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Speaker Biographies Submitted by: United States

APEC Toy Safety Initiative – Open Dialogue on Toy Safety for All Stakeholders Hong Kong, China 12 January 2010

 

 

  Speaker  Biographies       Mr.  Bernie  Ting,  Chairman,  Hong  Kong  Toys  Council,  Hong  Kong   Mr.  Bernie  Ting  is  the  chairman  of  the  Hong  Kong  Toys  Council  under  the  auspices  of  the  Federations   of  Hong  Kong  Industries.    He  studied  Mechanical  Engineering  at  the  University  of  Toronto,  and  he  obtained  his   MBA  at  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute  in  the  USA.    He  briefly  worked  in  a  manufacturing  company  in  Canada.     He  is  working  at  Qualidux  Industries  Co.,  Ltd  with  the  current  position  as  General  Manager  /  Director.    He   became  the  Vice  President  of  International  Council  of  Toys  Industries  (ICTI)  in  2009.    He  participates  in  Toys   Manufacturers  of  Hong  Kong  and  the  Hong  Kong  Trade  Development  Council’s  toys  advisory  council.    As  part   of  his  public  duties  in  Hong  Kong,  he  is  the  vice  chairman  of  the  Hong  Kong  Standard  &  Testing  Center  Ltd.  &   Hong  Kong  Q-­‐mark  Council.    He  contributes  his  spare  time  to  community  service  through  Rotary  Club  of  Hong   Kong  South.       Ms.  Julia  Doherty,  Office  of  the  United  States  Trade  Representative  (USTR),  and  Vice  Chair,  APEC  Standards   and  Conformance  Sub  Committee,  United  States   As  Senior  Director  on  Non-­‐Tariff  Measures  in  the  Office  of  the  World  Trade  Organization  and   Multilateral  Affairs  of  USTR,  Ms.  Doherty  is  responsible  for  developing,  coordinating  and  implementing  U.S.   trade  policy  positions  relating  to  standards,  conformity  assessment  procedures,  and  technical  regulations.        

 

   

 

She  represents  the  United  States  on  the  trade  aspects  of  standards  and  conformance  matters  in  the  World   Trade  Organization,  the  Asia-­‐Pacific  Economic  Cooperation,  and  other  international  organizations.    She  is  also   responsible  for  negotiating  the  standards  and  conformance  provisions  in  U.S.  trade  agreements.    Prior  to   working  on  standards  and  conformance  issues,  from  2003  to  2007  Ms.  Doherty  coordinated  U.S.  trade  policy   related  to  the  negotiations  on  the  Doha  Development  Agenda  of  the  World  Trade  Organization.    She  has  also   worked  on  international  economic  issues  at  the  U.S.  Office  of  Management  and  Budget,  the  Joint  Economic   Committee  of  the  U.S.  Congress  and  the  investment  bank  of  Kidder,  Peabody  &  Co.    She  holds  a  Masters  of   Arts  in  Economics  from  the  University  of  Maryland.         Vice   Minister   Wei   Chuanzhong,   General   Administration   of   Quality   Supervision,   Inspection   and   Quarantine   of   the  People’s  Republic  of  China  (AQSIQ),  China   Mr.  Wei  was  appointed  Vice  Minister  of  the  General  Administration  of  Quality  Supervision,  Inspection   and   Quarantine   of   the   People’s   Republic   of   China   in   April,   2007.     He   had   successively   been   Deputy   Director,   Director   of   Liaocheng   Bureau   of   Import   and   Export   Commodities   Inspection,   Shandong   Province,   Director   of   General  Office  of  the  State  Administration  of  Import  and  Export  Commodities  Inspection,  Director  of  General   Office  of  the  State  Administration  of  Entry-­‐exit  Inspection  and  Quarantine  of  the  People’s  Republic  of  China,   Deputy  Director  General,  and  Director  General  of  Beijing  Bureau  of  Entry-­‐exit  Inspection  and  Quarantine.     Chairman  Inez  Moore  Tenenbaum,  Consumer  Product  Safety  Commission,  United  States   Ms.  Inez  Moore  Tenenbaum  was  nominated  by  President  Barack  Obama  on  June  9,  2009  to  serve  as   the  ninth  Chairman  of  the  U.S.  Consumer  Product  Safety  Commission  and  was  confirmed  by  the  Senate  on   June  19,  2009,  and  sworn  into  office  on  June  23  to  a  term  that  expires  in  October  2013.     Ms.  Tenenbaum  was  elected  South  Carolina's  State  Superintendent  of  Education  in  1998  and   completed  her  second  term  in  2007.    Throughout  her  career,  Ms.  Tenenbaum  has  been  an  energetic  and   determined  advocate  for  children  and  families  and  has  extensive  experience  in  administrative  and  regulatory   matters.    During  her  tenure  as  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  student  achievement  in  South  Carolina   improved  at  the  fastest  rate  in  the  nation,  with  scores  increasing  on  every  state,  national,  and  international   test  administered.    At  the  end  of  Ms.  Tenenbaum's  tenure,  the  prestigious  journal  Education  Week  ranked  

