International Environmental Compliance Program: 
WEEE, RoHS, REACH, EuP and more...

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
(in alphabetical order)

• Steven Andrews has worked in a number of different posts in the United Kingdom’s Department of Trade and Industry covering both policy and project responsibilities.   He joined the DTI’s Environment Unit in 1993, with responsibility for the Department’s interest in the development of policy relating to integrated pollution control, water quality standards and the establishment of the Environment Agency for England & Wales.  Steve represents the UK Government on the European Commission’s Technical Adaptation Committee for the RoHS Directive and has undertaken speaking engagements at conferences on RoHS issues in Japan, China, South Korea and across western Europe and the US over the past three years.
  
  Mr. Andrews served a 2-year secondment to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in November 1999 to assist in the strategic development and implementation of Fit for the Future – a business-led and DTI-backed national best practice campaign aimed at improving overall business competitiveness.  He then returned to DTI in November 2001 to work in what was then known as the Sustainable Development Directorate’s Recycling Policy Unit covering Integrated Product Policy (IPP), the proposals for a EEE (eco-design for electrical and electronic equipment) Directive and the Recycling Policy Unit’s interest in the introduction of the ODS (‘Fridge Disposal’) Regulations.
  
  In April 2004, Steve became the head of the Department’s Eco-design & Product Policy Unit and has responsibility for the UK implementation of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, the new EC proposals for an eco-design for Energy-using Products (EuP) framework Directive, Integrated Product Policy (IPP) and DTI’s interest in the Packaging Directive and the enforcement of its Single Market aspects within the UK.
   

• Krista Botsford was introduced to environmental compliance and RoHS in February 2003 after spending several years at IBM, most recently in corporate procurement.  She left IBM in May 2005 and co-founded 5-Trees, a world-wide environmental compliance service specializing in electrical and electronic equipment for world-wide markets. The company provides educational seminars, comprehensive review and updates of company procedures, and technical compliance files/reports for products.
  
  Krista speaks world-wide on environmental compliance issues.  As part of her involvement with industry and IPC, she is an auditor for the IPC’s ROHS Lead-Free Electronics Assembly Process Capabilities Certification Program.  Krista hold a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University and a MS in Production and Operations Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  
   

• Jean-Philippe Brisson is a Senior Counsel in Allen & Overy's Global Environmental Law Group.  JP advises global high-tech companies on all aspects of environmental law, including compliance with newly adopted European Union substance control and take-back requirements.  Since 2001, JP has spoken on WEEE and RoHS issues at more than 25 industry conferences organized by AeA, iNEMI, NEDA, SEMI, CMP and other trade associations. 
  
  JP also has extensive experience advising companies on environmental risks in corporate transactions and international environmental law more generally.  JP is uniquely positioned to advise clients on international issues, having worked in the US, Canada and Belgium and having completed law degrees in common law, civil law and international environmental law.   Prior to joining Allen & Overy, JP worked at the World Bank, where he advised on the establishment of the Prototype Carbon Fund, one of the world's largest sources of financing for climate change projects.
   

• Felise Cooper is an associate in the U.S. Environmental and Regulatory Law Group of Allen & Overy LLP.  She advises U.S. and multinational clients on environmental issues in business transactions and counsels on compliance requirements, including compliance with U.S. and European Union substance disclosure, control and take-back requirements.  Felise has spoken on product regulation issues at events hosted by NEDA, iNEMI and IPC, as well as at several AeA high-tech and e-waste seminars.  She has also spoken on regulatory issues affecting the health and beauty industry at the HBA Regulatory Summit. 
  
  Felise has extensive experience advising on environmental risk in transactions, managing due diligence and coordinating work by technical consultants.  Previously, Felise was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, an intern at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. and, prior to law school, a legal assistant in the environmental group at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.  At Columbia Law School, she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, a teaching assistant for Negotiation Workshop, a member of the Clinic on Non-profit Organizations and Small Businesses, and a co-founder of Columbia Law School Yoga Club.
   

• Becky Linder is Policy Advisor for the AeA in cooperation with the U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO).  Based in Beijing, China, Becky is responsible for organizing high-tech industry positions and advocacy on Chinese environmental and trade policy issues affecting the global technology sector.  Prior to moving to Beijing, Becky worked as Director of International Trade Policy at AeA in Washington, DC where she worked closely with the high-tech industry to build an effective strategy for responding to global RoHS type regulations in China, Korea, Japan, Australia and the United States.   Before joining AeA in April 2004, she was a Senior Legislative Assistant for Congressman Cass Ballenger. 
  
  Becky holds a Master’s degree in Commercial Diplomacy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.  She received her Bachelor’s degree with departmental honors in political science from Lenior-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina.  She has also studied in Beijing, China.  
   

• Michaela Muranova Chen is Director, International Environment and Trade Policy for AeA.  Prior to joining AeA, she worked on a range of international policy issues for the Telecommunications Industry Association.  Michaela is responsible for managing international environment issues including leading the efforts of the AeA International Environment Committee, representing AeA in the EHS Coalition, interacting with the U.S. government on international environment concerns, and organizing educational environment programs.  She coordinates with AeA’s Brussels office on EU regulations and with AeA’s Beijing office on China RoHS. 
  
  In addition to the environment issues, Michaela also works on AeA's trade policy agenda including Doha, Korea and Malaysia Free Trade Agreements, ITA,  and Trade Promotion Authority, and is also involved in AeA’s work related to China and India.

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