Michele Cavalleri | GLP Facility Manager of the Biocidal Products Division in Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Italy.
Michele Cavalleri has a solid background as GLP and ISO 17025 Test Facility Manager within Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Italy for over 14 years.From a technical point of view, he has gained a strong and reliable expertise, first as a validation manager and afterwards as Subject Matter Expert within Eurofins BPT Italy, on efficacy validation of surfaces and equipment disinfection, as well as aseptic filtration procedures for the biopharmaceutical sites. He is also member of the European Committee CEN TC 216 that establishes standardized methods of test and requirements for the disinfectant and virucidal efficacy of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics.
Cindy van der Meer | Account Manager Biocides, CTGB, Netherlands
Cindy van der Meer is Account Manager Biocides at the Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb) in the Netherlands. Cindy has a PhD in Medical Biology and joined the biocides team of the Ctgb in 2010. She has been working as a project manager for 8 years. Since 2018 she is Account Manager of the Biocides team and in this role, she is the first point of contact for companies wishing to apply for a biocides registration at the Ctgb.
Jordane Wodli | Policy Officer, European Commission
Jordane works at the European Commission at DG Environment, Unit Sustainable Chemicals, on policy developments on EDs, and on POP and PIC regulations. Before joining the European Commission this year, he worked for 5 years at the French Ministry of Environment at the Chemical Unit until 2017. Then after he worked as parliamentary assistant for a member of French National Parliament.
Sofia Ribeiro | Regulatory Affairs Project Manager at Christeyns Portugal
Sofia is a Biochemist, specialized in Clinical Biochemistry. With 7 years of experience in working with biocidal product regulation (BPR) and biocides, within the Corporate Regulatory Affairs Team at Christeyns, she is responsible for the development, preparation, and submission of BPR dossiers, as well as follow-up on on-going processes.
Siobhan Murphy | Regulatory Specialist, Contec Cleanroom Ltd, UK
Siobhan is a Regulatory Specialist with over 10 years experience in the field of chemical regulations, primarily biocidal product legislation. Having previously worked as a consultant, Siobhan joined Contec in April 2018 to manage the authorisation of their cleanroom disinfectants in the EU, GB and global markets.
Linda Musitelli | Senior Consultant Eurofins Regulatory & Consultancy Services Italy
M.Sc. Linda Musitelli's academic background is in biotechnology and chemical and toxicological risk assessment. She has joined Eurofins BPT in Italy in 2017, Consultancy division where she is responsible for activities related to the registration of biocidal products. Linda has a wealth of experience to enable clients to bring products to market and to develop cost-effective strategies. Through strategic advice she successfully drives clients to overcome the complex challenges of the regulatory scenario affecting biocidal products.
Darren Abrahams, Hannah Widemann - Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Belgium
Darren enables clients throughout the chemicals and life sciences supply chain to get and keep their products on the European Union market. He focuses on defense of products through strategic advice, advocacy before institutions and agencies, and litigation before EU and national courts and tribunals. He has a wealth of experience with the EU regulation of biocidal products, plant protection products (agrochemicals), REACH, classification, labelling and packaging, GM food and feed, cosmetics, and endocrine disruptors.
Hannah Widemann advises clients on EU regulatory compliance questions in the areas of chemical and product regulations, including REACH, CLP, biocides, cosmetics, and plant protection products. Her work includes product defense and litigation strategies before the European Court of Justice and the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), as well as supporting clients with (data sharing) negotiations, contracts, and potential disputes, before ECHA and under CEPANI rules. Hannah also focuses on EU decision-making (Comitology) and developments under the EU’s Green Deal and in particular the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS).
Marcel Hulsman | Partner, ERM
Marcel has over 25 years of experience working in the specialty chemical industry, consultancy and governmental agencies. He joined the Ctgb (Board for the authorisation of plant protection products and biocides, NL) in 2013 as relationship / account manager and since 2018 he led Ctgb’s biocide team. Starting at ERM in 2021, he supports clients in providing regulatory awareness and strategic advice on biocidal product authorisation and active substance approval under the EU - Biocides Regulation (BPR) and national (transitional) biocides legislation. Marcel has a MSc in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Twente (NL).
Katherine Clark | Risk Assessor and Toxicologist at Arxada
Katherine is a Managing Toxicologist at Arxada. She has a doctoral degree in Environmental Health Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University and is a board-certified toxicologist (DABT). She has been working as a regulatory toxicologist and risk assessor in the biocide industry for over 10 years and is actively involved in several aspects of the safety evaluations for human health and environment.
Raffaella Perrone | Ministry of health
Italian Ministry of Health expert within the General Directorate for Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical Services and Safety in Healthcare.
Camelia Mihai | Team Lead Biocides at CEFIC
Camelia is the Biocides Team Lead at Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council. She obtained a PhD in Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2004 and shifted her professional career from research to regulatory affairs when she started at Cefic in 2009, working both on Biocides and REACH. Since 2016, she leads the biocides industry association at Cefic - Biocides for Europe, formerly known as EBPF (The European Biocidal Products Forum). In this position, she actively follows the regulatory developments of the EU biocides legislation, providing support, information and advice to Biocides for Europe’s members in the area of compliance and implementation. She represents Biocides for Europe in the various fora at EU level and brings forward industry’s position on various policy and guidance developments.