The British Coatings Federation

The British Coatings Federation is the UK Trade Association representing the interests of the decorative, industrial and powder coatings, printing inks and wallcovering manufacturers. 

Coatings are critical to UK industry, with 300,000 workers relying on our members’ products every day, and the UK is a net exporter of coatings and inks. BCF’s members represent 95% of the UK sales of coatings, inks and wallcoverings.

Dr Friedrich Wolff

Application & Product Development

3M

Thomas Cortner

International Sales Manager

Active Minerals International

Dan Ellis

Head of Sustainability

Adler and Allan Group

Romain Severac

Global Technical Director

Advancion Sciences

Duncan Lochhead

Commercial Sustainability Manager

AkzoNobel Deco UK / Dulux Decorator Centre

Markus Dimmers

Head of Technical Marketing

Alberdingk Boley

Andrew Teasdale

Technical Service and Business Development Manager EMEA

allnex

Max Wolf

Business Development Manager

Allnex

David Callaway

Production Manager

Annie Sloan Interiors

Amir Khabibullin

Director, Business Development and Innovation

Anomera

Dr Andy Taylor

Technical Officer

ASFP

Arjan Schaeffer

Account Manager and Channel Partner Coordinator

Ashland Inc

Steven Hughes

EMEA Sustainability Manager

Azelis UK

Jim Palmer

Consultant

BASA

Caroline Raine

Regulatory Officer

BASA

Caroline Raine

Regulatory Officer

BASA

Phoebe Cawley Davies

BASA

Peter Bene

Commercial Marketing

BASF

Nicola Kaye

BASF

Neil Hollis

Regulatory Affairs Manager

BASF plc

Maurice Epple

Technical Sales Manager

BASF SE

Tom Bowtell

Chief Executive Officer

BCF

Ciara Dempsey

Regulatory Affairs Manager

BCF

David Park

Public Affairs Manager

BCF

Leah Elvin

BCF

James Smith

Global R&D Project Manager

Beckers Group

Sebastian Dziki

Regional Technical Service Chemist

Borchers GmbH

Karl Shone

Technical Development Manager

Brenntag UK and SIA

Kathryn Tearle

Regulatory Affairs Manager

British Coatings Federation

Kathryn Tearle

Regulatory Affairs Manager

British Coatings Federation

Zoe Slade

Sustainability Manager

British Coatings Federation

Liudmyla Klymchuk

Standards Development Manager

BSI

Lara Walter

Head of Technical Service Marine and Protective Coatings

BYK Chemie

Kevin Spittka

Head of Technical Service Marine & Protective

BYK Chemie

Frederique Catterman

Sales Manager

Cardolite Specialty Chemicals Europe NV

Caroline Raine

Caroline Raine Chemical Consultancy Limited

Elaine McGavin

Regulatory & Responsible Care Lead

CBA

Danish Zaiful Azri

Regulatory & Supply Chain Support

Chemical Business Association

Doug Leech

Special Projects Director

Chemical Business Association

Dr Karen Harvey

Membership Manager

Chemical Business Association

Tim Doggett

Chief Executive Officer

Chemical Business Association (CBA)

Roberto Mazzari

Global Director Market Segment Coatings & Construction

CHT Group

Malcolm Morris

Technical Consultant

Corr-Ect Protective Coatings Consultancy

Jill Young

General Manager, Performance Materials

DKSH Great Britain Ltd.

Steven Lancaster

Analytical Sciences Team Leader

Domino Printing Sciences

Jill Woods

Product Compliance Manager

Domino UK Ltd

Brian Roulstone

R&D Director

Dulux Group

Daniel Fischer

ECKART GmbH

Daniel Fischer

Marketing & Technical Service Industrial Coatings

ECKART GmbH

TBC

Eckhart GMBH

Nicolas Florent

Global Business Director

Ecoat SAS

Neil Beswick

UK & Ireland Sales Manager

Elcometer Ltd

William Xu

CEO

Energenics

William Xu

CEO

Energenics

Mike Attfield

Director

Energenics Europe Ltd

Oliver Peters

Head of Applied Research and Development Architectural and Floor Coatings EMEA

Evonik

Markus Hallack

Head Applied Technology Thermal Managing Coatings and Heat Stable Silicone Resins

