David Balkwell is a much sought after expert on the subject of Management Systems – ISO9001 ISO14001 ISO45001:2018. He one of only a very few active certification body assessors on the public speaking circuit; he now advises thousands of leaders supporting Management Systems each year.

David began his working life as a junior Archaeologist in Chester and quickly became the City Museum Assistant Photographer

For five years he was a Building Regulator in Sheffield (1984 to 1989) responsible for Property Compliance Inspections, Dangerous Structures and Public Premises Licensing.

For over ten years, David was a Certification Lead Assessor for The British Standards Institution (BSI) where he managed a team of 20 multidisciplinary lead assessors.

It was there he developed his management systems skills based upon a detailed grounding in compliance.

One of his last achievements in BSI was to become the co-founder of ISO45001:2018:1999

Since 1999 David has run his own business Balkwell Consulting – Specialising in Management System Consultancy Audit and Training.

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