Simon Giffin

Senior Consultant | Facilitator | Safety & Leadership Specialist

With over 30 years of international experience in safety leadership, operational excellence, and organisational transformation, Simon brings a deeply practical and people-centred approach to leadership and cultural change. He helps leaders foster trust, strengthen accountability, and build the conditions that support safe, high-performing teams.

Simon has led major transformation and safety culture programs across healthcare, mining, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, and heavy industry. His global track record spans more than 20 countries, including the Middle East, Europe, Australia, Africa, and the Caribbean, working directly with frontline teams, senior executives, and complex multi-cultural workforces.

Throughout his career, Simon has partnered with organisations to embed leadership habits that drive both improved safety outcomes and long-term cultural change. Whether supporting mining leaders in Australasia to deliver record production while strengthening safety culture, guiding large-scale safety transformations on mega-projects with over 50,000 workers, or coaching senior teams in healthcare, he creates environments where leaders connect with their teams and foster learning and improvement.

Simon’s global expertise, combined with his practical coaching style and deep understanding of the realities leaders face in high-risk industries, enables him to translate leadership concepts into everyday practice.

PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIAL

“This workshop very cleverly explains human nature and how it affects safety. I believe this course has completely changed my outlook on safety, as ultimately safety is your own responsibility. It has changed the way I manage myself in pressure situations and stopped me getting upset with things I cannot control. The course was excellent...”

Miner
XSTRATA

"Clive is a highly motivated and dynamic trainer. He has a deep understanding of his subject and delivers a very powerful message in an incredibly short space of time. This is probably the best training session I have ever attended and I would highly recommend Clive and GYST Consulting."

Business Manager
HIMA AUSTRALIA

"The Care Factor Program has enabled me to be conscious of taking responsibility and understanding the how/what/why my thinking is built on. Also, that to change culture, I must empower others by asking questions and not being afraid to intervene"

Mining Engineer  
BMA

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