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Sonia Razzaque

Sonia Razzaque

Vice President Regulatory Compliance and Product Stewardship, Michelman Inc.

Sonia has been involved in overseeing compliance in the chemical industry for over 25 years. She started out as an QA/QC chemist in a pharmaceutical lab and transitioned to Product Stewardship/ Regulatory Affairs in the early 2000s and has never looked back.

Her long tenure spans roles at The Dow Chemical Company, Nexeo Solutions (now Univar), Huntsman and Celanese. As of July 2021, she is the VP of Regulatory Compliance and Product Stewardship at Michelman Inc. - a privately-owned global specialty chemicals manufacturer specializing in water-based coatings.

Advocating for product stewardship is second nature to Sonia and she is an active member of the Product Stewardship Society’s (PSS) Education Committee. She enjoys sharing the tricks of the trade with the new generation of regulatory professionals and has presented at the PSS’s annual conference (PSX) every year for the last 4 years on various topics such as Fundamentals of Product Stewardship, PS due diligence during M&As and the EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability.