Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly has 35 years of engineering and operations experience and is a consultant with AIChE’s Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). He has conducted numerous process safety audits and incident investigations and presented process safety workshops in North America, Europe and Asia. He previously was with Imperial Oil and Syncrude Canada Ltd.  

Brian joined CCPS in 2005 as a staff consultant after 34 years of service with Imperial Oil and Syncrude Canada Ltd. Brian received his BASc and MASc degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Ottawa (Canada). Brian has special expertise in Process Safety Management audits in oil, gas and chemical sectors, Process safety training programs, and investigation of significant process incidents. In addition to Brian’s many accomplishments, he is the 2010 recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada’s Process Safety Award for his many years of outstanding service to the Process Safety field. CCPS projects: Process Safety Boot Camp Training Program Recognizing Catastrophic Incident Warning Signs, and Hazard Identification elearning.