Senior expertise with practical industrial understanding

Tino Vande Capelle is the founder and CEO of TVC Functional Safety Services FZ-LLC, bringing more than 30 years of industrial experience to Functional Safety consultancy and training. His career progressed from instrumentation into process control, critical control and safety systems, providing a strong foundation for understanding the engineering, management and operational decisions that influence Functional Safety.

With an educational background in Automation and Critical Control Systems, Tino has worked across oil and gas, LNG, chemicals and petrochemicals. His experience spans technical leadership, engineering and consultancy, with particular expertise in the specification, design, implementation and lifecycle management of process control and safety-critical systems.

A TÜV Rheinland Senior Functional Safety Expert and Trainer since 2005, Tino is the only remaining active trainer from the original four pioneers of the SIS training programme. He has personally trained more than 3,500 engineers worldwide, helping professionals understand and apply IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 through clear explanations, industrial examples and practical discussion.

Alongside his consultancy and training activities, Tino contributes technical articles and delivers seminars, webinars and international presentations. His approach combines extensive industrial experience with the ability to make complex requirements understandable and relevant to the people responsible for applying them.

Lalit brings more than 27 years of experience in instrumentation, automation and Functional Safety. Based in Mumbai, he holds a Diploma and a Bachelor's Degree in Instrumentation, together with a Diploma in Business Management. His industry background includes petrochemicals, refining, specialty chemicals and rail.

His technical experience covers field instrumentation, process control, hardware and software engineering, and systems including DCS, SCADA, emergency shutdown, fire and gas, burner management and compressor control. His Functional Safety work includes HAZOP, SIL determination and verification, Safety Requirements Specifications and reliability studies.

As a TÜV Rheinland SIS trainer and an approved partner supporting TVC training in South Asia, Lalit connects lifecycle principles with engineering examples and participants' own responsibilities. His technical background and approachable teaching style help engineers understand how to apply the requirements in practice. Professional recommendations recognise his safety knowledge, helpfulness and readiness to address technical challenges.

Denrich combines more than 20 years of experience in process safety automation with specialist expertise in Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) cybersecurity. An instrumentation engineer with an additional qualification from Harvard Business School, he brings both technical and management perspectives to industrial risk reduction.

His background includes oil and gas, utilities, fertilisers, petrochemicals and refining. His experience spans safety-system engineering, commissioning and operational support, together with technical leadership and industrial cybersecurity consultancy. His work draws on IEC 61511 and IEC 62443, alongside other relevant security frameworks.

As an approved trainer under the TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety and Cyber Security Training Program, Denrich delivers both Functional Safety SIS and IACS Cybersecurity training. As an approved partner supporting TVC Functional Safety Services FZ-LLC in the Americas, he helps participants connect safety and security requirements with practical engineering and operational responsibilities.

Denrich also contributes to conferences and technical discussions on Functional Safety and OT/ICS cybersecurity. Professional feedback highlights his technical engagement and his ability to keep international training groups involved.

William Horner brings more than 20 years of industrial experience to cybersecurity for process automation and industrial control systems. A Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, he holds an MBA from Durham Business School and combines engineering knowledge with an understanding of operational and business priorities.

His experience spans chemicals and plastics, oil and gas, energy and critical national infrastructure. Having held international roles in process automation and operations, William understands the constraints involved in securing systems that must continue to operate reliably. He has contributed to large-scale industrial control system security initiatives, helping organisations understand threats and manage cyber risk.

As a TÜV Rheinland trainer for Cyber Security Fundamentals and Security Risk Assessment, William delivers practical training based on the IEC 62443 framework. His consultancy and teaching connect system scope, risk assessment, zones and conduits, target security levels and documented requirements. He supports TVC's cybersecurity programmes and shares his experience through workshops, conferences and technical forums.