Trudy Madawala

Senior Chemical Regulatory Consultant

• Job Details:Provided global chemicals management regulatory expertise, mainly EU/UK REACH, at the Assuris Centre of Excellence. Project management and coaching and leadership of the delivery team. Managed negotiations with clients. Chemical safety reports. Scoped out physico-chemical, eco- and toxicological tests/studies. Notification dossier preparation. Prepared notification strategies, cost plans and developed written proposals. Supported regulatory team with workload and world-class time management techniques. Supported marketing team with the development and maintenance of up-to-date promotional materials for global management services, eg. web pages, blogs, brochures. Promoted Assuris world-wide notification services through participation in conferences, webinars, seminars and client face-to-face meetings. Supported more junior team members with client interactions.

Global R&D Chemical Regulatory Lead for House Insulation Boards

• Job Details:Proactively sourced and built a new team for the identification of accurate and up-to-date hazardous chemicals for the most diverse portfolio technology hubs across EMEA and the North America regions and managed aspects of the team. Sought out and introduced the company to a world-renowned chemical regulatory database and AI system to be used in the R&D dept internationally and also in wider teams across the whole company. Built a partnership with head and UK sustainability manager and scientists for creating ‘environmental product declarations’ (EPDs) for all R&D innovative new concepts eg. bio-based/hemp/natural fibre boards and managed team members. Managed polyisocyanurate (PIR), polyurethane (PU), extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), expanded polystyrene (EPS) and phenolic chemistries as well as mineral wool, wood fibre, silica and other bio-materials portfolios. Introduced to Kingspan a world-leading chemical database for all regulatory needs and emerging issues with real-time notifications by creating a fast and close strategic partnership with a chemical regulatory agency based in Ireland. Maintained central database of internal and external regulatory requests for all insulation products on Smartsheets, SAP and SharePoint. Planned and led regulatory review meetings for the global R&D (and wider) teams and transformed the way key regulatory changes impacts were being communicated to the company. Managed ‘emerging issues’ and upcoming restrictions of formaldehyde, P.F.A.S., blowing agents and other soon to be banned chemistries and timelines. Managed biocide issue relating to bio-material insulation board. Handled local European regulatory standards eg. DGNB criteria for self-declarations, standard SN-175, cradle to cradle material disclosures, Nordic ecolabelling. Proactively monitored, identified and evaluated business impact and communicated new and amended legislation and regulations eg. silica and created an internal team to mitigate impact on the business. Advised on acquisitions and business plans at a senior level. Introduced third party compliance parties’ procedures to the company. Provided training to business (commercial, strategic partnerships, R&D) to improve REACH awareness. Created cross-functional teamwork with EU and UK policy managers on government influences that could potentially impact the business and supported government and public affairs teams with insights on new regulatory policy proposals and schemes, marketing manager to forecast communications to sales teams. Represented the organization in external meetings with industry groups and participated in consortia, ECHA activity tracking, compliance strategy development. Independently created own training schedule in newly created role and effectively managed all own timelines.

Regulatory and Compliance Specialist