Biographies of speakers and moderators
IEF European Roundtable
“Cleaner Production:
Downstream Expectations and Industry Case Studies”
Hamburg, April, 14-15, 2005
Mr. Peter Kleinschmidt
Member of the Executive Board, (HR, Administration and Environmental Protection)
Beiersdorf AG
Born 1950 in Rostock/Germany
Studies of Economics in Bochum and Göttingen/Germany
1981-1985: Colgate-Palmolive Germany
• Marketing-Trainee
• Product Manager
• Category Manager
1985 – onwards: Beiersdorf AG
1985-1991: Marketing Manager International;
Director Business Development Europe
1991-1996: Managing Director Beiersdorf Thailand
1996-1999: Corporate Vice President Personal Health Care
1999-2003: CEO Beiersdorf Netherlands
since 2003: Member of the Executive Board (HR/Administration/Environmental Protection)
Dr. Detlef Wiswe
Vice President Corporate Environmental Protection, Occupational Safety and Security
Beiersdorf AG
Detlef Wiswe is responsible for the design and implementation of the Corporate Management System for Environmental Protection, Occupational Safety and Security. This includes the development of strategies, policies and standards for the BDF Group and also activities in the area sustainability and its reporting.
Locally in Hamburg, he ensures that legal requirements are met in regard to immission control, occupational safety and health, water pollution, waste management and dangerous goods transportation.
Detlef Wiswe joined Beiersdorf in 1985 starting in tesa´s R & D. He was responsible for the development of self adhesive tapes for the automotive and electric industry and fabric based tapes for general purpose. Since then he had different positions.
Detlef Wiswe received his M.S. in Chemistry and PhD at the University of Hamburg. His academic research includes preparation and investigation of liquid crystalline copolymers with synchrotron radiation and neutron beam scattering.
Mr. Timo Mäkelä
Director, Sustainable Development & Integration Unit
Directorate-General Environment, European Commission
Timo Mäkelä is Director – Sustainable Development and Integration – at the DG Environment of the European Commission. His present responsibilities include sustainable development and economic analysis, sustainable production and consumption - including waste management, research, science and innovation policies as well as environmental policies for the industry.
After the completion of a Master of Technological Sciences degree at the Helsinki University of Technology, Mr Mäkelä has received a Post-graduate Diploma in Sanitary Engineering from IHE in the Netherlands.
Mr Mäkelä has held a number of posts at the Ministry of Environment of Finland. Furthermore, he has also served as a head of department at the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs in Gaborone, Botswana. Mr Mäkelä’s other assignments have included, among others, a three-year posting at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London as Director of Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure Team and as Senior Banker.
Since 1996, Mr Mäkelä has been employed by the European Commission, as a Head of Unit at the Enlargement Unit of DG Environment in Brussels and as the Head of European Commission Representation in Finland.
Mr. Fritz Balkau
Head of the Production and Consumption Branch
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
Fritz Balkau is Head of UNEP’s Production and Consumption Branch in the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics.
Dr. Balkau graduated as a research chemist from Monash University in Australia in 1973. After 3 years teaching at Victoria University, he worked for the Environment Protection Authority in various functions concerned with environmental planning, waste and pollution management, chemicals and environmental policy. He spent one year with the Chemicals Division of OECD before joining UNEP's Industry and Environment Office in Paris in 1987.
The Production and Consumption Branch of UNEP promotes and facilitates the worldwide implementation of cleaner and safer production approaches and more sustainable patterns of consumption in civil society and industry. The Branch has an active programme of information exchange, capacity building and training to help governments and industry to adopt more systematic approaches to environmental management.
Dr. Hartmut Leidig
IEF Co-Chair
Head of Corporate Department, Environment, Health & Safety
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Born in 1947, Dr. Hartmut Leidig is married and father of one daughter and one son.
Education
January 1978 Dr. rer. nat. in Organic Chemistry, „Institut für Organische Chemie”, Technical University Aachen, Germany
August 1973 Diploma (master degree) in Chemistry, Technical University Aachen, Germany
Professional Experience
2000 – present Head of Corporate Department Environment, Health
and Safety at Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) GmbH (headquarters)
1993 – 1999 Plant manager of an active pharmaceutical ingredient plant at Ingelheim site of BI
1992 Project manager of BI Fine Chemicals restructuring project
1991 Production manager at an Italian manufacturing plant of BI
1982 – 1990 Senior Manager of Corporate Division Chemical & Biotechnical Production at BI GmbH (product transfers, plant startups, production coordination) & Corporate EHS-auditor
1980 – 1981 Plant manager of a petrochemical production plant of the company CONDEA
1978 – 1079 Assistant plant manager of a petrochemical production plant of the company CONDEA
1973 – 1977 Scientific & Teaching Assistant at „Institut für Organische Chemie“ of Technical University Aachen, Germany
World Environment Center
2001 – present Boehringer Ingelheim´s delegate at WEC
2004 – present European IEF chair
Dr. Wolfgang Schacht
Head of Quality Management, Environment and Safety
tesa AG
Born 1956 in Hamburg, Dr. Wolfgang Schacht holds a degree in chemistry from the University of Hamburg.
He joined tesa’s R&D in 1987, at that time an integral part of Beiersdorf AG.
Initially responsible for development of double-sided tapes, he focused then on product development and raw materials.
Since 2001 when tesa AG became a wholly owned affiliate of the BDF Group in 2001, Dr. Schacht is responsible for the construction and implementation of an integrated Management System for Quality Managment, Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety on a corporate level.
Mr. Ludwig Metz
Associate Director, EHS Global Operations
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Ludwig Metz is Associate Director in the Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Department and responsible for European Issues.
