Bill Carman completed his doctorate in the area of earthing system risk quantification, and is recognised as a pioneer of modern earthing theory, design and risk management. He worked for 37 years within Australia’s largest power utility, where he founded the specialist earthing team, Safearth. He now leads Safearth’s European office.

Bill has been a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, has authored more than 40 technical papers, and is the convenor of the CIGRE/CIRED Joint Working Group B3.35. Bill is also on the committees for key grounding standards IEEE 80, 81 and 998.

Bill’s expertise extends to all areas of power system earthing, including design and testing, safety analysis, standards development, forensic investigations, research and development, and training. He works with clients to improve safety outcomes through developing processes and staff to manage the complex interactions between the power system, third party metallic systems, the soil and exposed people and equipment.