 

 

   

 

South  Carolina  number  one  in  the  country  for  the  quality  of  its  academic  standards,  assessment,  and   accountability  systems.     Ms.  Tenenbaum  previously  practiced  health,  environmental,  and  public  interest  law  with  the  firm   Sinkler  &  Boyd,  P.A.    Before  attending  law  school,  Ms.  Tenenbaum  served  as  the  director  of  research  for  the   Medical,  Military,  Public  and  Municipal  Affairs  Committee  of  the  South  Carolina  House  of  Representatives.    She   carried  out  the  Committee's  responsibilities  for  all  legislation  relating  to  public  health,  the  environment,  child   welfare,  social  services,  adult  and  juvenile  corrections,  state  military  affairs,  and  local  government.      Ms.   Tenenbaum  served  as  special  counsel  to  the  McNair  Law  Firm  in  the  area  of  public  school  finance  prior  to   being  nominated  by  the  President.    She  has  also  served  on  numerous  task  forces  that  provide  oversight  on   children  and  family  services  in  the  state.     Ms.  Tenenbaum  received  her  Bachelor  of  Science  in  1972  and  Master  of  Education  degrees  in  1974   from  the  University  of  Georgia  and  her  law  degree  in  1986  from  the  University  of  South  Carolina.    She  is  the   recipient  of  numerous  honorary  degrees  and  has  been  recognized  by  several  state  and  community   organizations  for  her  civic  work  on  behalf  of  children  and  families.       Commissioner  Meglena  Kuneva,  EU  Commissioner  for  Consumer  Protection,  Belgium     Commissioner  Kuneva  has  a  M.A.  in  law  from  the  Sofia  University  "St.  Kliment  Ohridski",  followed  by   post-­‐graduate  specialisations  on  international  relations  and  international  environment  law  in  the  Georgetown   University,  Washington  DC,  and  Oxford.   She  started  her  career  in  the  Bulgarian  national  radio  as  editor  and  presenter  of  program  on  legal   issues  and  assistant  in  law  at  the  Sofia  University  "St.  Kliment  Ohridski".    For  11  years  she  was  the  senior  legal   adviser  at  the  Council  of  Ministers  and  participated  in  the  drafting  of  several  proposals  in  the  sphere  of   environment,  civil  law,  access  to  information.    In  1995,  she  became  a  consultant  in  the  World  Bank  for  the   creation  of  Eco-­‐fund  and  comparative  study  for  the  countries  in  Central  and  Eastern  Europe  on  the  impact  on   the  environment.   In  2001,  Ms.  Kuneva  was  elected  as  Member  of  the  Parliament  for  39th  National  Assembly.  The  same   year  she  took  the  post  as  Chief  negotiator  for  Bulgaria  to  the  EU  and  in  2002  became  Minister  for  European   Affairs.    In  2005,  she  was  elected  for  the  second  time  as  Member  of  the  Parliament  and  stayed  with  the  same  

 

 

   

 

