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A German national, Dr Mandery joined Cefic (Conseil Européen de l’Industrie Chimique/European Chemical Industry Council) in September 2009, and was appointed Director General of Cefic in November 2009. Dr Mandery graduated from University of Karlsruhe, Germany having studied Food Chemistry, Chemistry and shortly afterwards qualified as a   State approved food chemist He completed his PhD Food […]

Professor Mark W.J. Ferguson commenced as Director General of Science Foundation Ireland in January 2012 and as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland in October 2012. Previously he was Professor in Life Sciences at the University of Manchester (since 1984) and co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Renovo Group plc (1998-2011). He is the […]

Jack de Bruijn started working at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) right from the start in September 2007. He is currently heading the Risk Management Directorate that is responsible for identifying and implementing the authorisation and restrictions processes under REACH as well as managing the classification related tasks resulting from the CLP Regulation. Before joining […]

Dr. Mikael Karlsson is elected President of the European Environmental Bureau and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, the largest environmental organisations in Europe and Sweden, the latter a full-time position since more than a decade. He has also served as chair and in the board of several other environmental organisations. Dr. Karlsson is agronomist […]

David B. Fischer has been with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) for nearly 15 years.  He served as an Assistant General Counsel until 2010 at which time he was asked to co-manage ACC’s Chemical Products and Technology Divisions and to lead a practice area that includes numerous self-funded groups.  From 2000 – 2003, Mr. Fischer […]

After completing his studies in the field of Food Chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin, in Germany, and obtaining a Doctorate Degree, he decided to carry out his post-doctoral research study at the University of California, Davis, USA. In 1986, he was also granted the “Deutsche  Forschungsgemeinschaft” (German Society for Research) scholarship. In 1995 […]

Susan Dudley founded the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Centre in 2009 to improve regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach. She is also a research professor in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, and a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, where she serves on the committee on […]

Before becoming Head of Equality and Employment Rights, Sarah was Senior Employment Rights Officer at the TUC, in which role she was responsible for the development of TUC policy on employment law. She co-ordinated TUC activities in relation to the introduction of the Employment Relations Act 1999 and wrote the TUC Guide to the Act. […]

A graduate of University College, Dublin and of Brunel University, UK, he has worked for over 38 years in the area of food safety. Before joining the FSAI in 1999, he worked in the Food Safety Programme of the World Health Organization in Geneva. He has worked at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, […]

Franck Foures is currently Deputy Director in charge of food safety within the Risk Assessment Department of ANSES, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety. Frank Foures is a vet and a civil servant. He first worked for the French Ministry of Food and Agriculture in the Directorate General for food, then […]