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Peter Augsten
EMEA Employee Safety Practice Leader
DuPont Sustainable Solutions
In his role as Regional Leader of the Employee Safety Practice, Peter
utilizes his wealth of experience in operations and HSE management to
further develop the practice within Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
As a qualified Mechanical and Safety Engineer, with a background in
education and psychology, Peter joined DuPont in 1985.
Within DuPont, Peter began his career as an HSE and Operations Lead for
a production facility in Germany. In 1998, he transferred to DuPont
Safety Resources, serving as a Consultant, Project Manager and Account
Manager, and specializing in the establishment and improvement of
safety management systems. He has helped companies in many sectors,
especially oil & gas, to dramatically improve safety performance.
Peter currently lives near Frankfurt, Germany.
Joachim Dufner
Territory Manager Germany, Austria & Switzerland
DuPont Protection Technologies
He started as a consultant for DuPont in 1988.
In 2003 he joined the company as a sales employee based in Germany.
Daniel Favereau
EMEA Fluoropolymer Solutions, Technical Marketing
& ETC Site Manager
DuPont Int. S.A.
Daniel Favereau joined DuPont in 1981 after studying mechanical
engineering at the Geneva “Arts & Métiers” technical school.
Over his 31 years in DuPont Daniel had various assignments all dedicated
to fluoropolymers, their numerous applications and markets.
During the last 6 years Daniel is managing the European Technical
Centre, ETC, in Geneva which is a multi-activity polymers and fibres
science & application development centre with more than 200
employees.
Ian Hudson
President DuPont Europe, Middle East & Africa
President DuPont de Nemour International Sàrl Geneva
A former European business director of ICI’s Polyester Films
business, he joined DuPont in 1998, when the company acquired
that business, and became regional director Europe for DuPont
Polyester Films. After spending 5 years in Wilmington, Del., as
global business director – Sorona®/Bio-PDO™ in the DuPont Bio-
Based Materials business, he relocated to Geneva, Switzerland, in
2004, when he was named regional director – DuPont Advanced
Fiber Systems and DuPont Nonwovens. He was named to his
current position in April 2006.
After graduating from Oxford University with MA degree in French
and German, Mr. Hudson’s career with ICI spanned 18 years,
during which time he held a number of commercial and business
management roles, including assignments in France and in the
United States, as well as extensive travel in Asia.
Mr. Hudson is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of
CEFIC (European Cemical Indutry Association), member of the
Board of EuropaBio (European Association of bio industries),
member of the Board of the Swiss American Chamber of
Commerce, and member of the Foundation Board of the
International Institute for Management Development (IMD).
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Jany
CEF-Panel; European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Jany retired 2008 from his active job. He was
the head (director) of the Centre of Molecular Biology at the
Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food at Karlsruhe, now
renamed Max-Rubner Institute. He told professorships for
biochemistry at the universities at Stuttgart and Darmstadt.
2008-2011 he was the chairman of the scientific panel for food
contact materials, enzyme, flavorings and processing aids (CEF-
panel) and member of the Scientific Committee of the European
Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy. Now he is member of
the CEF-panel and vice-chair of the enzyme working group. He is
vice president for teaching and research at the Wadi-International
University, Hwasch-Homs, Syria.
He is author or co-author of 190 scientific papers, 5 books, more
than 220 popular scientific contributions in magazines and books.
Gert Keiner
EMEA Food Industry Leader
DuPont Corporate Sales and Marketing
Gert, leads the food industry board in Europe, Middle East and Africa, it’s
a food competence center, where Gert is combining and utilizing all
DuPont food related products and core capabilities from farm to fork. In
his role, Gert and his team maps DuPont foodprints across food value
chain, key players and decision makers.
Additional he is creating workstream network to Asia and America,
contribute to globalization of the food approach, introducing and
coaching ‘Go-To-Market-Process’ in those regions.
Gert earned a degree in food technology from University of Applied
Lifescience Lemgo/Lippe in Germany. Gert has held a wide variety of
positions in Europe & US mainly in meat processing and food ingredients
industries such as R&D; Application Engeneering, Project Management
and Sales.
Gert’s home is in Munich/Bavaria, he is married with Monika, has 2
daughters and he loves mountaineering, skiing, music and nature.
N. Roy Kerrison
Senior Consultant
DuPont Sustainable Solutions
Roy has over 30 years of experience in Safety Training. He started his
career as Wireline Engineer (Electronics) in Schlumberger. In this role, he
worked for 5 years, where he was involved in oil and gas exploration in
South America, Off-shore, land and jungle working with explosives and
radioactive material.
He continued promoting the DuPont core values including Safety, both
from within and during his time as CEO of an International Consultancy
and Training Business.
