Ilse Quirynen graduated with a M.Sc in Civil Engineering and joined DEME in 2009. As DEME’s manager of QHSE-S, she is responsible for QHSE-S related issues of all DEME member companies. She gives guidelines and endorses strategies in DEME’s QHSE-S management. To strengthen the company’s QHSE-S performance, she is the driving force in the constitution of proactive safety. As a leading member of the “CHILD” (Colleagues Help Injuries Leave DEME) workgroup, she is the advocate of safety DNA within DEME.