Chemical Watch Expo 2022

For over 24 years Claudio Mereu has been focusing on EU Regulatory law, with an emphasis on the chemicals (REACH), pesticides, biocides and life sciences industry sectors. Claudio handles product approval and registration processes in the EU, related litigation before European and national courts, as well as ECHA’s Board of Appeal, and counsels companies on a wide range of business law matters relating to their international agreements and commercial presence in Europe. His expertise covers all aspects of product stewardship, regulations and restrictions (including notification, data protection, mutual recognition, classification & labelling, marketing and use restrictions, parallel imports, environmental liability, product recalls and data compensation negotiations, amongst others). Claudio is highly recommended as a Tier1 lawyer by Legal500 and Chambers Europe, and is a regular speaker and panelist at international conferences.

Peter Sellar has extensive experience advising clients on EU environmental, social and governance law, including on general chemicals, biocides and pesticides, ecodesign, electronic and electrical equipment, cosmetics, medical devices and medical products law, as well as on the circular economy and sustainability law.

Martina Schneider earned her doctorate in environmental chemistry at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig, Germany. Her education included laboratory studies and modeling work on the environmental fate of organic compounds, such as pesticides.

David leads Veeva’s Regulatory Strategy practice for the European Chemical Industry. In this role he partners with Europe’s leading chemical companies to help them reimagine how they deliver product compliance with efficiency, speed, and end-to-end transparency. Before joining Veeva, David worked at Novozymes Global Regulatory Affairs where he led the strategy to transition towards a digital operating model. He also worked as a management consultant at Deloitte where he specialized in organization transformation. David holds a MSc in International Business and Politics from Copenhagen Business School where he focused on transnational governance, nonmarket strategy, and regulatory lobbying in the European Union.

Frederik is responsible for REACHLaw Sales. Since 2004, he has been working in depth with EU Chemicals Regulations: REACH and CLP as well as REACH-like regulations globally including UK REACH, Turkey KKDIK and Eurasia REACH. As of late, the interphase between product and waste legislation has also become an area of interest.

Olesia is part of both sales and business development and legal teams at REACHLaw, combining expertise in regulatory business strategy and corporate legal matters. She has an educational background in law and international business and has been with REACHLaw since 2010, working on global chemicals regulations and contract management. She has experience working with customers from various industries, including chemicals, petrochemicals, metals, and specialty chemicals, supporting them with regulatory and legal requirements. In addition to her role in business development, she is responsible for managing contracts and handling corporate legal matters within the company. In recent years, Olesia has focused on chemicals regulations outside the EU, including UK REACH, Turkey KKDIK, K-REACH, Ukraine REACH, and other global chemicals regulations, assisting companies with compliance. Olesia speaks English and Ukrainian fluently and has a good command of Finnish.

Darren enables clients throughout the chemicals and life sciences supply chain to get and keep their products on the European market (both in the UK and the EU). He provides a global clientele (companies, consortia and trade associations) with strategic advice, undertakes advocacy before public authorities and agencies and litigates before courts and tribunals (including the ECHA board of appeal and CJEU). Darren has a wealth of experience with regulation of biocidal products, plant protection products, REACH, CLP, food and feed, GMOs and wider aspects of environmental law, including extensive work with the Aarhus convention. He loves tackling “impossible” problems, learning new fields and working in multi-disciplinary client teams, with scientists, business leaders, regulatory and public affairs specialists and (even other) lawyers.

Simon has recently joined the environment, chemicals regulation and product stewardship practice at Steptoe & Johnson. With a first-class joint honours degree in chemistry and law, Simon has developed particular expertise in EU and UK regulations on the control of chemicals and products, such as REACH and RoHS, supply chain risk, and liability arising from chemicals in the environment. Simon is recommended in the leading legal directories where he is described as “super – especially on chemicals regulation” (Chambers 2021).

Caroline is a chemical legislation expert, with experience of interpreting and implementing EU legislation relating to hazardous chemical substances. Her knowledge and expertise is wide ranging, covering both supply and transport legislation including REACH, safety data sheets, poison centres, ADR, COSHH, in fact basically anything related to chemical safety and compliance!