Since joining DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) in 2006, Roy has
successfully designed, managed and implemented a Global Project as
well as a major project in Ukraine, both multi-million dollar assignments.
Jürgen Klotz
Sales Manager Nomex®
DuPont Performance Technologies
Germany, Switzerland & Austria
24 years in DuPont
18 years Performance Materials
6 years Personal Protection
Paul McKey
EUROW Regional Product Manager - Protective Antimicrobials &
Antioxidants, and Global Product Manager - Coagulation & Flavor
Enzymes.
Paul has been with DuPont and Danisco for nearly 9 years, starting in
Applications where he worked to find solutions for Dairy customers. He
spent the last 4 years in Product and Industry Management, firstly in
Food Protection, then BioActives, and now in Bioprotection. Paul is
currently responsible for the Protective Antimicrobials & Antioxidants
business in EUROW and also globally responsible for the Coagulation &
Flavor Enzymes business.
Alain Minelli
Product Line Manager Qualicon Diagnostics EUROW,
BioProtection
DuPont Nutrition & Health
Alain Minelli graduated from the University of Lugano in 2005 with a
Master in Marketing. He has worked for DuPont Qualicon Diagnostics in
different positions for the last 5 years and has developed an in-depth
understanding of the microbiological testing needs in the food industry.
Alain is also currently serving on the organizing committee of IAFP's
European Symposium on Food Safety.
Martial Pabon, PhD.
Tech. Support, R&D Manager,
Europe, Middle East & Africa
DuPont Chemicals and Fluoroproducts
Martial Pabon joined DuPont September 2002, following the acquisition
of Atofina’s fluorinated telomers business.
In his Technology function, Martial leads the R&D programs and the
technical support activities in the region for Fluoropolymers and
Specialties as well as Chemical Solutions. He set up the Mantes Technical
and Expertise Center (MTEC) in April 2003, dedicated to technical
support and R&D for products in Surface Protection Solutions business.
Martial was born in France and lives in the Geneva area with his family.
He has a PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Strasbourg. He
and co-authors have published 18 papers in per-reviewed scientific
journals and is co-inventor for 12 patents (US, EP and WO).
Luigi E. Robbiati
Director Corporate Marketing and Sales and Director of Growth
DuPont Europe, Middle East, Africa Luigi Robbiati is Corporate Marketing and Sales and Growth Director for
DuPont in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) since September 2006.
He is responsible for corporate marketing and sales activities in the
region and for developing new growth opportunities for DuPont,
ensuring common and consistent best sales and marketing practices
throughout the region.
In addition he is responsible for DuPont’s Western and Central European
Region. He leades a team of Country Managers who are responsible for
country governance; local government, trade associations, customer’s
relationship and“one DuPont” sales, marketing and growth activities.
Luigi has held various Global and European business leadership positions
as Global Business Director Glass Laminating Solutions; EMEA Regional
Director Packaging and Industrial Polymers; President DuPont Teijin Film
Polyester Films EMEA; Global Sales and Marketing Director Printing and
Publishing; Europe Regional Director Printing Systems and various roles
in Medical and Industrial businesses. To perform these jobs he has
worked in DuPont’s main offices in Italy, Germany, USA, Luxembourg,
and Switzerland.
Oliver Salvisberg
Sales Manager Switzerland
DuPont Nutrition & Health
Koen Van Neyghem
President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont Sustainable Solutions
Koen Van Neyghem is President, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
DuPont Sustainable Solutions, a global solutions business specializing in
transforming workplaces and work cultures with services and
technologies that bring about sustained improvements in safety,
operations and environmental performance.
Located in Geneva, Switzerland, Koen is responsible for driving growth in
the EMEA region, which includes some of DuPont Sustainable Solutions’
most dynamic markets. He oversees more than 200 consultants and staff
who work with many of the region’s top private and public organizations,
helping companies to create realistic solutions to manage industrial risks,
and profitably grow their businesses while reducing their environmental
footprint.
Dr. David Voisin
Marketing Food & Beverage Packaging
DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers (P&IP)
David Voisin has been working since 2009 in the DuPont European
Technical Center as a Marketing Specialist where he supports the sales
teams in Europe Middle East & Africa in their effort to grow the business
in the Food & Beverage Packaging Market.
Partnering with all the players in the value chain, i.e. the packaging
producers / brand owners / retailers, David helps bring to the market
innovative packaging solutions that address multiple challenges,
including carbon footprint reduction, food waste reduction and
increased convenience.
David joined DuPont Teijin Films in 2002 after graduating with a PhD in
Chemistry from the University of Bristol and held numerous positions in
R&D centers and plants in the UK and USA. In 2009, he received his MBA
from Virginia Commonwealth University.