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Dr Vincent Ho
PhD, MBA, PE, CSP, RPE, CEng,
CFIOSH, FIMechE, FCILT
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Dr. Vincent Ho is a career risk management professional with over twenty-five years of experience in transportation and nuclear industries specializing in risk assessment and management, fire risk analysis, safety governance, system safety and assurance, corporate/enterprise risk management, occupational safety & health, risk-based decision analysis as well as security analysis.
Dr. Ho is currently the Safety & Quality Manager of the China and International Business Division of MTR Corporation Limited, a privatized rail and metro company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with the government maintains a majority stake. Besides responsible for the metro railway operations in Hong Kong, the MTRCL is also actively involved in the development of key residential and commercial projects above existing stations and along new line extensions as well as many other commercial activities associated with the railway overseas. Dr. Ho is the head of safety and quality for all growth business and operations outside Hong Kong, which include, but are not limited to, railway construction and operations in Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shanghai in the Mainland China, franchised operation at London Overground, Stockholm and Melbourne, and various consultancy services around the world. Dr. Ho is responsible for the development and maintenance of divisional safety governance, setting divisional safety goal and ensuing core competence in system safety, OSH, environmental and quality management across the different business activities in the Mainland China and Overseas.
Previously, Dr. Ho was the Corporate Risk Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, a government owned private company serving an annual ridership of 550 million. Acting as the Corporation’s head of safety at the corporate level, He developed and maintained the Corporation’s safety risk management system. Dr. Ho was in charge of Corporation-wide Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) practice in KCRC with responsibilities including setting corporate-wide OSH policies and procedures, overseeing employees’ compensation, work injury rehabilitation programme, and corporate-wide safety training programmes and seminars, and implementing response plan to avian influenza. Dr. Ho was the Corporation representative to HK Labour Department on OSH matters. Dr. Ho also served as in-house expert on safety management, risk assessment, enterprise risk management, and system safety. Dr. Ho established the System Safety Section and developed documentation for the railway extension projects to manage system assurance issues. Prior to joining KCRC, Dr. Ho had been a consultant specializing in risk assessment and management for the transportation industry, nuclear and chemical weapons, nuclear power plants, and various complex engineering systems.
Dr. Ho had conducted research in magnetohydrodynamic power generation, fire growth in microgravity environment, space travel, inherently safe nuclear reactors, artificial intelligence, and dynamic human action analysis. He had volunteered as a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Pasadena in Los Angeles, participated in patrol and undercover operations, and had received distinguished awards from Pasadena and the County of Los Angeles.
EDUCATION:
PhD, Nuclear Engineering, specializing in Risk Management and Safety, UCLA
MBA, UCLA
MSc, Nuclear Engineering, specializing in Probabilistic Risk Assessment, UCLA
BSc, Magna cum Laude, Departmental Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, UCLA
QUALIFICATIONS:
Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (CA-USA)
Registered Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (HK)
Chartered Engineer (UK)
Certified Safety Professional ( USA )
Chartered Fellow, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Chartered Fellow, Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Chartered Fellow, the Chartered Institute of Logistic and Transport
Subject Specialist (E&M Services, OHS), HKCAAVQ
Registered Safety Officer (HK)
IRCA Trained Lead Auditor
Police Officer Standards and Training (CA-USA)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/PUBLIC
POSTS:
Chairman, Hong Kong Association
of Risk Management & Safety, 2004-present
Executive Committee,
Dashun Policy Research Centre, 2011-present
President, International Association of Probabilistic Safety Assessment and
Management, 2008-2010
Chairman, the 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment
and Management, 2008
Chairman, Safety Discipline Task Force, HKIE Safety Specialist Committee,
2006-present
Chairman, Safety Specialist Committee, HKIE, 2005-2006
Chairman, Construction Industry Safety and Health Committee, Hong Kong Occupational
Safety & Health Council, 2004-2007
Chairman, 2005 Asia-Pacific Conference on Risk Management and Safety, December
2005
Chairman, Organising Committee, Conference on Disasters: Preparedness, Response and Recovery, 2008
Chairman, IOSH, Hong Kong, 2007-2008
Chairman, Joint Utilities Safety & Occupational Health Policy Group, 2006-2007
Elected Parent Member, Board of Governors, The English Schools Foundation, 2011-2014,
Council Member, IOSH, UK, 2010-2013
Expert Advisory Panel on the Review of the Daya Bay Contingency Plan, HKSAR Security Bureau, 2011- present
Advisory Committee, Civil and Structural Engineering Department, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2006-present
Chairman, Special Projects Subcommittee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Hong Kong Branch, 2011-present
HKIE Mechanical, Marine, Naval Architecture and Chemical Engineering Division
Committee, 2006-present
Subject Specialist (Electrical & Mechanical Services and OSH), Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation, 2006 to 2012
School Ambassador, HKIE, 2005-present
Appeal Board Panel of the Amusement Rides (Safety) Ordinance, The HK Government
SAR, 2008-2014
Panel of Adjudicators, The Obscene Articles Tribunal, The HK Government
SAR, 2010-2013
OHSAS 18001 Technical Committee, Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency, 2004-present
Professional Activities Committee, CILT, 2006 -present
Technical Program Committee, International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis, Wilmington, NC, 13-17 March 2011.
