Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the Environment Conference - 16-17 November 2016

Iain works for Rockwell Automation, a leading supplier of automation and industrial control products and services, in its European Regulatory Affairs section. He has more than 20 years of experience of European directives, regulations and standards across a wide range of environmental, safety and EMC topics. As part of his role, Iain is an active participant in national and European industry associations and is the Chair of the GAMBICA Environmental Regulatory Group.

Huw is a Programme Manager for Regulatory Delivery and leads on the enforcement of the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, End of Life Vehicles, Batteries and Accumulators (placing on the market), Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors, Waste Batteries Takeback, EU Tyre Labelling and WEEE regulations. Regulatory Delivery was created on 1 April 2016 to focus on regulation and enforcement, bringing together the Better Regulation Delivery Office and the National Measurement and Regulation Office as a directorate in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which became the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 14 July 2016.

Tad chairs the firm’s Greater China Regulatory Practice and also serves as General Counsel for the corporate China Environmental Health & Safety Roundtable and as Chair of the US Council for International Business’s China Committee. Tad has been working on regulatory and compliance-risk management issues in China and Asia for the electrical and electronic equipment industry for approximately 20 years.

Colleen is a qualified solicitor and she has over 20 years’ experience in environmental law and sustainability issues. She founded CLT envirolaw in 2010, a niche sustainability, business and human rights consultancy. Colleen helps companies understand how to meet their legal obligations and voluntary best practice standards. She also teaches environmental, business and human rights law at Birkbeck University, London.

Dirk-Jan is currently a part of the Special Envoy Natural Resources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands.

Johann has worked for Siemens Healthcare for over 25 years. Starting in the Customer Service Computed Tomography department, he moved into quality management and then into product reliability and product related environmental protection. Johann’s remit as Head of Environmental Protection, Health and Safety Strategy department was to manage the material compliance program. In 2006, he won the Siemens Environmental Award.

Lein joined ICL-IP Europe as a process/project engineer for flame retardants in 1993. He is a member of the executive committee of EFRA (the European Flame Retardants Association), and he has been responsible for end-of-life programmes since 1998. Lein’s main projects have been LCA modelling, recycling, energy and feedstock recovery for EEE/ELV plastics. In 2015, he was one of the initiators for the CreaSolv project which is a solution for recycling plastics containing restricted BFRs.

Aaron Green is a US-trained lawyer now based in Cork, Ireland.  He provides regulatory analysis and manages content for Compliance & Risks, focusing primarily on e-waste, efficiency, chemical and EHS.  Originally from Washington, D.C., he received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin, and his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University.  He has been with Compliance & Risks for 8 years.

Lucy works extensively on conflict minerals and leads Amnesty’s law and policy work on the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation. Prior to joining Amnesty International, she was a corporate lawyer at an international law firm.

Michaela looks at how digital technologies can accelerate a more sustainable future. She has managed multinational partners such as 3M and O2 and has been involved in projects including the Digital Revolution, the Additive Manufacturing Toolkit, the Circular Business Model toolkit, Open Eco Rating and Lens to Screen.

Mike joined what was then the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) in 1985. During that time he has held a variety of posts in both MAFF and subsequently the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. In the last 12 months he has led UK team negotiating the revision of the “energy labelling” Directive in European Council and European Parliament. 

Richard has approximately 40 years industrial experience associated with electrical and electronic equipment. He has been deeply involved with many aspects of regulatory compliance and chairs a number of BSI committees on the subject.

Steve George has worked for in the Aerospace industry for 29 years in a range of product development and management roles, in recent years specialising in functional management of issues relating to supply chain management and engineering work undertaken by suppliers.

Steve is currently chair of the Aerospace and Defence Industries of Europe (ASD) REACH working group, and also a Director of the International Aerospace Environment Group.

techUK is the UK’s business association for companies working in the digital economy. Before joining techUK, Susanne worked for seven years at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and as a journalist for The ENDS Report. She is a board member of the High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute and a fellow of the RSA. She graduate from Kings College London with a degree in Environmental Science.