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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.

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Page 1: Speaker's Bio

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.

Page 2: Speaker's Bio

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.

Page 3: Speaker's Bio

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

Page 4: Speaker's Bio

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).

Page 5: Speaker's Bio

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.

Page 6: Speaker's Bio

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.