Evonik

Markus Hallack

Technical Director Thermal Management

Evonik

Christine Louis

Technical Director DECO

Evonik Operations GmbH

Mike Phillips

EWFM and SIA

Richard Ellis

Business Development Manager

EXSOLUTIONS

Jenny Barnett

F Ball & Company Ltd

Andy White

Business Unit Director Paints and Plastics

FP-Pigments Oy

Paul Dietz

Group Technical Director

FP-Pigments Oy

Gurps Gill

FSi Ltd

Victoria Lee

Application Specialist

Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, The University of Manchester

Andrew Briggs

Director

Graphene Star

Victoria Lee

Application Specialist

Graphene@Manchester

Richard Adams

Consultant

H2 Compliance (SIA)

Richard Adams

Consultant II: Hazard & Risk Management

H2 Compliance and SIA

Roger Brown

Lead Scientist

Hempel

Roger Brown

Lead Scientist

Hempel

Stephen Falder

Chairman

HMG Paints

Kjirstin Breure

President

Hydrograph

Lucas Zimmerman

Team Lead R&D

ICL

Alistair Kerrigan

Global Business Development Manager

Industrial Physics

Jeffrey Stouthamer

Chief strategy officer

Ink Invent

Dr Zaka Ahmed

Technical Manager Industrial

Innospec

Dan Lester

Corrosion Engineer

Intertek CAPCIS

Andrew Duncan

Lead Consultant

Intertek CAPCIS

Dr Toby Strite

Senior Director, New Markets and Technologies

IPG Photonics

Martin Willis

Director

IPI Global Ltd

Jim Palmer

J P Consultancy Ltd

Nikki Cosgrove

Business Manager

Lake Coatings

Hugh Roarty

Innovation Manager

Lake Coatings

Dr Jonathan Ward

Lecturer

Lancaster University

Dr Cathy Cooper

Technical Manager

Lankem

Koen Nickmans

Business Development & Sustainability Manager

Lawrence Industries

Dr Eleanor Grimes

Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Lisam Systems

TBC

Lorama Group

Dr Gehan Eltanany

Technical Marketing Manager

Lubrizol - Performance Coatings Group

Pablo Breva

Lubrizol Advanced Materials

Dr James Redfern

Reader in Microbiology

Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr Alex Cunliffe

Post-Doctoral Research Associate 

Manchester Metropolitan University, Department of Natural Sciences 

Reza Nekouie Esfahani

Senior Research Engineer

Manufacturing Technology Centre

Veli Kilpeläinen

Global Technical Sales Manager

Mondo Minerals

Daniel Grobmann

Technology Coordinator - Coatings, Adhesives & Defoamers

Munzing Chemie

Sean Makin

Regional Sales Manager

Newson Gale

Ross Straughan

Managing Director

Nordmann U.K. Group

Prof. Matt Unthank

Professor of Chemistry

Northumbria University

Peter Greenwood

Technical Development Manager

Nouryon AB

Paul Sheppard

President

OCCA

Bushra Khan

OCCA

Isla Taylor

Technical Lead

OCCA / Lorama

Michael Wimmer

Innovation Sales Manager

OMYA

Canan Şenbabaoğlu

Solution Partner – Coating Solutions R&D

Organik Kimya

Dr Ulf Stalmach

Key Account Manager

ORONTEC GmbH & Co. KG

Dr Paul Sasada

Oxerra / Paul Sasada Consulting Ltd.

Nichola Boddy

Paint 360

Dr Benjamin Naden

PRA Senior Scientist

Paint Research Association

Shannon North

Technical Applications Manager

Paleus Acrylics

Beth Jordan

Paleus Acrylics

Saqlain Ali

Technical & Process Development Director

Permastore Limited.

