Speaker profile
Malcolm Driffield
Dr. Driffield has over 25 years’ experience in the field of analytical chemistry, providing advice and guidance on the analytical techniques used to investigate problems across a number of commodities and Industries including food, beverages, packaging and food contact materials. During his 17 years at a UK Government laboratory, he gained widespread experience in analytical methodologies used for the determination of chemical contaminants in foods and food contact materials, including an extensive knowledge of non-targeted analysis techniques used for the determination of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS).
In November 2018 Dr Driffield took up the position of Managing Scientist in the Chemical Regulation and Food Safety Practice at Exponent International, a multi-disciplinary engineering, scientific and regulatory consulting firm, and now specializes in technical and regulatory problem solving, assisting businesses to assess compliance status and gain authorization for products to be used in a variety of global markets, and providing advice and guidance on analytical techniques used to investigate problems, and the interpretation of information rich data sets determined by modern analytical techniques.