Detergents and Cleaning Products

Darren Abrahams is an English Barrister, Steptoe partner, and Avocat at the Brussels Bar. His practice is focused on EU regulatory requirements and the related commercial issues in the environment, chemicals, and life sciences area. He enables clients throughout the chemicals and life sciences supply chain to get and keep their products on the European Union market. He focuses on defence 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.

Alina is Head of Laboratory and project manager in the Olfasense department of product and material testing, assisting our international clients in assessing and optimising the sensory attributes of their products and materials from request to report. She holds an M.Sc. in Food Science from Kiel University.

Cornelius Bessler is the founder and CEO of Bessler Consulting GmbH and helps companies in the FMCG sector to be successful in the market by bespoke consulting. Prior to Bessler Consulting, Cornelius held several senior positions in RD&, Regulatory and Marketing with Henkel and Dial – a Henkel company, the last one being head of R&D Laundry & Home Care & Personal Care at dalli group. Cornelius used to be the president of the corporate supporting members group of AISE and is currently the president of the SEPAWA group Legislation, Environment and Consumer (LUV). Cornelius has a degree in Chemistry, is married and has two children.

Dirk Bockmühl obtained his PhD in Microbiology on the molecular pathogenicity of Candida albicans. Until 2010 he worked in the consumer goods industry, where he was responsible for numerous microbiological projects for cosmetics and the laundry and home care sector. Afterwards he changed to the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve, Germany, as a professor for hygiene and microbiology. His research interest is in domestic hygiene, especially in the development of consumer-related test methods for laundry and cleaning, and in the research on microbial communities in the domestic setting. Professor Bockmühl is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Sepawa and a board member of the division \"Chemistry of Laundering\" in the German Chemical Society (GDCh).

Jens Bode is a passionate innovator and he inspires, from practice - for practice, with over 24 years of experience in the industry and as 'the innologist®'. He supports companies as a sparring partner in the early innovation phase, with trends & scenarios, and as an 'external think tank', with concrete ideas through to the first prototypes. Jens is an author, lecturer, keynote speaker and loves discovering the new, promoting creative talents in companies and unleashing innovation potential.

Gundula Czyzewski studied Process Technology at the Technical University Halle-Merseburg. She has been working at BSH Hausgeräte, Berlin, Germany since 1991. As Senior Expert Washing Systems in the area of pre-development and washing technology, she is currently working on innovative solutions in laundry care. Gundula is actively involved in international, European and German standardisation: She has more than 30 years of experience in washing appliance function development and performance measurement and related standardisations, currently with a focus on washing machines and microplastics from textile sources.

Yvonne has 20+ years of experience in consultancy, marketing research, FMCG category knowlege and FMCG trends. She currently leads NIQs local FMCG commercial team in Germany.

Julie Janssis is Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Manager for A.I.S.E., the European Detergents and Maintenance Products Association. Having a master in chemistry from the ULB in Brussels, she gained experience in regulatory affairs though working in industries active in the medical devices and personal protective equipment sectors.

Tobias Kimmel has been Professor of Cleaning Technology at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld, Germany, since 2012 until today. Before joining Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, he was with Miele & Cie. KG, Gütersloh, Germany from 2005 to 2012. There he was involved in the design of washing processes, development of detergents and dosing systems. From 2000 to 2005 he worked at the Department of Technical Chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin. He was a member of the research group Microemulsions and Reaction Kinetics. In 2004, he completed his doctoral thesis. Tobias Kimmel is currently a member of several associations: FIT Fachverband Industrielle Teilereinigung e.V.; IHO Industrieverband Hygiene und Oberflächenschutz, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh) and SEPAWA e.V., the association of the detergent/cleaning agent industry and the cosmetics/perfumery industry. He is also member of the scientific advisory board of the GDCh expert group Chemie des Waschens and of the scientific advisory board of SEPAWA, the professional association of the detergent/cleaning agent industry and the cosmetics/perfume industry, as well as 1st chairman of the SEPAWA expert group Professional Cleaning and Care (PRP).

Matias Emil Moses, PhD, is working as Senior Research Scientist at Novonesis. His main areas of work include (i) developing new ways of testing and quantifying detergent performance (with special focus on whiteness) and (ii) studying enzyme mode-of-action in laundry applications. Before joining Novonesis (prev. Novozymes) he did a PhD in biophysics (single-molecule enzymology) at University of Copenhagen.

Christine joined Henkel in 2003 and works as a Senior Manager R&D Sustainability / Circularity in Henkel Consumer Brands. At Henkel’s Steering Sustainability Committee she is responsible for Palm related topics, other renewables as well as scope 3 emissions.

Peter Schriddels, Head of Product and Strategic Marketing, is responsible for the product portfolio management and the long-term strategic direction for Private Label dishwash and laundry pre-dosed products across Europe at McBride in Luxembourg. He studied economics at the University in Wuppertal and joined McBride in 2010. Within different roles in category development he is bringing as well high experience in all household detergent categories with a dedicated focus of the German market.

Christoph Schwarz studied food chemistry and toxicology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Karlsruhe, Germany. He received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Vienna, Austria. Since 2012 has been working for knoell Germany GmbH in the field of Product Safety and Stewardship. For several years, he has focused on the subject of Poison Centre Notifications (PCN) and detergents. Christoph has over 10 years of experience in consulting and supporting clients, in the areas of Classification, Labelling, Safety Data Sheets, Poison Centre Notifications and national product registrations. His clients range from manufacturers of industrial chemicals to consumer products, from major global players to small start-ups, from plant protection to detergents and other product groups.

Bianca Seelig is Stakeholder Manager in the field of Strategy Implementation & Projects for Oleosurfactants at BASF Personal Care and Nutrition in Monheim, Germany.

Luca Spadoni is a chemist by education; graduated at the University of Rome in 1994. He started carrier in P&G in the Laundry Additives Groups before moving to Benckiser Spain in 1998 as Support Chemist for Western Europe and then to Reckitt Italy in 2000, where he has held various positions. He is currently R&D Site Director for the Reckitt Fabric Care R&D in Venice and R&D Director for the Vanish global product portfolio.

Nergis Ulubilir Coskun is responsible for the Global Marketing for Dishwashing at IFF H&B Home and Personal Care in The Netherlands. She has an MBA degree and she has 12 years experience in Home Care Industry.

Sara Wagner-Leifhelm holds a PhD in analytical chemistry. She is currently working as a project manager for Stiftung Warentest and is engaged in the testing of washing and cleaning agents among others. She has several years of experience in analytical and product development in an industrial environment.