G+ is the global health and safety organisation, bringing together the offshore wind industry to pursue shared goals and outcomes. It is run in partnership with the Energy Institute, which provides the secretariat and supports its work.

The G+ has six main work areas:

  • Incident Data Reporting
  • Good Practice Guidance
  • Safe by Design Workshops
  • Learning from Incidents (Toolbox)
  • Lifesaving Rules
  • Wind Turbine Safety Rules

The members of the G+ are lead operators and owners of offshore wind farms and Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Senior executives of the member companies meet quarterly, as the G+ Board.

There are three main Focal Groups; European, APAC and North America. These Focal Groups consists of members’ health and safety experts, who meet monthly to deliver the work programme of the G+.

Chair

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Lisbeth Norup Frømling

Senior Vice President QHSE

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Vice Chair

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Giles Mackey

Head of Health, Safety & Sustainability, Offshore Wind

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Board members

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Arianna Marinello

H&S Director

EDF Renewables

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Beate Myking

VP Renewables

Equinor

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Elena Caja Martin

HSSEQ Director

OceanWinds

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Graeme Paterson

Global Head HSE in Offshore Execution

SGRE

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Karin Borg

Offshore Director HSSE & Asset Risk

RWE Renewables

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Michelle Ruane

Lead Safety, Health & Wellbeing Manager

SSE

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Natalia Planillo

Head of HSEQ Global Offshore

Iberdrola

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Nicolas Wawresky

Senior Vice President – HSE Gas, Renewables and Power

TotalEnergies

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Pavlo Malyshenko

Head of Generation, Offshore

Vattenfall

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Rachel Porto

Global Head of WHSES

Corio Generation

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Tyrone Singleton

Global Head HSE

Vestas

Europe Focal Group

Chair

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Graeme Paterson

Global Head HSE in Offshore Execution

SGRE

Vice Chair

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Colin Atkinson

QHSE Manager

Vattenfall

Americas Focal Group

Chair

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Robb Hall

Head of Safety, Security & Sustainability for Renewables Americas

Equinor

Vice Chair

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Tom Cassidy

QHSSE Manager (North America)

OceanWinds

APAC Focal Group

Chair

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Jeonghyun Ye

APAC Head of QHSE Supplier Mgmt

Ørsted

Vice Chair

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Alvin Lin

Team Lead HSE Development & Construction APAC

RWE

Meet the team

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Kate Harvey is the General Manager of the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation. Kate began her career in renewable energy at RWE in 2002. Kate then joined SSE in 2008, where she undertook the following roles: Consents Manager for Greater Gabbard, Project Manager for Galloper, SSE Asset Manager for Dogger Bank and Board member of Seagreen. Kate has been the G+ General Manager since 2016.

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Beate Hildenbrand, G+ Head of the Americas/ G+ Good Practice is leading the strategic development of the global Offshore Wind Health and Safety (H&S) good practice program and the strategic development of G+ in the Americas region with the aim to improve health & safety performance in the global offshore wind industry. Beate has supported the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation deliver their work programme since 2018 when she joined as Manager for Offshore and Onshore Wind. She joined the Energy Institute in 2010 as Technical Manager for Environment and Health where she managed the environment and health technical programmes at the EI and worked with the various Committees on issues relevant to the energy industry.

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Mariana is the Technical Manager for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute, supporting the G+.
She started her health and safety journey at IOGP, launching Project Safira, which aimed to eliminate fatalities from the industry.
She holds a Chemistry degree from Imperial College London and a Masters in The Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials from UCL.

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A veteran data analyst, Edwin Sheppard is a seasoned user of Excel, PowerBI, and a whole host of coding languages and software packages. Always happy to look deep into the numbers, and find any nuggets of insight which can be gleaned. Can be found writing reports and presenting insights in the day, and pouring over the numbers and code late into the night.

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Caren Hsiao is the APAC Representative at the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation, and is currently based in Taiwan. Before joining the Energy Institute (EI), Caren served as the PR Associate at wpd Taiwan.

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Mubi assists and provides the G+ secretariat as a Technical Manager for APAC Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute, based in South Korea.

Mubi brings extensive project management experience to the Offshore Wind Industry, with particular expertise in managing construction sites.

She has previously worked at at GE Vernova, and in 2026, she will achieve her Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety.

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Olivia assists and provides the G+ secretariat as a Technical Officer for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute.

She graduated from the University of Reading with a master’s degree in Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability.

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Liam assists and provides the G+ as a Technical Officer for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute.

He previously spent fifteen years as an engineer in the space industry, collaborating on projects with NASA, ESA and MIT.

In 2026 he will achieve his bachelors in Computer Science and Network Security.

Case studies

The G+ aims to publish case studies of Health and Safety initiatives developed by G+ members, in order to assist with the sharing of experiences.

The G+ has published the below case studies:

Calendar

An events calendar for the organisations involved in the Industry Collaboration Committee (ICC) is listed below. This calendar lists external and internal events and meetings.

Should you require further information, please contact your relevant industry organisation represented on the ICC.

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January

21-22 January - WFO Global Summit - Barcelona, Spain

29 January -  G+ US Focal Group meeting - Providence, RI (2025_01)

29 January - G+ 2025 Americas Stakeholder Event - Providence, RI

29-31 January - Oceantic Network OSW O&M/Health & Safety Summit - Providence, RI

30 January - G+ European Focal Group meeting (virtual) (2025_01)

February

12  February - G+ Board meeting (in-person) (2025_01)

25-27 February - EI International Energy Week, London

March

3-5 March - ACP O&M and Safety conference - Nashville, US

12 March - G+ European Stakeholder Event / Webinar

27 March - G+ European Focal Group meeting - Hamburg, Germany (2025_02)

April

1 April - G+ US Focal Group meeting (2025_02)

8-10 April - WindEurope - Copenhagen, Denmark

22 April - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting (2025_01)

23 April - G+ Board Meeting (in-person) (2025_02)

28 April-1 May - Oceantic Network IPF25 - Virginia Beach, US

May

15 May - G+ European Focal Group meeting (virtual) (2025_03)

20 May - G+ US Focal Group meeting (2025_03)

June

10-12 June - Seaworks - Southampton, UK

17-18 June - RUK’s Global Offshore Wind - London, UK

24 June - G+ US Focal Group meeting, New York (2025_04)

26 June - G+ European Focal Group meeting - Vejle, Denmark (2025_04)

July

10 July - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting (2025_02)

August

September

10 September - G+ European Focal Group meeting (virtual) (2025_05)

24 September - G+ AGM & Board meeting - Incheon, South Korea (2025_03)

25 September - G+ Stakeholder Forum - Incheon, South Korea

October

6-8 October - ACP's Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition - Boston, USA

28 October - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting (2025_03)

29-31 October - Energy Taiwan - Taipei, Taiwan

November

12-13 November - RUK Floating Offshore Wind - Aberdeen, Scotland

18 November - G+ US Focal Group meeting (2025_06)

20 November - G+ European Focal Group meeting - Paris , France (2025_06)

December

3 December - G+ Board meeting (virtual) (2025_04)