Archives: Speakers.

Neil Hollis

Neil is an experienced scientist and regulatory expert with over 35 years’ involvement in the chemical industry, in various technical and product safety related roles. He currently leads on regulatory affairs for BASF in the UK. He began his career with Allied Colloids, which was subsequently combined into Ciba Specialty Chemicals in 1998, before this… Read more »

Jill Woods

For the past 9 years as Product Compliance Manager at Domino UK Ltd I have been responsible for ensuring our printing inks are safe and legal all over the world. I have experience in the Global Harmonised System, Chemical and REACH-like regulations and Food Contact Legislation. A Colour Chemist by training, I have been in… Read more »

Laura Walter

Lara Walter started her career in the coating industry more than 10 years ago working for a german family run midsized company. She holds a master degree in chemical engineering with major focus on coatings and is experienced in architectural coatings, pigment concentrates and automotive coatings. She joined BYK in 2018 and is in charge… Read more »

Martin Willis

Martin is a Director of IPI Global having worked for them since 2015. Martin has worked in the Chemicals as well as other industries for almost 30 years, specialising in EU and International Trade in Technical Solutions based sales, marketing and product management. In the chemicals sector he has worked with adhesives (cyanoacrylate & anaerobic)… Read more »

Evan Watkins

I am in the final year of my Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Materials, Modelling, and Manufacturing (M2A) at Swansea University. I have completed a BSc in Chemistry and an MSc in Sustainability and Environmental Engineering. My research, conducted in collaboration with Tata Steel UK, centres on the analysis and optimisation of existing organic coating systems,… Read more »

Jake Kramp

Jake is a PhD student in the M2A Coated PhD program, an EPSRC and industry funded Centre for Doctoral Training in the area of functional coatings and durability. He works under the supervision of Dr. Ian Mabbett, and Dr. Francisco Martin-Martinez (second supervisor).