The Team
 | Jonathan Lutwyche - Chief Executive Jonathan is a well known and respected business consultant within the chemicals industry. During the initial consultation phase of REACH legislation, Jonathan led a delegation to the EU Parliament to propose amendments aimed at protecting competitive rights. As a result of this lobbying, several key amendments were adopted. |
 | Andrew Fasey - Director/Senior Consultant Andrew previously worked in the REACH unit of DG Enterprise (ENTR) of the European Commission where he was involved in the development of REACH legislation and was responsible for taking REACH through all the European Parliament processes to become law. His impressive credentials also include responsibility for international affairs including WTO (World Trade Organisation), SAICM (Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management), and represented DG ENTR at OECD and was involved in a number of its programmes (e.g. QSAR expert group, new substances task force). He was also responsible for the implementation of the GHS (Globally Harmonised System for the classification and labelling of chemicals) in the European Union (EU) as well as its ongoing development through the UN and OECD. |
 | Simon Brearley - Director/Senior Consultant Simon has extensive credentials in environmental science, health & safety management and compliance managment. He delivers training programmes and workshops on REACH at all levels and functions to industry. |
 | Dr. Matteo Dalla Valle - Scientific & Regulatory Manager Matteo Dalla Valle holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry (Lancaster), a MSc in Environmental Science (Venice) and has previously worked for the University of Venice, the Venice Research Consortium, the CSIC Institute in Barcelona and the EuroMediterranean Centre for Climate Change. As a researcher he has been involved mainly with atmospheric pollution, modelling the fate and behaviour of organic pollutants, and climate change. Since joining the Centre for Chemicals Management at Lancaster University and The REACH Centre he has been providing technical and regulatory advice mainly to SMEs based in the NW of the UK. He is also a IUCLID5 expert. |
 | Dr. Sandra Meijer - Scientific and Technical Advisor Sandra Meijer is an Environmental Chemist with 10 years research experience in eco-toxicology and the modeling of chemical fate and exposure in the environment. Sandra has a degree in chemistry from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She completed a Masters degree at the Research Institute for Toxicology, the Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry at Lancaster University, UK. Sandra has a truly international background, speaking four languages and having previously worked for Environment Canada, the Spanish Research Council and most recently the Centre for Chemicals Management at Lancaster University. Sandra has extensive expertise in the compilation, handling and interpretation of datasets relating to the fate, exposure and effects of chemicals in the environment. Sandra is managing TRC's ongoing client communication requirements, in particular those related to toxicological services, as well as delivering REACH services and technical consulting work. |
 | Dr. Kath Carr - Regulatory Chemist Kath holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Manchester and has 18 years’ industrial research experience. During this time she worked for ICI, Zeneca, Avecia and Merck. Her areas of technical expertise include general organic chemistry, colour chemistry, effect chemicals for high security applications, and organic semiconductors for photovoltaic devices. Much of her work has been undertaken in interdisciplinary teams and has involved collaborations with partners from both industry and academia. More recently, as a private consultant, she has created bespoke scientific reviews for clients across the chemical sector. In addition to her technical expertise, Kath has considerable experience managing scientific projects and is PRINCE2 qualified. Kath joined The REACH Centre in March 2009. |
| Lisa Pizzol - Scientific and Technical Advisor, The REACH Centre Italia Lisa is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Science. Her research interests are in spatial risk assessment of contaminated sites both at site-specific and regional scale, and the implementation of the developed methodologies within GIS-based decision support system (SDSS). She has experiences in statistical and geostatistical analyses. She is a member of SETAC Europe and NICOLE. Lisa is based in our Venice offices. | |
 | Cherrie Whiteley – PhD Student Lancaster University Cherrie is currently undertaking a PhD in Environmental Science at Lancaster University investigating an ‘Effective Modelling Framework for Environmental and Risk Management of Nanotechnologies’. This is an EPSRC Industrial CASE Studentship, awarded to The REACH Centre in partnership with the Centre for Chemicals Management at Lancaster Environment Centre. Cherrie will be based between The REACH Centre and Lancaster University offices, under the supervision of Prof. Kevin C Jones and Dr. Andy Sweetman. Cherrie previously worked in the banking industry involved in eProcurement, compliance and regulation before completing a Masters degree in 2008 at Lancaster University, in Environmental Science. Following this she worked at The REACH Centre co-ordinating public funded and UK regional government projects and supporting the long-term service provision for chemical safety assessments and reports (CSA/CSR). |
 | Adam Rowntree - Systems Co-ordinator Adam has a background in IT support and web design and development. He graduated from Lancaster University in 2005 with a degree in Computer Science, and most recently worked for Lancaster University, project managing the delivery and integration of IT systems to commercial businesses in the UK. |
| Dr. Andy Sweetman - Manager of CCM/TRC partnership Andy is a research fellow working in the Centre for Chemicals Management focused on developing models to aid our understanding of the fate and behaviour of chemicals in complex environments. Andy’s primary responsibility will be to provide a link between The Reach Centre and the Centre for Chemicals Management. He will also be involved in the delivery of REACH services and a number of direct consultancy activities. | |
| Dr. Frank Martin Dr. Frank Martin is currently Senior Lecturer in Molecular Carcinogenesis within the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University (since 2001). Frank has a BSc in Industrial Microbiology/Chemistry/Pharmacology from the University of Dublin (1987), an MSc in Experimental Pathology/Biochemical Toxicology from the University of London (1989) and a PhD in Biochemical Pharmacology from University College London (1994). Dr. Martins' esteem indicators include: recipient of the UK Environmental Mutagenicity Society Young Scientist Award (2000); appointed (2005) to committee of UK Molecular Epidemiology Group (MEG); Chairman of UK MEG (from February 2006); Co-recipient of the Brian Booth Oncology Research Prize awarded by Rosemere Cancer Foundation (October 2005); Visiting Professor in Medical Genetics at Ningxia Medical College, P.R. China (2006); Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Toxicology (from January 2006). | |
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