Speaker profile
Mark Blainey
Head of Unit - Risk Management I, Echa
Experienced EU chemicals regulatory expert. Currently leading one of the 2 units in ECHA working on risk management issues, in particular restrictions but also applications for authorisation, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Occupational Exposure Limits, and Classification and Labelling. In addition, I have 7 years as a consultant working on general chemicals work, specialising in REACH and CLP issues, and 4 years in the Commission as one of the key authors of REACH. I have a strong technical background in human health and environmental risk assessment/risk management particularly in the occupational health and safety sector.