: to keep people safe!
Craig Bishop
DIRECTOR, STRATEGY & COMMERCIAL
Craig is an experienced Executive and Non-Executive Director across a number of sectors including Resources, Not for Profit and SME. Craig brings a wealth of knowledge to the clients of Inherent.
Craig has been based in Perth for more than 20 years and holds a broad skill set covering strategic and operational planning, marketing, new business development, customer relationship management, general business operations, risk management and finance; as well as negotiating, establishing and managing channel/distribution/ franchise partnerships and business relationships.
With a track record of success in leading high performance multi-disciplinary teams, Craig has a keen focus on risk and governance, understanding the need for excellent communication, efficient processes and a sense of humour.
Jen Hills
GENERAL MANAGER, BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Jen completed her Bachelor’s in Business Administration at the University of Bath and has dedicated the past decade honing her expertise across diverse business functions such as administration, finance, human resources, and customer relations.
With a strong background in customer relationship management, financial planning and payroll, Jen has collaborated across Operations, Business Development, HR, Finance and HSE, building an in-depth understanding of what it takes to exceed client expectations and grow long term business relationships.
Prior to joining Inherent, Jen held senior administration and client services roles, including Business Support Co-Ordinator and Branch Administration Manager, where she managed budgets and forecasting, payroll processing and key client relationships. Jen’s proactive, resourceful approach and strong sense of integrity continue to be valued by colleagues and clients alike.
Michael Mawdesley
SENIOR SAFETY & RISK ENGINEER
Michael is a Chemical and Process Engineer with over 7 years professional experience as a Risk Engineer.
Michael has been working with Inherent over this time to provide technical safety and risk consulting support on the delivery of engineering risk study projects such as Hazard & Operability (HAZOP) Studies, LOPA/SIL (Layer of Protection Analysis/Safety Integrity Level) Assessment, Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Bowtie Analysis.
Michaels high level of technical acumen has been a driving force to produce risk consulting support to major customers such as WesCEF, Newcrest Mining, Jadestone Energy and DNV GL.
Amanda Wylde
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Amanda is a highly experienced Chemical Engineer. She has extensive experience in providing risk assessment, auditing, compliance and training services to Aviation, Defence, Industrial, Energy, Mining, Aviation and Oil and Gas clients for over 15 years. Amanda’s field of expertise is workshop facilitation including HAZOP and HAZID, QRA modelling and the provision of specialist training.
Amanda is an accredited DMIRS Dangerous Goods consultant able to assess compliance, prepare, and endorse Dangerous Goods license applications, carry out compliance audits and conduct risk assessments.
Amanda’s strength is her customer focused delivery of Risk Management techniques to achieve timely results of an exemplary standard.
Join Our Team!
At Inherent, we are always on the look out for bright sparks. We offer full time, part time, consultancy and casual from graduate, to safety and risk engineer. Contact us today for an initial chat to see whether we will make a good fit.