responsibilities.    She  presented  Bulgaria  at  the  Convention  for  the  Future  of  Europe.    Since  2007,  she  has  been   a  Member  of  the  European  Commission  and  is  responsible  for  Consumer  Affairs.     In  2007,  Ms.  Kuneva  was  nominated  Commissioner  of  the  year  by  European  voice  and  in  2008  she   received  the  European  of  the  year  award  by  the  European  Voice  and  was  elected  European  Commissioner  of   the  year  by  the  European  Agenda.      Among  her  distinctions  are:  the  Order  of  Legion  d'Honneur  of  France,   Order  of  Star  of  Italian  Solidarity  of  Italy,  Order  of  Civil  Merit  of  Spain,  Order  of  Prince  Enrique  of  Portugal,  and   Order  pro  Merito  Melitensi  of  Malta.     Mr.  Martin  Rushton,  Principal  Advisor  with  the  Measurement  and  Product  Safety  Service,  New  Zealand   Ministry  of  Consumer  Affairs,  New  Zealand   Mr.  Rushton  works  for  the  New  Zealand  Ministry  of  Consumer  Affairs  as  the  Principal  Advisor  with  the   Measurement  and  Product  Safety  Service.    Mr.  Rushton  emigrated  to  New  Zealand  in  2006  and  prior  to  taking   up  his  present  post,  spent  18  months  as  Principal  Advisor  with  the  Ministry  of  Justice.    Mr.  Rushton  has  a   leading  role  in  developing  New  Zealand’s  product  safety  regulatory  regime  and  works  closely  with  other   regulators  both  in  New  Zealand  and  overseas  and  with  businesses  and  other  stakeholder  groups  with  an   interest  in  consumer  product  safety.   His  background  is  with  the  Trading  Standards  Service  in  the  United  Kingdom  where  he  worked  for  32   years  in  various  parts  of  the  United  Kingdom,  but  principally  in  Scotland.    During  his  last  12  years  there,  he  was   the  Trading  Standards  Manager  based  in  Edinburgh.    Mr.  Rushton  was  made  a  fellow  of  the  UK  Institute  of   Trading  Standards  in  2001  and  held  various  portfolios  within  the  organisation  and  in  particularly  in  the  areas  of   Product  Safety  and  Quality  Assurance.    He  has  an  MBA  from  Edinburgh’s  Napier  University.     Mr.  Richard  W.  O'Brien,  Director  of  International  Programs  and  Intergovernmental  Affairs,  U.S.  Consumer   Product  Safety  Commission,  United  States   A  career  federal  employee  with  over  25  years  service,  Mr.  O’Brien  draws  from  a  diverse  government   and  private  sector  background.    At  the  Consumer  Product  Safety  Commission,  he  oversees  the  regulatory   agency’s  international  activities  aimed  at  ensuring  the  safety  of  imported  consumer  products.    He  also   coordinates  efforts  with  other  U.S.  and  foreign  government  agencies  on  international  consumer  product  safety   issues.    Mr.  O’Brien  is  a  retired  career  U.S.  Foreign  Service  Officer.        

 

   

 

  Mr.  Christian  Wetterberg,  Chairman,  ISO  Technical  Committee  181,  “Safety  of  Toys”,  Sweden     Mr.  Wetterberg  has  been  the  convener  of  CEN/TC  52/WG  3  “Mechanical  and  Physical  properties”  since   2005.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  TC  52  Advisory  Board  and  represents  CEN  together  with  the  TC  52  Chairman   in  meetings  of  “Notified  Bodies  for  Toys  Directive”  and  in  meetings  with  the  European  Commission  and  with  its   Toy  Expert  Group.    Mr.  Wetterberg  is  also  the  Chairman  of  ISO/TC  181  “Safety  of  Toys.”    He  acts  as  a  Safety   advisor  to  the  Swedish  Toy  Association  and  does  consultancy  work  for  toy  manufacturers,  importers  and   authorities,  mainly  in  Sweden.    Mr.  Wetterberg  is  the  Marketing  Manager  of  SMP  Svensk  Maskinprovning  (the   Swedish  Machinery  Testing  Institute).     Ms.  Sally  Greenberg,  Executive  Director,  National  Consumers  League,  United  States   Ms.  Greenberg  joined  the  National  Consumers  League  as  Executive  Director  on  October  1,  2007.  The   National  Consumers  League  is  the  nation’s  oldest  consumer  organization,  formed  in  1899.  Ms.  Greenberg’s     focus  at  NCL  is  on  a  range  of  issues  affecting  consumers,  including  product  safety  with  a  focus  on  children.     Four  key  ongoing  program  areas  for  the  League  include:  fighting  fraud,  child  labor,  LifeSmarts,  and  health  care.   At  NCL,  Sally  testified  before  the  White  House  Interagency  Working  Group  on  import  safety  and  is  NCL’s   primary  spokesperson  on  a  variety  of  issues.   Ms.  Greenberg  comes  to  NCL  from  Consumers  Union,  where  she  served  for  over  a  decade  as  Senior   Product  Safety  Counsel,  testifying  before  Congress  and  the  Consumer  Product  Safety  Commission  on   numerous  occasions.    Her  work  for  CU  focused  on  product  safety,  including  toy  safety  and  the  safety  of  nursery   products  for  children,  auto  safety,  and  pro-­‐consumer  measures  to  bring  reform  to  the  legal  system.      Before   that,  she  worked  at  the  Justice  Department’s  Foreign  Claims  Settlement  Commission,  and  prior  to  her  job  at   DOJ,  spent  a  decade  serving  as  the  Eastern  States  Civil  Rights  Counsel  for  the  Anti-­‐Defamation  League,  based  in   Boston.     Ms.  Greenberg  was  President  of  the  Women’s  Bar  Association  of  Massachusetts  and  the  Women’s  Bar   Foundation,  served  on  several  gubernatorial  commissions  in  Massachusetts,  and  currently  serves  on  the   boards  of  directors  for  the  Alliance  for  Justice,  Connected  Nation,  CLEAR,  and  Trillium  Asset  Management.    She   also  serves  on  the  consumer  advisory  boards  for  Google,  AT&T  and  Verizon.          

