Regulatory Summit Asia 2023

Agnes Lau is a seasoned regulatory leader with close to two decades of experience in product safety and chemical regulations across the Asia Pacific region. As Director of Product Safety Asia Pacific at BASF, she leads a cross-functional team responsible for steering regulatory compliance and product stewardship across more than 60 entities in the region.

Ms. Lila Tao has worked in CIRS group for several years and has served numerous enterprises to comply with global chemical regulations, including China REACH, EU REACH, Global GHS, K-REACH, etc. She has rich experience on new substance registration under China MEE Order No. 7 and deep understanding on China MEE Order No. 12, with focus on data gap analysis, registration & testing strategies and how to comply with requests from Chinese authorities.

Tingting is responsible for pesticide & fertilizer registration in CNCIC, a prestigious consulting agency with more than 60 years history. She has 14 years experiences in agriculture chemical regulatory compliance in China.

Willi has over 30 years’ experience in the Chemical industry. In his long carrier he has held positions in R&D, Technical Customer Service and Business Development. At the same time as the EU REACH white book was published, he moved into Product Compliance in 2006. Willi has been involved in all sorts of Product Stewardship topics on an international scale, such as REACH, GHS, Biocides, Transport classification, import and export regulations ever since.   

Dr. Cheng-Yung Lai, the Senior Environmental Technical Specialist, has been member of TCSB since its establishment in 2017. He has been responsible for the establishment of chemical substances registration system, training of personnel for compliance check of registration dossiers, establishment of review procedures for alternatives tests, and education and counseling for registrants.

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.

Junho Lee is a Director at CIRS Group Korea and has 18 years of international experience specializing in the field of chemical regulations, standards and certifications in Korea, China and Europe. He has supported industry on major chemical regulatory updates around the world starting with EU REACH, and now Korea’s K-REACH.

Jeff Li is a Principle Scientist with nearly 14 years experience in Procter & Gamble, specialising in chemical regulations in Asia. He has been the technical source for Procter & Gamble Asia chemical compliance strategies, and is also actively involved in tracking and shaping existing and emerging chemical legislations from the region. He has a chemistry background and received his Bachelor degree and PhD from Tsinghua University in China.

Salmaan is the Head, Product Stewardship and Toxicology, Group Health, Safety, Security and Environment at PETRONAS. He is also a Professor Adjunct, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health.

Sok-Han gains her industry experience as an independent regulatory affairs consultant, with a focus on Japan, South Korea and other Asian markets. She serves as a conduit between the Japanese market and the rest of the world, assisting industry in navigating through complex compliance frameworks. Her specialty is in food and beverage, food contact, health supplement and cosmetic products. Sok-Han is a fluent speaker of Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin.

Cissie is the Product Regulatory, Compliance & Advocacy Manager in Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd. She is responsible for the Product Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) regulatory affairs, assurance, and advocacy work for Downstream businesses in the SEA Region including ASEAN, India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island.

Gil is a former Environmental Specialist of Philippines EMB, EIA Division (1997 – 2000), managing the review and approval of Environmentally Critical Projects. From Year 2000 onwards, Gil has joined Procter & Gamble, starting from Manila (2000 – 2004), then moving to Kobe, Japan (2004 – 2012) and now in Singapore (2012 – Present). He currently manages a team of regulatory managers and experts, who support the global SK-II cosmetics brand and P&G’s compliance and advocacy needs on chemical regulations across the Asia region.

Hugo has represented the metals sector on REACH and other chemicals management programs for the past 15 years. He takes part in the ECHA SEAC and MSC meetings as industry observer and has therefore first-hand experience in respect to REACH programs and how they are implemented by sectors and companies.

Jean-Philippe Montfort is a partner at Mayer Brown based in Brussels, and the leader of Mayer Brown’s REACH and EU product regulatory team. Jean-Philippe provides strategic advice, as well as advocacy and litigation support to companies and trade associations in the defense of their substances under various REACH and CLP processes. Jean-Philippe is widely recognised as a very innovative, yet pragmatic legal advisor and litigator. He has a very successful track record before the European Courts and the Board of Appeal of ECHA, with landmark wins, such as the recent “TiO2” case.

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. 

Mr. Wenk is internationally recognized global product stewardship and regulatory affairs professional with over 27 years of experience successfully directing and developing domestic and international product stewardship and regulatory compliance programs in multiple Fortune 100 companies. He pairs extensive regulatory expertise with a well-developed understanding of corporate operations, providing a highly unique blend of business operations knowledge and technical acumen. Well-versed in corporate mergers and acquisitions, specifically regulatory due diligence for acquisition of global chemical manufacturing firms. Among these were a $200 million pulp and paper chemicals business as well as a $110 million polymer chemical manufacturing firm.

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.

Le Viet Thang graduated his bachelor degree in Russian St Petersburg State University in 2007 and his master degree in Hanoi University of Science and Technology in 2012. His background is bio-chemistry and environmental technology. He has started working in Vietnam Chemicals Agency, Ministry of Industry and Trade since 2012 and become Deputy Head of Division of Convention and International Cooperation since June 2017.

Dr. Nair is a leading professional in the areas of Environment and Global Chemical Regulations since 1998. His focus areas involve global regulatory compliance, capacity building, strategic planning, and strengthening in-house resources for industries. He is a key stakeholder and promoter of GPC activities globally and is now the CEO, GPC India.

Experienced Compliance Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the chemicals industry. Specialised in international food contact regulations, specifically for plastics in contact with food.

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.

Rich joined CHEMTREC in 2019 and serves as the Director of International Business. With nearly 20 years of experience working with private and public sector organizations who have complex risk and compliance challenges, Rich is responsible for forming strategic partnerships with international accounts that interface into and out of the U.S.

Leendert brings over 30 years of experience in the (petro-) chemical industry, of which 5 years in sales and over 30 years in product stewardship and regulatory compliance related functions.