Colleague Spotlight
Andy Hooke, Principal Health & Safety Consultant
Andy's background
Andy is a Principal Consultant within the Health & Safety team at WorkNest, having joined the company in 2021. As a trusted advisor, Andy provides invaluable support to our clients, addressing their diverse and sometimes complex needs, and managing a broad client portfolio across a wide range of industries.
Andy is a Chartered Safety Practitioner with a specialism in safety across Engineering and Manufacturing environments, and has extensive experience in many other sectors including education, local government and healthcare to name a few.
Andy is a qualified and experienced trainer and an advocate of change and innovation, continually looking for new ways to improve processes, drawing upon lean methodologies acquired during his tenure in the manufacturing sector.
Mental wellbeing in the workplace holds a particular interest for Andy, and he remains deeply committed to supporting good mental wellbeing in the workplace through his work as a first aid for mental health instructor.
Andy also enjoys writing and has several published pieces within IOSH magazine, and acts as a mentor for other safety professionals. He has also served on the IOSH East Midlands Branch Exec Team.
Andy’s qualifications
Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner (CMIOSH)
Member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers and included on the Tiered Fire Risk Assessors Register
Institute of Industrial Accident Investigators (Associate)
L6 Diploma in Applied Health and Safety
NEBOSH General Certificate in Health and Safety
Award in Education and Training
First Aid for Mental Health Instructor qualification
Who you’ll be working with
Greg Guilford
Director of HR Consulting
Client stories
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Gus Hosein
Executive Director, Privacy International
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WorkNest supports our 280 staff members with Employment Law and Health & Safety and has provided quality management training too.”
Lisa Best
Head of Service Delivery, Catalyst Choice
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We get a great deal of comfort and satisfaction knowing that we have support as and when we need it, in a decisive and responsive way.”
Richard Berry
Group HR Director, Culina Group
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We moved our legal support to WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) having previously used a time and line law firm. It was important, though, that an all-inclusive fee structure did not come at the expense of quality. Thankfully we’ve been delighted with the service we’ve received from WorkNest.”
Chief Executive
Waverley Care
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What we recognised in WorkNest is the background that they have. They are able to supply knowledge and experience in a number of disciplines, which enables us to develop our business in a way that’s safe, to do it on time and with a quality to it.”
Debbie Rainbow
Director of Human Resources and Health & Safety,
Bluestone National Park Resort
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Celia McKeon
Chief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT)
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As the company started to get larger, we knew we had to protect our employees and our contractors both onsite and in the offices. WorkNest is exactly what we needed to move the company forward.”
Joanne Beaver
Operations Director, Beaverfit
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Pineapple have worked with the team at WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) since 2003, and we have built a trusted partnership together. We particularly like WorkNest’s concise and practical advice concerning employment law/HR issues and also appreciate their totally supportive approach in all areas of health and safety.”
General Manager
Pineapple Dance Studios
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I’ve taken WorkNest into every organisation that I’ve worked with. I’ve introduced them to many teams and many colleagues and referred them with absolute pleasure because I genuinely trust in the service that we get.”
People Director, The Works
