Tony Downes
Process Safety Consultant; ABS Consulting
Mr. A.M. (Tony) Downes has more than 40 years of industrial experience in operations and PSM with DuPont, Bayer, Westlake, FMC, Honeywell, ABS Consulting and others. He has led over 100 PHAs, conducted over 100 incident investigations and over almost 100 PSM/RMP audits. Before (semi) retiring he was Director and Global Process Safety Advisor at Honeywell Performance Materials. He has led the development and implementation of PSM programs for more than 30 years, rising from site level to corporate director level. Mr. Downes is a CCPS-Certified process safety engineer and a TUV-Certified functional safety engineer. He has led or participated in many PSM audits at a variety of facilities and processes.
Mr. Downes is active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) as an Emeritus Member. He was named a CCPS Fellow in 2023. He has published many papers and presentations related to PSM in the United States as well as internationally and has co-authored three books on various aspects of PSM. Mr. Downes holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) degree from the University of Ottawa, Canada.