Chemical Watch Expo 2023

Eleanor Grimes brings over a decade of regulatory experience to her customers. In additional to her regulatory background, she has valuable experience working in and managing industrial biochemical laboratories.

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.

Paula Galbiatti Silveira has been with Enhesa for over 2 years and is a Subject Matter Expert in Products, Sustainability & ESG.

Marina Dorileo leads the content expansion of Enhesa beyond Environmental, Health, and Safety. As the Content Incubation Manager at Enhesa, she has the opportunity to learn something new every day and engage with the most diverse stakeholders, internally and externally. She also ensures that the products developed align with her client’s needs and ultimately help them become more sustainable organizations. Her work significantly impacts multinational companies worldwide, empowering them to operate in a socially responsible and environmentally conscious manner.

Prior to joining Chemical Watch News & Insight in 2015, Kelly managed regulatory affairs for several trade groups in the building products industry. Her academic background is in English and Spanish.

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.

Dr. Adrian von Mühlenen is responsible for Veeva’s digital product compliance strategy in Europe. In this role, he partners with chemical and consumer goods companies to help them develop future-ready digital augmented operating models that transform product compliance into a competitive edge. Adrian is a microtechnology engineer and holds a Ph.D. in materials science. In previous roles at BASF, he has developed printed electronics in an R&D organization for international customers, conceptualized sustainable dynamic solar control glass and daylight management for buildings, and driven the digitalization and plausibility of safety data sheets in BASF's business incubator. As a product owner in Catena-X, Adrian has founded and managed a team with members from different companies to discover and develop the digital product passport (DPP) on the subject of the battery as a "battery passport".

Mr. Shisher is the founder and Executive Director of Global Product Compliance Group, a leading global (and India’s largest) regulatory compliance service provider. He is also a member of the Technical Committee for drafting & finalizing Indian CMSR (India-REACH).

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.

Simon advises companies on EU life-science and environmental legislation, ranging from REACH, biocides, agro-food to cosmetics and electronic equipment.

Based in Washington D.C., Melanie Rybar supports Enhesa Product Intelligence as the expert on North America regulatory content. She has spent her career in the chemical manufacturing industry, conducting regulatory analysis, risk management reviews, developing new products and processes for companies making surfactants, functional polymers and other specialty chemicals intended for use in consumer products.

Christoph Schwarz studied food chemistry and toxicology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Karlsruhe, Germany. He received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Vienna, Austria in 2012. Since 2012 has been working for knoell Germany GmbH in the field of Product Safety and Stewardship. Dr. Schwarz has over 10 years of experience in consulting and supporting clients, in the areas of Classification, Labelling, Safety Data Sheets, Poison Centre Notifications and national product registrations. His clients range from manufacturers of industrial chemicals to consumer products, from major global players to small start-ups, from plant protection to detergents and other product groups.

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. 

Markus Pogrzeba is co-founder of and Product Manager at opesus AG, a software company based in Germany that specializes in the development of software solutions across industries that complement SAP’s Product Compliance solutions. With over 25 years of experience in the field of product compliance consulting and software engineering, Markus is an expert in product compliance solutions.

Elaine has 12 year of Sales and Marketing experience, predominantly in the Pharmaceutical sector. At Chemical Watch Elaine is now supporting international businesses to streamline their compliance functions.

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).

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.

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.

Maud has over 14 years' experience advising clients on EU regulatory and environmental law (REACH, biocides, pesticides, food additives, WEEE, RoHS, cosmetics, medical devices, etc.), as well as worker protection, product safety and public health. She has particular expertise in the EU biocidal and agrochemical sectors as well as commodity chemicals.

Natalie practices in highly regulated fields, in the areas of European Union, with a specific focus on chemicals (REACH, Biocides and plant protection products). She is involved in the establishment and running of Task Forces and Consortia related to REACH and the Biocidal Products Regulation, and provides legal support, including data sharing negotiations with third parties.

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.

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. 

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.

Gareth is a thought leader in the field of crisis management, emergency response and human factors. Gareth’s Master’s Degree in Homeland Security and Crisis Management, alongside his lecturing work at Coventry University means he is at the cutting edge of developments in the field. Gareth has a unique ability to turn his wealth of academic experience into simple, practical, and intuitive solutions for clients, ensuring they remain in the forefront of crisis management practice. Gareth has received accolades for his work with the National Health Service, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a wide range of incidents whilst also working on policy and procedural developments of national and international significance. More recently Gareth has worked with clients in the chemical, oil and gas, university, and public sector, creating inventive and intuitive solutions to maintain their crisis readiness.

Mackenzie is a Sustainability and Supply Chain Solutions Engineer at 3E with experience helping companies all throughout the value chain to create Digital Product Passports to help address challenges surrounding chemical disclosures, regulatory requirements, and sustainability reporting.

Being well versed in the regulatory landscape, especially in EU, Lioba is at the service of clients and colleagues for regulatory guidance and training projects. But her areas of expertise also include product marketability including hazard communication in countries such as like USA, Australia, Korea etc. and to a growing extent, sustainability aspects. She is passionate about decoding the various complex legislations, so everyone can absorb them easily and are empowered to act fast and according laws. With her team of subject matter experts nowadays, she is responsible for the support of 3E ERD customers in regards of regulatory requirements.

Harro Elsborg LL.M. has obtained his “Master of Laws” (Commercial Law) at the University of Leiden, Netherlands. He has been working as a consultant for Cap Gemini. In 1996 he founded Trade Wind B.V., specializing in solving issues for the Chemical Industry. In 2002 Trade Wind signed a distribution agreement with Lisam Systems in Belgium, now one of the leading SDS-software vendors in the world. Current products include ExESS (worldwide SDS-authoring and Chemicals Management, PubliChem (SDS-distribution) and Chemspector (location Management for Chemicals). In 2019 the SDS-authoring services were set aside in another company: Chempros B.V. of which Harro is still shareholder and (non-executing) director.