 

   

 

Ms.  Monica  Cui,  Executive  Director,  Safe  Kids  China,  China   Ms.  (Min-­‐yan)  Cui  is  executive  director  of  Safe  Kids  China,  responsible  for  the  operation  of  Safe  Kids   programs  in  China.    She  started  work  on  childhood  injury  prevention  in  2002,  leading  the  child  injury   prevention  programs  throughout  the  nation,  which  includes  injury  data  collection,  public  education  programs   and  environment  modification  promotion.    Prior  to  that,  she  had  experience  on  patient  education  and  public   affairs,  and  worked  as  a  teacher  for  nine  years.    She  graduated  from  Shanghai  Normal  University  with  a   Bachelor  of  Arts  degree.       Ms.  Ratna  Devi  Nadarajan,  Malaysian  Association  of  Standards  Users  and  COPOLCO  Representative,   Malaysia     Ms.  Ratna  Devi  Nadarajan  is  currently  the  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  the  Malaysian  Association  of   Standards  Users  (Standards  Users).    Standards  Users  is  a  non  government  consumer  based  organization  which   promotes  the  participation  of  consumers  in  the  process  of  standards  development  both  nationally  and   internationally.    She  oversees  development  of  promotion  and  awareness  programmes  related  to  importance  of   standards  for  consumer  products,  services,  environment  and  social  responsibility.    She  also  identifies  needs  for   research  or  surveys  in  the  interest  of  safety  of  consumer  products  and  services.  T  he  association's  work  was   key  to  making  toy  safety  standards  mandatory  in  Malaysia.    She  is  the  Malaysian  representative  at  the  ISO   Consumer  Policy  Committee  or  the  ISO  COPOLCO  and  the  Co-­‐Convener  of  the  Working  Group  on  Product   Safety  under  ISO  COPOLCO.    She  is  the  developing  country  consumer  representative  in  the  drafting  committee   of  the  ISO  26000  -­‐  Guidance  Standard  on  Social  Responsibility.     Ms.  Ruth  Mackay,  General  Manager  Product  Safety  Branch,  Australian  Competition  and  Consumer   Commission  (ACCC),  Australia   Ms.  Mackay  joined  the  Australian  Competition  and  Consumer  Commission  in  mid  2008  to  head  the   newly  created  Product  Safety  Branch  and  led  the  implementation  of  major  reforms  within  the  Australian   product  safety  system.    Prior  to  joining  the  Australian  Competition  and  Consumer  Commission,  Ms.  Mackay   held  a  variety  of  senior  Government  positions,  most  recently  being  the  Registrar  of  Trademarks  and  Designs  at   IP  Australia.    Ms.  Mackay  holds  a  BA  Dip  Ed  and  Grad  Dip  Legal  Studies.        

 

   

 

