I am a Full Professor at Massey University (New Zealand) and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow for Royal Society NZ. I am an Associate Editor for Safety Science (Elsevier) and Fire Technology (Springer). I am a part of the Editorial Board of Fire Safety Journal (Elsevier), Virtual Reality (Springer) and Journal of Safety Science and Resilience (Elsevier). I am representing New Zealand From in the ISO/TC 92/SC 4/WG 11 committee in Fire Safety Engineering.