Prof. Davide Deganello

Professor

Professor

Dominique Miller

International Sales Manager

Q-Lab Europe Limited

Daniel Mitchinson

European Business Manager

RBH Group

Gill Pagliuca

Regulatory Products Knowledge Leader

Ricardo

Gill Pagliuca

Regulatory Products Knowledge Leader

Ricardo, CHCS

Dr Ke Ren

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

RSC SCIG and University of Birmingham

Nicole Guo

RSC SCIG and University of Birmingham

Prof. Jason Zhang

Professor of Soft Matter Engineering

RSC SCIG and University of Birmingham

Prof. Justin Perry

RSC SCIG Group, Northumbria University

Dr Daisy Rabbitt

Research Fellow

RSC SCIG. University of Birmingham

David Cole

Technical Director

Sandfield Penstock Engineering

Dr Wadood Hamad

CTO

Seprify

Bill Atkinson

Chief Executive

SIA

James Plant

SIA

James Plant

SIA

Michelle Lynch

Sales Representative

SIAM SL

Jason Surguy

Siltech Limited

Andrew Norman

Chief Executive

Solvents Industry Association

Joan Pareda

Technical Business Support

Stahl

Manoj B Bankar

Deputy General Manager - Technical Services

Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd.

Alexander Grahn

Application Specialist

Svenska Aerogel AB

Liam Haglington

Engineering Doctorate Student

Swansea University

Reagan Locke

Research Engineer

Swansea University

Anna Voytyukova

Research Engineer

Swansea University

Prof. Matthew Lloyd-Davies

Head of the Applied Photochemistry Group

Swansea University

Chris Lowe

Course Deliverer

Swansea University

Dr James Claypole

Research Officer - Founder

Swansea University - AilArian

Véronique Divry

Business Development

Syensqo

Becky Pennington

Sustainability Data Insights & Governance Director

Synthomer

Dirk Sühling

Technical Service Manager Coatings North

Synthomer Deutschland GmbH

Nick Wood

Account Manager UK

Synthron, a division of Protex Chemicals Limited

Geoff Mackrill

Managing Director

Teal & Mackrill

Graham Armstrong

Consultant

The Armstrong Coatings Consultancy

Graham Armstrong

CEO The Armstrong Group

The Armstrong Group

Terrance Barkan

Executive Director

The Graphene Council

Chirag Ratwani

Graphene Technical Specialist

The Graphene Council

Dr Alan Taylor

Technology Fellow

The Welding Institute

Simon Ward

Senior Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Simon Ward

Senior Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific

David Willett

Chief Commercial Officer

Tiro

Dr Sandra Coulthurst

Technical Manager, CASE

Univar Solutions

Andy Gent

Commercial Director

Universal Matter

Prof. Ioannis Papakonstantinou

Professor of Photonics and Nanofabrication

University College London

Prof. Manish Tiwari

University College London

Dr Rob McElroy

Senior Lecturer in Green Chemistry

University of Lincoln

Associate Prof. Rosa Arrigo

Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry

University of Salford

Jake Kramp

PhD Student, M2A Coated PhD program

University of Swansea

Dr Marc Walker

Photoemission Research Technology Platform Manager

University of Warwick

Claire Gerard

Warwick Scientific Services Manager

University of Warwick

Ben Breeze

Platform Manager, Spectroscopy Research Technology Platform

University of Warwick

Daniel Lester

Platform Manager, Polymer Characterisation Research Technology Platform

University of Warwick

Alex Fletcher

PhD Student

University of Warwick

Danny .

Valpack

Danny Stapleton Torres

Policy Advisor

Valpak

Marc Cornick

Market Development Manager – Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

Vencorex (represented by Ravago Chemicals)

Mike Gould

Verder Scientific

Stephen Hodge

CEO

Versarien Plc

Shaun Morris

Business Manager (Surface Modification), Interface Polymers

Warwick University

Linda Coppin

Westlake Chemicals

Paul Goldsmith

Project Manager

Whittle Industry Data

Caroline Matthiesen

Export Manager

Worlee-Chemie GmbH

Get Involved

Surfex is a truly unique marketplace where manufacturers, distributors and service providers can meet decision-makers, formulators, scientists, R&D professionals and buyers, make new contacts, generate leads and new product ideas, and identify current and emerging opportunities in the paints, inks, coatings, resins and adhesives industry.
For further information about how you can be involved at the event please contact: Matt Dodd or Ben Kyte or call 01892 518877.