Tanya specialises in:

• conducting ergonomics, health and safety research for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other public and private sector organisations
• generating practical solutions to ergonomics, health and safety problems for public and private sector clients
• usability evaluation of computer systems 
• work and workplace design to help avoid work-related musculoskeletal disorders 
• strategic advice on implementing ergonomics 
• preparing health and safety policies and procedures 
• providing disability and accessibility advice, assessments and audits
• product evaluation using ergonomics best practice principles.

Biography

Tanya holds a B.A. (Hons) degree in Chemistry and Experimental Psychology from Oxford University, an MSc. in Ergonomics from London University, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from London Business School. She also holds a NEBOSH certificate with Distinction and an NVQ4 in Occupational Safety and Health. She was a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Food Standards Agency for six years. Since 1999 she has been an Elected Member of Which? Ltd and in 2003 was elected to Deputy Chair of the organisation.

Clients for whom Tanya carries out assignments on a regular basis include the HSE, Barclays Bank, the TUC, Ernst and Young, and the Department for Communities and Local Government, and the Department for Transport.

Prior to joining System Concepts, Tanya started her career as a graduate management trainee in the Human Factors Division at British Telecom Laboratories, working on projects concerned with the ergonomics of international switching centres and power management centres. She was promoted in May 1989 to manage a set of projects concerned with Ergonomics in the Government Market. She was responsible for assessing the user requirements for BT products aimed at the emergency control services and providing recommendations for their redesign. 

Client Projects / Case Studies

• Managing a team of eight consultants providing on and off site health, safety and ergonomics services to Ernst and Young. 
• Providing bank branch counter and workstation redesign, health and safety and disability advice for Barclays Bank, Lloyds TSB Bank, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. 
• Preparing the cost/benefit case studies for 'A Pain in Your Workplace: Ergonomics Problems and Solutions'; for Well Handled - Offshore Manual Handling Solutions, and for A Recipe for Safety: 100 Manual Handling Case Studies, and Reducing Error and Influencing Behaviour. 
• Planning, developing and conducting stress risk assessments for a major government department. 
• Conducting and managing a major research project into the health effects of using portable computers. 
• Providing disability advice to the Department for Communities and Local Government, TUC, Barclays Bank, Ernst and Young, Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Lloyds TSB Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland. 

Real life interests

• Scuba-diving in warm water.
• Playing bridge. 
• Reading. 
• Walking. 
• Cooking.

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