Graham Oliphant

Bringing over 23 years of life safety expertise, most recently as director of a UK national fire consultancy, Graham has a proven track record successfully navigating complex regulatory, organisational and asset environments to deliver robust safety assurance.

Graham’s appointment represents a wider and sustained investment by Harmony Fire in its consultancy business to reflect a growth in demand for the life safety specialist’s full-service capability. Operating nationally, Harmony Fire provides housing associations, local authorities and the NHS with a comprehensive life safety service, from fire engineering consultancy, through to in-house design, delivery and ongoing maintenance.

The firm is currently delivering one of the largest fire safety upgrade programmes across the UK for the City of Edinburgh Council.

Graham said: “Harmony Fire stands out in this specialist field as an innovative, agile organisation driving the transformational change that saves lives and makes communities safer.

“It’s incredibly exciting to be joining a business that is both bringing world-leading technology to the life safety market through its Auro brand, while simultaneously creating Life Guard, which demystifies leadership and organisational safety obligations to transform conversations and actions.

“Our consultancy offer is rooted in our experience and technical expertise working across challenging and demanding property scenarios, recognising that life safety is not a tick box exercise but an essential element of an organisation’s asset management strategy.

“Applying our detailed knowledge of design, buildability, delivery and lifecycle considerations informs robust cost and scope analysis, eliminating uncertainty and future-proofing asset management decision making.”

Warwick Melvin, CEO of Harmony Fire, added: “I’m thrilled that Graham has joined Harmony Fire at a pivotal moment for our business. We are committed to changing the outdated, inefficient and wasteful fire safety model that currently leads to sub-optimal safety outcomes for residents, blown budgets and increased legal and reputational risks.

“Working alongside many of the brightest and best within and outside the sector, our consultancy business and new framework approach is generating significant interest from housing leaders seeking a better way to efficiently invest in life safety assurance with real long-term legacy.

“As one of the UK’s leading fire safety engineering experts, Graham brings vast experience and a breadth and depth of knowledge and learning that can only enhance the service we provide to our growing customer base. I’m excited to see the impact that Graham will make within the business as we seek to transform cultures and approaches to life safety.”