Ms.  Catherine  (Kitty)  H.  Pilarz,  Senior  Director  of  Mattel/Fisher-­‐Price  Product  Safety,  United  States   Ms.  Pilarz  is  Mattel/Fisher-­‐Price’s  Director  of  Product  Safety.    Mattel/Fisher-­‐Price  designs,   manufactures,  and  markets  toys  and  family  products  that  are  sold  in  over  150  nations.    Since  2001,  Ms.  Pilarz   has  been  responsible  for  the  safety  of  the  Mattel  and  Fisher-­‐Price  product  lines,  assuring  that  all  products   conform  to  corporate  safety  requirements.    She  is  responsible  for  the  Mattel  hazard  analysis  procedures,   which  audits  new  products  to  assure  safety  and  conformity  to  standards  and  provides  technical  direction  for   product  development  related  to  safety  issues.  Ms.  Pilarz  also  develops  safety  standards  and  policy  for  her  firm.   In  1980,  Ms.  Pilarz  graduated  from  the  State  University  of  New  York  at  Buffalo  with  a  B.S.  in   mechanical  engineering,  and  that  same  year  she  started  working  for  Fisher-­‐Price  as  an  engineer-­‐in-­‐training.   While  a  project  engineer  in  international  operations  and  conducting  analysis  and  planning  for  international   production,  in  1983,  she  received  her  M.B.A.  from  Canisius  College  in  Buffalo,  N.Y.    She  additionally  held   positions  as  a  manufacturing  engineer  and  as  a  quality  control  engineer  before  becoming  manager  of  product   safety  and  reliability  in  1987.   Ms.  Pilarz  is  Vice  Chair  of  the  Juvenile  Product  Manufacturers  Association  (JPMA)  Certification   Committee,  which  oversees  the  JPMA  certification  program,  a  mechanism  whereby  independent  laboratory   testing  validates  a  baby  and  toddler  product  manufacturer’s  compliance  with  ASTM  International  safety   standards.    In  addition,  Ms.  Pilarz  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  and  the   American  Society  for  Quality  Control.    Through  ASQC,  she  has  earned  the  designations  of  certified  reliability   engineer  (1993)  and  certified  quality  engineer  (1986).     In  ASTM  International,  Ms.  Pilarz  is  Vice  Chairman  of  new  projects  for  Committee  F15  on  Consumer   Products  as  well  as  chairman  of  the  F15  subcommittee  on  play  yards/non-­‐full  size  cribs.    She  also  participates   on  many  other  F15  subcommittees.    She  was  honored  with  the  2006  ASTM  Award  of  Merit  and  accompanying   title  of  fellow  for  her  contributions  to  F15.   Ms.  Pilarz  has  served  as  symposium  chair  for  the  International  Consumer  Product  Health  and  Safety   Organization,  and  as  President  and  Board  Member  of  that  group,  which  works  to  promote  product  safety   through  education  and  communication.  She  received  a  40  Under  40  Award  in  1998  from  Business  First   magazine.        

 

   

 

 Mr.  T.S.  Wong,  Managing  Director,  Jetta  Company  Limited,  Hong  Kong   Mr.  T.S.Wong  graduated  from  Hong  Kong  Technical  College  in  1967  and  has  worked  in  toy  industry   since  graduation  in  areas  such  as  quality  and  engineering.    He  is  a  Chartered  Engineer,  member  of  Institution  of   Engineering  and  Technology,  UK.    Mr.  Wong  is  the  Managing  Director  of  Jetta  Company  Limited,  a  major  OEM   toy  manufacturer  with  five  campuses  in  China.    Mr.  Wong  was  Chairman  of  Asian  Committee  of  Toy  Industries   (1999  –  2006)  and  President  of  International  Council  of  Toy  Industries  (2004  –  2007).    He  participated  in  the   drafting  of  the  ICTI  Code  of  Business  Practices  and  the  device  of  the  CARE  PROCESS.      He  is  member  of  ICTI   CARE  PROCESS  Governance  Board.      He  is  also  Chairman  of  Hong  Kong  Trade  Development  Council,  Toys   Advisory  Board,  Honorary  Citizen  of  Guangzhou,  China  and  Executive  Committee  of  People’s  Political   Consultative  Conference,  Guangzhou,  China.     Mr.  Martin  Cahill,  Vice  President,  Quality  Assurance  and  Compliance,  Hasbro  Far  East  Ltd.         Marty  Cahill  has  been  in  his  current  position  since  November  of  2003.    He  is  responsible  for  Hasbro’s  quality   assurance  and  compliance  programs  in  the  Asia  region  including  safety,  reliability,  quality  control,   environmental  health  and  safety,  social  responsibility,  and  C-­‐TPAT.    He  has  nearly  30  years  experience  in  the   toy  industry  in  various  quality  assurance  and  manufacturing  roles  at  Hasbro,  Tonka  and  Kenner.    Mr.  Cahill  has   a  Degree  in  Communications  from  Northern  Kentucky  University  and  a  Degree  in  Mechanical  Engineering  from   the  University  of  Cincinnati.     Ms.  Maureen  Logghe,  Policy  Officer,  DG  ENTREPRISE,  Belgium     Maureen  Logghe  started  March  2008  as  a  seconded  national  expert  and  policy  officer  for  the  current   Toys  Safety  Directive  at  DG  Enterprise,  European  Commission  location  Brussels.    Since  2002,  she  has  worked  as   an  engineer  for  the  Federal  Public  Service  Economy,  SMEs,  Independent  professions  and  Energy,  DG  Quality   and  Safety,  Consumer  Safety  Department,  implementing  European  legislation  into  national  legislation,   following  standardization  on  playground  equipment  and  toys  and  coordinating  market  surveillance.    She  was   dealing  with  Toys,  Personal  Protective  Equipment,  General  Product  Safety  and  Fair-­‐  and  Playground   equipment.    

 

 

   

 

Prior  to  joining  the  FPS  Economy,  Mrs.  Logghe  was  a  chemical  engineer  for  the  State  laboratory  in   Ghent.    She  specialized  in  gas  and  liquid  chromatography  and  mass  spectrometry.    Papers  on  developing  new   detection  methods  for  corticosteroids  were  published  in  scientific  magazines.   Mrs.  Logghe  graduated  in  1994  from  the  University  of  Ghent  as  a  Bio-­‐engineer  specialization  Chemistry   and  started  her  Ph.  D  on  the  synthesis  of  chemical  ligands  for  beta-­‐agonists.    She  followed  the  maîtrise  en   Biologie  et  Chimie  appliquée  à  l'Université  de  Perpignan  (France).    She  did  a  work  placement  on  instrumental   analysis  at  the  RIKILT  in  Wageningen  (the  Netherlands).     Mr.  Carter  Keithley,  President  of  the  Toy  Industry  Association,  United  States   Mr.  Carter  Keithley  became  President  of  the  Toy  Industry  Association  in  2006.    Mr.  Keithley  has  35   years  of  experience  as  an  association  executive  with  a  focus  on  government  relations.    Prior  to  his  position   with  TIA,  Keithley  served  for  twelve  years  as  President  of  the  Hearth,  Patio  &  Barbecue  Association,  and   eighteen  years  as  Vice  President  of  the  association  management  firm,  Smith,  Bucklin  &  Associates  in   Washington,  DC.    Keithley  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School  and  practiced  law  from  1971   to  1975  before  commencing  his  career  as  an  association  executive.    He  has  served  as  full-­‐time  or  part-­‐time   chief  executive  for  more  than  a  dozen  industry  associations  and  professional  societies.    Mr.  Keithley  was  a   member  of  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency’s  Clean  Air  Act  Advisory  Committee  (CAAAC),  from  2000  to   2006,  and  is  currently  a  member  of  the  Consumer  Goods  Industry  Trade  Advisory  Committee  (ITAC-­‐4)  of  the   U.S.  Department  of  Commerce,  International  Trade  Administration.    He  has  been  a  volunteer  director  of  the   Associations  Council  of  the  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  and  Chairman  of  the  National  Council  of  the   Housing  Industry.     Mr.  Erik  Wijkström,  Counsellor,  World  Trade  Organization,  Switzerland   Mr.  Erik  Wijkström  is  a  Counsellor  in  the  WTO  Division  on  Trade  and  Environment.    Since  joining  the   WTO  in  1995,  he  has  worked  in  several  areas  of  trade  policy,  including  agriculture,  sanitary  and  phytosanitary   measures  (SPS  Agreement),  health  and  trade,  and  trade  and  environmental  policy.    He  has  a  Masters  Degree  in   the  areas  of  agriculture  and  economics  from  Uppsala,  Sweden.    He  is  currently  the  Secretary  of  the  WTO   Committee  on  Technical  Barriers  to  Trade  (WTO  TBT  Committee).      

 

   

 

Mr.  Terence  Chan,  Chair  of  the  Asia-­‐Pacific  Laboratory  Accreditation  Cooperation  and  an  Executive  of  the   International  Laboratory  Accreditation  Cooperation,  Hong  Kong   Mr.  Chan  is  the  current  Chair  of  the  Asia-­‐Pacific  Laboratory  Accreditation  Cooperation  (APLAC)  and  an   Executive  of  the  International  Laboratory  Accreditation  Cooperation  (ILAC).    He  has  worked  in  the   accreditation  field  for  more  than  20  years  and  is  experienced  in  a  wide  range  of  accreditation.    He  is  the   Executive  Administrator  of  the  Hong  Kong  Accreditation  Service  taking  overall  responsibility  for  its  daily   operation.    HKAS  is  a  service  provided  by  the  Innovation  and  Technology  Commission  of  the  Hong  Kong  Special   Administrative  Region  Government.    Mr.  Chan  also  represents  Hong  Kong,  China  in  the  APEC  Subcommittee  on   Standards  and  Conformance.     Mr.  Peter  Trillingsgaard,  Director  Governmental  Affairs,  the  LEGO  Group  and  Chairman  of  CEN  TC  52  –  Safety   of  Toys,  Denmark   Mr.  Trillingsgaard  has  worked  with  toy  safety  in  the  LEGO  Group  since  2004.  He  has  been  the  Chairman   of  the  CEN  TC  52  –  Safety  of  Toys  since  2006.  The  TC  52  is  responsible  for  the  EN  71  group  of  standards  and  is   mandated  by  the  European  Commission  to  revise  and  update  the  standard  to  take  account  of  emerging   hazards  and  the  Essential  Safety  Requirements  in  the  Toy  Safety  Directive.    Mr.  Trillingsgaard  is  also  the   chairman  on  the  Toy  Industry  of  Europe’s  Technical  Committee  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  in  the  Nordic   Association  of  Toy  Manufactures.    Prior  to  his  position  in  the  LEGO  Group,  he  worked  in  the  Confederation  of   Danish  Industries  and  he  has  also  worked  in  the  European  Parliament  in  Brussels  serving  as  a  political  advisor.     Ms.  Myung  Kang-­‐Huneke,  Executive    Vice  President,  General  Counsel,  and    Secretary,    Sesame  Workshop,   United  States     As  Sesame  Workshop’s  Executive  Vice  President  and  General  Counsel,  Ms.  Myung  Kang-­‐Huneke   oversees  the  Legal  Department  and  the  Government  Affairs  Department,  and  serves  as  Secretary  to  the  Board   of  Trustees.    In  addition,  she  developed  and  oversees  Sesame  Workshop’s  Product  Safety  Assurance  Program.     From  1998  to  2005,  Ms.  Kang-­‐Huneke  was  on  staff  in  the  Legal  Department  and  provided  legal  services  for   Sesame  Workshop’s  various  divisions,  including  the  licensing  division,  where  she  supported  the  expansion  of   Sesame  Workshop  brands  through  product  licensing  and  promotional,  retail  and  representation  agreements   for  Sesame  Street  and  Dragon  Tales  products  both  domestically  and  internationally.    

 

   

 

Prior  to  joining  the  Workshop,  Ms.  Kang-­‐Huneke  was  an  attorney  for  the  New  Media  and  Cable  Group   at  ABC,  Inc.  (The  Walt  Disney  Company)  where  she  handled  legal  and  business  affairs  for  ABC’s  new  media   ventures.    Previously,  she  was  a  litigation  attorney  for  ABC,  Inc.  and  represented  the  company  and  its  affiliates   throughout  the  country  in  employment,  First  Amendment  and  commercial  litigation  matters.    Ms.  Kang-­‐ Huneke  also  served  as  a  litigator  for  the  New  York  City  Housing  Authority.    She  began  her  legal  career  as  an   associate  for  the  law  firm  of  Proskauer  Rose  in  New  York  City.    Ms.  Kang-­‐Huneke  graduated  from  the  Columbia   University  School  of  Law  as  a  Harlan  Fiske  Stone  Scholar.       Mr.  Ian  Anderson,  Director  of  Asia  Operations  of  the  ICTI  CARE  Foundation,  Australia   Mr.  Anderson  is  currently  serving  as  the  Acting  Director  of  Asia  Operations  of  the  ICTI  CARE  Foundation   Asia  Ltd.  (ICFAL).    He  has  worked  as  a  consultant  to  ICFAL  since  2008,  focusing  on  social  compliance  in  Asian   toy  manufacturing  facilities.    Mr.  Anderson  has  been  involved  with  the  toy  industry  in  various  capacities  for   over  50  years,  including  such  roles  such  being  appointed  by  TIA  to  establish  the  ICTI  Code  of  Conduct  office  in   Hong  Kong;  New  Business  Director  for  Mattel/Asia  Pacific;  and  interim  Technical  Director  for  Sainsbury  Asia   Limited.     Mr.  Anderson  has  represented  the  Australian  Toy  Industry  with  Standards  Australia  on  various   committees  for  over  30  years  and  represented  Australia  on  ISO  Toy  Safety  committee  working  groups,  and  at   Government  Senate  Committee  hearings  on  Intellectual  Property  Theft.    In  2004,  he  was  inducted  into  the   Australian  Toy  Association  Hall  of  Fame  for  his  distinguished  service  to  toy  industry  safety  programs.     Mr.  Robert  Ianiro,  Director  of  the  Consumer  Product  Safety  Bureau  of  Health,  Canada   Mr.  Ianiro  is  currently  the  Director  of  the  Consumer  Product  Safety  Bureau  of  Health  Canada.      He   holds  a  B.Sc.  (Honours  Biochemistry)  from  the  University  of  Ottawa.    He  joined  the  Federal  Public  Service  in   1998.    In  2006,  he  completed  an  accelerated  Executive  Development  Programme  at  Health  Canada  where  he   gained  multi-­‐disciplinary  experience.    Mr.  Ianiro  has  spent  the  majority  of  his  career  in  the  area  of  consumer   product  safety,  spanning  diverse  areas,  including:  legislative  and  regulatory  development  and  implementation;   product  testing;  compliance  and  enforcement;  information  and  education  for  consumers  and  industry;  policy   development;  and  international  collaboration.    Recently,  Mr.  Ianiro  led  the  development  of  the  consumer   product  section  of  the  Food  and  Consumer  Safety  Action  Plan;  a  plan  that  was  announced  by  the  Prime    

