Our Consultants
Dr Andrew J. Ingram has a BSc in Zoology and a PhD in cancer research. He trained in animal pathology and toxicology at The British Industrial Biological Research Association (BIBRA) and also worked on mutagenicity tests and other tests for genotoxicity. He joined BP in 1979 and was responsible for all in-house pathology until he left at the end of 1992. At BP he represented the company on European Committees (CONCAWE, ECETOC, and the Institute of Petroleum) that dealt with the toxicological effects of Chemicals and Oil products and related Regulatory Issues.
Dr Ingram set up his own consultancy in 1993 and has been acting as an independent toxicology consultant from 1993 to the present. He has acted as consultant to a variety of oil and chemical companies and three inter-industry groups. He provides advice on pathology, toxicology, carcinogenicity and the design, monitoring and interpretation of research studies. He has now published over 30 scientific papers and is regularly used as a referee by three international journals. He has lectured on skin pathology at the University of Surrey for over 30 years. He has special expertise on any problems relating to the skin, effects on the respiratory tract, carcinogenicity and mutagenicity, and reviewing data to give overall evaluations of hazard and risk. He has prepared many expert witness reports in personal damage cases. Over the past 11 years he has carried out a large number of toxicological assessments on cosmetics, household products and toys.
Cliff Betton is a Zoologist by training and began his career in 1974 working for Unilever in the Environmental Safety Division, working on all aspects of fish toxicology. Moving to BP in 1979 he then worked on mammalian toxicology and human health issues in relation to detergents, oils and industrial chemicals. He was a member of the CONCAWE Ecology Group and chaired the biodegradation task force. He joined Castrol in 1989 where he had a number of roles in the Automotive business, related to HSE issues before moving to the Corporate Centre of Burmah Castrol as Environmental Affairs Manager.
Cliff joined Intertek in 2002 as Manager of Product Safety Assessment Limited and grew the business from a predominantly UK based operation to a global health and product assessment consultancy before starting Delphic HSE Solutions Limited in 2005.
Cliff has lectured on risk based safety assessments in the UK, USA and Europe as well as running a number of training courses on REACH over the past 3 years. Has published a number of scientific papers including chapters in standard text books on environmental issues. He recently edited the first volume of Global Regulatory Issues for the Cosmetic Industry as well as contributing two chapters to the book.