He joined Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1988 as a Manager providing EHS Services for a fine chemicals, pharmaceutical finishing plant, toxicology, product development and basic research.
Prior to Bristol-Myers Squibb he worked for Siemens AG and the Steel Industry.
At present, Ludwig serves the BMS European businesses in all EHS needs, such as Compliance Programs, Regulation Tracking, Advanced Packaging Development for Pharmaceuticals or training business people in all Sustainable Matters. He also develops EHS Marketing Concepts and Strategies to integrate EHS into overall business. He is the initiator and co-author of three booklets with the titles Handling of Cytostatic Pharmaceuticals, which is available in more than 20 countries worldwide, Environmental Management in Hospitals and finally he is one of the initiators of the BMS Greener hospital initiative and received therefore the BMS Presidents Award.
Ludwig is
· a member of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Corporate EHS Steering Committee and
· Chairman of the BMS EHS European Working Committee.
Ludwig also is an active member working in several organisations like:
· Verband forschender Arzneimittelhersteller (VfA),
· European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA),
· European Pharmanet,
· European ORC
· World Environment Center (WEC) and
· European Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP).
He founded with Prof. Dr. Reller and others the European Subsidiary of WEC in Augsburg.
Mr. Marc Van Meldert
Director, Quality, Environment, Health & Safety, Controls Group EMEA, and Chairman, Corporate Environmental Roundtable
Johnson Controls Inc.
Born 1963 in Siegen, Germany.
Education
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (University of Leuven),
postgraduates in Environmental Engineering ( University of Leuven) and in
Safety Engineering ( Brussels University)
Professional Experience
1987 – 1990 Responsible for the Belgian Information Center Dangerous Goods
Founded as an Emergency Response Center supporting the Belgian Public Services ( fire brigades, police, civil protection, etc) engaged with fighting incidents involving hazardous chemicals, the center expanded its services to also cooperate closely with the EU and with the Dutch (VEW, BIZA), German (BMU), Swedish ( Raddningsverket) and Swiss (NAZ) authorities involved in industrial and environmental care as well as with numerous industrial customers to which SDS, Workplace Instruction Cards, TremCards,… are provided.
1990 – 1999 Manager Environment, Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Betz Europe Inc.
Betz Inc. headquartered in Trevose, PA provides specialty chemicals and services for water and industrial process treatment. Marc Van Meldert was based at Betz’ European headquarters located near Brussels and lead the European Safety, Health, Environment and Regulatory Affairs team.
1999 – 2003 Manager Environment, Health & Safety, EMEA, Johnson Controls Inc.
Johnson Controls Inc. is a global market leader in automotive systems and facility management and control, Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. In the automotive market, Johnson Controls supplies integrated seating and interior systems, and batteries. For non-residential facilities, Johnson Controls provides controls systems and services including comfort, energy and security management. MarcVan Meldert, based at the European headquarters in Brussels, heads the team responsible for EHS issues for the European Controls Group division.
2004 – Director Quality, Environment, Health and Safety, EMEA and chairman of
the Corporate Environmental Round Table (ERT), Johnson Controls Inc.
Johnson Controls’ ERT is responsible for identifying and driving projects which
relate to the company's fifth value of Safety and the Environment, to pro-actively
addressing customer's environmental & sustainability needs and to reducing
costs linked to environmental compliance
Dr. Michael Bahn
Director, Corporate SHEQHustainability Management
Henkel KGaA
Education: Technische Universität für Bodenkultur Vienna, 1964 - 1971
- Lebensmittel- und Gärungstechnologie
- Degree: Diplomingenieur
Universität Bochum, 1971 - 1976
- Assistant
- PHD
Experience: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1971 - 1976
Assistant, Biochemistry of Morphogenesis
Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf, 1977 - 1991
- Groupleader Development Microbiology" 1977 - 1978
- Groupleader Pilot plant fermentation 1978 - 1980
- Head of Department "Microbial Screening" 1980-1982
- Head of Department Bioprocessing, 1982 - 1987
- Technical Director "Biotechnology", Research and Development 1987 - 1991
COGNIS GmbH, Düsseldorf, 1991-1992
Head of Business Unit Biotechnology
COGNIS GmbH, Düsseldorf since 07/1992- 12/94
- Head of Business Unit Environmental Consulting
COGNIS Industrial Consulting GmbH 1/1995 – 4/1998
Managing Director
Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf, since 5/1998
Corporate SHEQ, Audits and Management systems
Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf, since 3/1999
Director Corporate SHEQ
Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf, since 1/2003
Director Corporate Sustainability Management
Expertise: - Microbiology, Biotechnology, Process Engineering
- Development of cost-calculation-models
Life Cycle Assessment
- International Project Management
(Europe, USA, Japan)
- more than 20 patents filed on Fermentation, Strain development, Downstream-Processing, Enzyme-Technology, Computer Controlled Processes
- Management systems
Membership: DECHEMA, SETAC, VCI, WBCSD
Dr. Dieter Hiller
Environmental Advisor
Schlumberger Inc.
As Schlumberger’s Environmental Advisor, Dieter Hiller is responsible for environmental programs of the Group. This comprises the development, implementation, verification and review of policies, standards and procedures, in cooperation with environmental managers and champions at various levels within the organization. His prior assignments in Schlumberger were as Environmental Manager for Eastern Hemisphere operations, and coordinator of global technical support in environmental matters.
Prior to joining Schlumberger in 1997, Mr. Hiller was in charge of international business and President of European subsidiaries for the environmental consulting firm, HPC Harress Pickel Consult AG, based in Germany. His previous assignments with HPC included the set-up of a presence in the United States.
Dieter Hiller is a graduate with an MS in Geology and holds a Dr. rer. nat. (Geophysics) from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
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