Archives: Speakers.

Dr Karen Harvey

Karen obtained a degree and PhD in Chemistry from UMIST, following which she joined a multi-national imaging company as a research scientist working on the introduction of a new product range. This involved the design and patenting of new proprietary materials followed by their development and scaleup for product use. Karen moved into the “new… Read more »

Markus Dimmers

Working at ALBERDINGK BOLEY for more than 32 years and is heading the technical marketing for all polymers since more than 20 years.

Roger Brown

Roger Brown began his career in the paint industry in 1991 working at the Paint Research Association in Teddington. For the past 25 years, he has worked from the Crown Paints site in Darwen, in a variety of roles, initially for Akzo Nobel and latterly for Hempel. He is currently a Lead Scientist for Hempel… Read more »

Alexander Grahn

Alexander Grahn has a Master of Science degree in Material Science from Uppsala University in Sweden. He has worked his entire career within the start-up and scale-up company sphere that has focused on bringing new materials to the market. His current position is as Application Specialist at Svenska Aerogel, a Swedish aerogel producing company, where… Read more »

Dr Andy Taylor

Dr Andrew Taylor was appointed as ASFP Technical Officer in January 2018. He offers more than 30 years of experience in the fire protection coating industry. Having worked in the field of fire resistance product research and development and testing, Andy initially worked on reactive coatings for steelwork at Leighs Paints/Sherwin Williams, and more recently… Read more »