Alex Hanley is a food safety expert with over two decades in the industry, most of those as a food safety auditor.  He has a deep understanding of food safety management systems and food safety certification, with particular expertise in standards benchmarked to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) such as BRC, SQF and FSSC22000.  Alex also understands what it takes to manage a plant every day and the many intersecting business imperatives a company may be facing.

He has performed over 1,000 HACCP, quality system and food safety audits covering agriculture, meat, dairy, baking, seafood, processed foods and packaging material.

Originally from Montreal, Alex has travelled the world designing, implementing and auditing best practices for manufacturers of every size and production level.

He is a graduate of McGill University receiving a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) and also holds a post graduate certificate in Holistic Sciences from Plymouth University.

Alex is the founder and CEO of Navigate Food Safety Solutions, a company that specializes in delivering programs to build capacity at the plant level and assist food safety teams in the creation of programs they can understand and maintain.  This work is carried out through online training, coaching and on-site consulting.

You can visit Navigate’s website HERE.