Wael ELBANNA, Principal Environment/Sustainability Advisor

Wael ELBANNA

Principal Environment/Sustainability Advisor

Tronox PLC

Lieu
Arabie Saoudite - Yanbu
Éducation
Master, Master of Science International Management with Merit
Expérience
26 years, 5 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :26 years, 5 Mois

Principal Environment/Sustainability Advisor à Tronox PLC
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • Je travaille ici depuis avril 2019

Responsible for developing global environment/sustainability strategy for the organization and work with leadership of individual mining and manufacturing facilities on the implementation of the strategic objectives. Monitoring performance at corporate level and supporting executive team to make informed decisions on sustainability. Support alignment with internationally recognised standards such as SASB, GRI and align with the recommendations of the TCFD. Leading technical centres of excellence and initiatives on GHG emissions and waste reduction at the organization level in addition to safe management of tailing storage facilities.

Regional HSE Manager Middle East à Cristal (A Company of Tasnee Group)
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • octobre 2015 à avril 2019

Regional Health, Safety and Environment Manager for Middle East and Global Subject Matter Expert for Environment and Sustainability, Titanium Strategic Business Unit (Ti-SBU), Tasnee Group.

Environmental Consultant à Cristal Global
  • Arabie Saoudite - Yanbu
  • août 2012 à septembre 2015

Managing all environmental activities related to site activities including working together with the global team. Providing support to safety function as required.

Acting SHE manager à cristal global
  • Arabie Saoudite - Yanbu
  • septembre 2011 à août 2012

Leading local SHE team to support operations in the Yanbu Site. Coordinating with global team to review and update life-critical procedures to meet the Cristal Global standards. Work with different teams to ensure updated procedures are properly absorbed and implemented in the plant. Identify SHE concerns through field audits and inspections. Lead and participate in incident investigations to identify root causes and to ensure organization learn from these incidents to avoid recurrence. Coordinating and implementing SHE training for more than 300 employees of the site on the new procedures. Developing with a designated team emergency management and response procedures and infrastructure. Assisting in enhancing SHE culture through active employee participation when preparing and implementing SHE procedures. Setting objectives and key performance indicators for the SHE department that are cascaded to different levels in the SHE organization.

Environmental Superintendent à Cristal Global
  • Arabie Saoudite - Yanbu
  • octobre 2009 à août 2011

Managing Environmental activities in the company including monitoring environmental performance. Developing environmental key performance indicators for the company. Coordinating Environmental Management System processes within the company. Active member of the Global corporate sustainability team. Developing and managing waste segregation and management activities. Leading investigations of environmental incidents. Participating in waste minimization and recycling research programs. Supervising soil remediation projects. Monitoring waste landfilling activities. Representing company before different stakeholders for all environmental issues including environmental regulations and neighbouring industrial establishments. Reporting environmental performance to regulators and to corporate safety, health and environmental (SHE) team.

Senior Environmental Specialist à ENVIRO Consult
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • septembre 2005 à septembre 2009

Perform projects (audits, environmental impact assessments, environmental due diligence assessments, soil protection), proposals writing, communication with clients and environmebtal authorities. Conducted projects in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Yemen and Sudan. Lead ISO 14001 auditor, conducted third party and certification audits on many companies in several countries

Environmental Specialist à IWACO Egypt (a company of Royal Haskoning
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • mai 1999 à août 2005

Leading and participating in Health, Safety and Environmental audits in different industrial sectors and different countries (Egypt, Sudan, Gabon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen) including SHE compliance audits, management system audits. Leading and participating in environmental due diligence assessment projects. Participating in ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification audits for a number of certification bodies. Assisting companies in developing their SHE management systems in accordance with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. Site supervision of soil remediation projects. Project manager for several soil and groundwater sampling programs for a number of organizations. Project manager and member of teams conducting environmental impact assessments for industrial and infrastructure projects

Environmental Specialist à Environmental Resources
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • décembre 1997 à avril 1999

Implement projects (EIAs, due diligence assessments). Prepare proposals. Communicate with clients and authorities

Éducation

Master, Master of Science International Management with Merit
  • à School of Management, University of Liverpool
  • octobre 2012

M.Sc. Dissertation: Researching the Impact of Organizational Structure on Achieving the Objective of Sustainable Growth through Safe Operations in Three Chemical Manufacturing Sites

Baccalauréat, Biochemistry
  • à Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science
  • juin 1995

Specialties & Skills

Teamwork
Internal and External Communication
ability to work independently
Internet
MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
Arabic and English typing

Langues

Arabe
Expert
Anglais
Expert
Français
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Formation et Diplômes

(Certificat)
Date de la formation:
December 2002
Valide jusqu'à:
January 2003
CC2032/03/HE090-IH/YNB/30.11.11 (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
November 2011
Valide jusqu'à:
November 2011
SGS/EMS4/13499/GEN1.4/EG/2836 (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
November 1999
Valide jusqu'à:
December 1999