Members of the Board

President and co-chair

Prof. Karl Kuhn (Germany)

Working ca 30 years as a Senior Policy Adviser in the function of a Senior Research Director in the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) of Germany; appointed as Adjunct Professor at Griffith University Brisbane/Australia (till the end of 2016). After retirement in 2010 working as an international consultant for OSH on behalf of EU, World Bank and German Ministries in Azerbaijan, Egypt, China. Mongolia, Serbia, Turkey and Qatar. President and Cochair of the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP). Lecturer in various Universities in workplace health promotion and health management and in all subjects of health and safety.

Co-Chair

Ms. María Dolores Solé (Spain)

Mª Dolores Solé, from Spain is a management technical advisor of Centro Nacional de Condiciones de Trabajo (INSST) and a founder member of ENWHP in 1996. She has 38 years of experience in the area of occupational health and within the Network is responsible for Communication and Networking.   She can be contacted at info@enwhp.net

Secretariat

Prof. Giuseppe Masanotti (Italy)

Medical Doctor, Specialisation in Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, PhD in Health Promotion and Education and expert Occupational Health. Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Perugia since 2006. Main research activity is in the field of public health, with a particular eye on promotion of health and safety in the workplace. Developed several projects in the years, in particular project Manager of the following projects: "Sensitization of Small and medium enterprises to the culture of safety", "Project FAD distance training for the workers safety representative", “Promotion of health and work ability (PHWA) at workplaces with support of experts of occupational health”, “MoveEurope”, etc. Have over 95 publications in journals, books, reports and communications in Italy and abroad.

Board Member

Mr. Steve Bell (Scotland)

Steve has worked in the field of workplace health for over 25 years and was responsible for setting up the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives in 2005.  He occupied a national leadership role as the Centre’s Director and subsequently the wider role of Director of Health and Work for NHS Health Scotland, the national agency for improving health and tackling health inequality, and led the review of the Scottish Government’s Health and Work Strategy that was published in 2019.   Steve is currently Director of Health Improvement, for Interactive Health Limited, a Scottish based health technology company.   He also works as an executive coach specialising in issues around wellbeing, stress and resilience, and is a British canoeing Level 3 Performance Sea Kayak Coach.  Steve holds an MPhil in Social Policy and Public Health an MBA and a Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring.

Board Member

Ms. Crina Slave

Slave Crina became a member of the ENWHP Board in 2020. She is an Economist with more than 10 years’ experience in managing Workplace Health Promotion projects implemented in companies. She has considerable expertise in engaging companies in projects (identifying, contacting, negotiating, and signing agreements) and in organizing and operationalizing the assessment of employees’ training needs. Over the past years, she acquired extensive expertise in organizing training courses in companies, and in organizing information & education campaigns for employees on topics such as alcohol consumption, ergonomics, smoking prevention, nutrition, physical exercise, and mental health.

Board Member

Dr. Richard Wynne (Ireland)

Richard Wynne, from Ireland is a director of Work Research Centre Dublin and a founder member of ENWHP in 1996.  He has 30 years of experience in the area of WHP and within the Network is responsible for the Research Division.