Meet the team

Managing Director and Chartered Occupational Hygienist

Damien Eaves

BSc(Hons) Dip.Occ.Hyg., CFFOH, MIOA, MWMSoc(Snr), OSHCR

Damien is a Chartered Occupational Hygienist and Chartered Fellow in the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in worker health protection in many different workplaces.

Damien is also –

Member of the Institute of Acoustics
Senior Member of the Water Management Society
Member of the Society of Occupational Medicine

Alex Taylor

BSc (Hons), LFOH, Occupational Hygienist

Alex holds the Certificate of Competence in Occupational Hygiene and a series of LEV qualifications, including P601 and P602. He conducts noise, exposure and LEV assessments for many companies in the UK. He has experience working in varied types of industries, including large manufacturing sites, food factories, mines, and glass and timber sites. Before working at Validate he was an Occupational Health Operations Manager, organising and managing a team of occupational health nurses.

Laura Morris

BSc (Hons), LFOH, Occupational Hygienist

Laura is a holder of the Certificate of Competence in Occupational Hygiene and, in addition, holds the LEV qualification, P601. She conducts many different types of assessments, including, EMF, Legionella, noise and vibration surveys. Laura graduated from Manchester University with a 1st in Biology and also studied toxicology as part of her degree. She has a passion for worker health protection.

Ben Renshaw

AFOH, Occupational Hygienist

Ben is an Asbestos specialist and Occupational Hygienist at Validate Consulting, with more than 15yrs experience in consultancy, he currently undertakes a wide variety of assessments including Electromagnetic Field assessments, COSHH, Noise and LEV surveys around the UK.

India Grace

BSc (Hons), AFOH, Occupational Hygienist

India is an Occupational Hygienist at Validate Consulting and has experience in helping a wide variety of clients across the UK from food manufacturing to foundries. She has a background in geology which helps with a number of our clients in the mining and quarrying sector. She undertakes workplace air monitoring, noise and vibration assessments and has an ambition to one day become an HSE specialist inspector.

Liam Davies

Meng, AFOH, Occupational Hygienist

Liam is an Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene, he has a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Leicester University. He undertakes a wide range of assessments to help protect worker health and is a key asset to the Validate team.

Mathew Cyriac

Meng, Occupational Hygiene Technician

Matt joined Validate in 2022 and is our newest consultant to the team, he holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Leicester University. He currently conducts air monitoring and noise assessments and helps other consultants on larger projects. He is already on the road to becoming an Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene.