Operational Excellence The continuous pursuit of improved performance across all aspects of the business Evolving from the Major Accident Hazard Understanding Workgroup, our Operational Excellence Workgroup helps identify and reduce risk, strengthen safe practices, and support continuous improvement, so every job is done right, first time, every time.Aim: To embed a proactive safety culture that drives operational excellence by systematically identifying, mitigating, and reducing risks, ensuring every task is executed efficiently, reliably, and without harm to people, assets, or the environment.How do they achieve this?: The workgroup will achieve this using the principles and philosophy of operational excellence to identify areas where continuous improvement can deliver improved safety performance through:Promoting operational discipline, sharing learnings, and driving continuous improvement as foundations of safe operations. Supporting industry in moving from compliance-led safety to excellence in everyday operations. Our Co-Chairs Apache > Stuart Taylor Director of Operations View Profile Apache > Stuart Taylor Director of Operations View linked in profile Stuart has more than three decades of experience in the energy industry working both onshore and offshore.Stuart started his career with BP in 1990 as a technician apprenticeship, progressing to Operations Engineer then Offshore Installation Manager. He was involved in Forties Regeneration Project and Beryl field / SAGE acquisition with Apache North Sea.Stuart is currently Director of Operations for Apache North Sea. Harbour Energy > Gilbert Patterson Lead Operations Engineer & Deputy Operations Manager View Profile Harbour Energy > Gilbert Patterson Lead Operations Engineer & Deputy Operations Manager Gilbert has more that 15 years’ experience in offshore engineering and operations.Currently, his role involves providing leadership across HSE, asset integrity, production delivery, and SIMOPS assuranceGilbert is passionate about sharing best practice and driving continuous improvement across the industry.