HK-China Cross Border Boundary Control Point (Lo Wu) Anti-Terrorist/CBRN Security
Sub-Committee, 2004-2007
Transport Policy Committee, CILT, 2004-2008
E&M Industry Safety and Health Committee, Hong Kong Occupational Safety
& Health Council, 2007-2010
Hon. Treasurer, IOSH, Hong Kong, 2004-2006
Risk Management Committee, American Public Transportation Association, 2007-2008
Electrical and Mechanical Services Training Board, Vocational Training Council,
2004-2009
Working Subgroup-Engineering Works on Railway, Industry Training Advisory
Committee for the Electrical and Mechanical Services Industry, Education and
Manpower Bureau, HKSAR, 2006 - 2009
Dissertation Tutor, MSc, B Eng (Hons) Fire Engineering, City University of
Hong Kong, 2006-2010
Validation Panel, BSc (Hons) in Environmental, and Occupational Safety and
Health, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2004
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology, 2005-present
Safety and Risk Management Course Board, HK Institute of Vocational Education
(Morrison Hill), 2004-2008
Continuous Professional Development Committee, HKIE, 2002-2009
Technical Advisory Panel, International Conference on Tunnel Fires, 2002-present
Technical Reviewer, International Journal of Reliability Engineering and System
Safety, 1995- present
Vice Chairman, Nuclear Division, HKIE, 2004-2006
Judge Panel, Utilities Protection and Work Safety in Road Excavation Competition,
2006
Judge Panel, OSHC Construction Industry Safety Award, 2004-2006
Chairman, Joint HKIE-SSC/IOSH Seminar on Enterprise Risk Management, 2006
Chairman, Joint HKIE-SSC/IOSH Seminar on System Safety, 2004
Chairman, HKIE-SSC Seminar on Engineering Aspects of Terrorism Defense, 2003
Director, International Association of Probabilistic Safety Assessment and
Management, 2004-2008
Session Chair, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on PSAM, 1989-present
Presidents, Southern California Society for Risk Analysis, 1997-1998
Hon. Treasurer, Southern California Society for Risk Analysis, 1992-1997
Police Reserve Officer, Pasadena Police Department, 1989-1999
PUBLICATIONS:
Dr. Ho has authored over 100 conference, journal, technical
and seminar papers on safety analysis, risk analysis, fire analysis, flood
analysis, hazard analysis, and human action analysis.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
• Chairman's Award, MTR, 2010.
• IOSH Presidents’ Distinguished Service Award, 2005 and 2008
• Best Research Paper, the 15th International System Safety Conference,
Washington, D.C., August 1997.
• High-Five Award, Booz•Allen & Hamilton Inc.
• Police Reserve Officer of the Year, Los Angeles County, 1995
• Police Reserve Officer of the Year Distinguished Employee Award, City
of Pasadena, 1995
• Chief's Annual Award, Pasadena Police Department, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1994, and 1996
• Graduate Student Fellowship, UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Outstanding Achievement Award, High Achiever Award, The Ralph M. Parsons
Company
• Graduate Fellowship, UCLA
• Departmental Scholar, UCLA
• Dean’s List, UCLA
• Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honour Society
• Southern California Edison Fellowship
• Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), Fellowship
• Chevron Scholarship
• L.M.K. Boelter Scholarship, UCLA
• UCLA Alumni Association, Certificate of Merit
• Chancellor’s Award, UCLA
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