Marcus is a seasoned materials compliance professional with extensive technical experience in data reporting and analysis programs. He is committed to helping companies understand data to not only meet their legal requirements, but also leverage it as a strategic asset to improve business. Before joining Assent, Marcus served as senior consultant, building a robust compliance program with DXC Technology. He spent more than 20 years with Electronic Data Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, and DXC, supporting clients in the digitalization of material compliance processes and working with standards bodies such as IPC and various industry associations." (https://www.assent.com/capabilities/expertise/mark-schneider/)

Dr Wang-Hauenstein studied Macromolecular chemistry at the University of Bayreuth and is holding a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Starting her career as a Product Stewardship Manager in 2017 in chemical industry, she joined Knoell Germany in 2021 as project manager where she supports European and non-EU manufacturers with the focus on REACH and China Regulatory Affairs.

Dr. Piyatida (Tung) Pukclai has worked in several technical and managerial positions within the Business Development and Regulatory Policy. Currently, she is Asia-Pacific Lead for Regulatory Policy and Business Development of knoell, an independent service provider for Regulatory Affairs and Product Registration over 25 years.

Wiebke Sossinka studied environmental sciences at the University of Lüneburg. She joined knoell in 2008 initially working on Safety Data Sheets (SDS). In 2010, she changed to the working group for EU REACh and in November 2015, she joined the group for global regulatory affairs of chemicals. She has a broad knowledge of EU REACh and many other chemical regulations around the world. She has supported numerous clients in registering their substances in countries such as Australia, USA, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan etc. and provides strategic advice on how to keep chemical portfolios compliant on a global scale.

Dr. Vaibhav Diwan is a leading professional in the global chemical regulatory space. He is an expert in establishing regulatory compliance as an opportunity for business growth in the chemicals sector and related sectors. As General Manager (Growth) at GPC, he works with the senior management of multinational companies, helping them grow across the global market space by strategically addressing compliance challenges. He holds a Ph.D in Life Science (Molecular Biology and Microbiology).

Enhesa is partner to multi-national corporations that want to help build a safer, more sustainable world. Through comprehensive EHS and product compliance intelligence, we empower clients to take care of the environment, health and safety of their collective. Combining our advanced regulatory expertise in 300+ jurisdictions with AI-powered technology, we provide actionable insights in more than 30 languages – covering what compliance means now and how it will change in the future. We help you comply with confidence – today, tomorrow, across the globe.

As an experienced consultant since 2017, Woo Jung Jang has been working to provide effective solutions to the international regulatory systems, especially chemical regulations in the EU, UK, South Korea, Malaysia, and Australia. Among them, she is contributing to mediating regulatory responses by supporting Korean and European companies to expand their economic activities in compliance with local regulations.

Koen’s practice focuses on EU regulatory, business and competition law, with an emphasis on chemicals, pesticides, biocides & cosmetics. He is specialised in solving the antitrust issues potentially arising in these areas.

Cristina studied Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal. She worked for several years in regulatory affairs for industrial and consumer goods business, where she gained experience in the EU chemicals legislation (REACH, CLP, biocides, FCMs, electronics, …) and in chemical legislation for other regions such as Latin American countries. She recently joined knoell as a Project Manager for the Chemicals and Product Safety Regulatory Affairs.

Hilal is involved in Only Representative services, Responsible Person services and general consulting services to ensure that companies comply with EU Chemicals legislations (REACH, Cosmetics) and Turkish Chemicals Regulations (KKDIK, SEA, SDS etc.).

Nhat Nguyen is a US licensed attorney with over 9 years of global regulatory compliance. He currently serves as the Chief Analyst for Enhesa Product Intelligence and leads a new department which provides further insights and solutions to Enhesa Product Intelligence's customers on regulatory compliance, technology and scientific data regarding chemical and chemical products. 

Dr. Passarella is an expert strategist in navigating international chemical regulations.  At Intertek, she uses her chemical and legal experience and skill at interpreting complex chemical regulations to design and implement effective policies to protect client’s products.  During her career, Dr. Passarella has advocated for sustainable chemical management to enable the manufacture and sale of products in US and global markets. After completing her Ph.D. in chemistry, she formulated products, managed R&D groups, and managed global Product Stewardship and Sustainability. It was during this time that she pursued a law degree at night school, and is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  Her combination of industry experience, and an in-depth knowledge of chemistry and the law enables her to translate regulatory trends and requirements into business and compliance action plans.

Dan Bastien is a subject matter expert in Canada with specific experience in the Chemical Management Plan. Dan serves as Senior Director of the Chemicals Group at Intertek Health Sciences, Inc. In this role, he delivers business development expertise, expert advice and direction to clients who seek support in understanding and complying with a wide variety of global chemical control legislation and regulatory initiatives. He works closely with the Chemicals team of regulatory and scientific experts who help clients address challenging regulatory climates and demanding marketplaces, in a timely and cost-effective manner.