 

   

 

Minister  of  Canada  in  December  2007.    He  also  led  the  policy  development  and  drafting  of  the  proposed   Canada  Consumer  Product  Safety  Act  (Bill  C-­‐6)  currently  before  Parliament,  a  key  element  of  this  Action  Plan.     He  is  an  active  member  in  international  discussions  related  to  consumer  product  safety  which  takes  place  in  a   variety  of  fora,  such  as  the  International  Consumer  Product  Safety  Caucus,  the  International  Consumer  Product   Safety  and  Health  Organization,  and  OECD  initiatives.         Ms.  Qin  Yuan,  Official,  Department  of  Supervision  of  Inspection  of  General  Administration  of  Quality   Supervision,  Inspection  and  Quarantine  (AQSIQ),  China   Ms.  Qin  is  an  official  from  the  Department  of  Supervision  of  Inspection  of  China’s  General   Administration  of  Quality  Supervision,  Inspection  and  Quarantine,  responsible  for  safety  of  imported  and   exported  consumer  products  including  toys,  shoes  and  clothes.    She  is  a  Commissioner  on  the  National   Technical  Committee  of  Standardization  for  Toys.         Mr.   Budi   Irmawan,   Director   for   Multifarious   Industry,   Directorate   General   Metal   Machinery   Textile   and   Multifarious  Industry,  Ministry  of  Industry,  Indonesia   Mr.  Budi  Irmawan  became  Director  for  Multifarious  Industry  in  2008.  Mr.  Budi  has  worked  for  the   Ministry  of  Industry  since  1986.  Prior  to  his  recent  position,  he  held  several  positions,  namely,  the  head  of   business  climate  subdivision  at  the  Metal  Directorate  at  2007-­‐2008,  Industry  and  Trade  attaché  at  Indonesian   Embassy  at  New  Delhi  from  2004-­‐2007,  and  various  position  relating  to  Business  climate,  standardization  and   technology  at  the  Ministry.   Mr.  Budi  graduated  from  Mechanical  Engineering  school  at  Bandung  Technology  Institute  in  1983  and   pursued  his  Engineering  Management  Master  degree  at  Widener  University,  in  Pennsylvania,  US  in  1994.  In  his   career,  he  has  been  engaged  with  various  policy  developments  concerning  standardization,  environmental   assessment,  and  several  industrial  policy  developments;  currently  he  is  also  head  of  Toys  standard  Technical   Committee.    

 

 

   

 

Mr.  Shigekazu    Fukunaga,  Deputy  Director,  Ministry  of  Economy,  Trade  and  Industry,  Japan   Mr.  Shigekazu  Fukunaga  is  the  Deputy  Director  of  International  Affairs  for  standardization  and   conformity  assessment  policies.      He  participates  in  international  conferences  such  as  WTO  Technical  Barriers   to  Trade,  APEC  Standards  and  Conformance  Sub  Committee  as  the  head  of  the  Japanese  delegation,  and   manages  bilateral  meetings  and  technical  cooperation  with  ASEAN  countries.    He  has  made  his  career  in  METI   in  the  field  of  energy  policy  and  car  recycling  policy  for  eight  years.     Mr.  Carlos  Cardenas,  Chief  of  the  Department  of  Electric-­‐Electronics,  Laboratorio  Nacional  de  Protección  al   Consumidor  (National  Laboratory  of  the  Mexican  Consumer  Protection  Federal  Agency),  Mexico   Mr.  Cardenas  is  the  Chief  of  the  Department  of  Electronics  with  the  National  Laboratory  of  the   Mexican  Consumer  Protection  Federal  Agency,  a  position  he  has  held  since  2006.    Mr.  Cardenas  is  a  graduate   of  the  “Instituto  Politecnico  Nacional  (IPN)”,  and  serves  as  the  Consumer  Representative  at  the  Standarization   Committe  “CT-­‐61  Electrodomestic  appliances  –  Safety”  of  the  “Asociacion  de  Normalizacion  y  Certificacion   A.C.”  (ANCE  A.C.).    He  also  previously  served  as  the  Mexican  Representative  at  the  Forum  of  the  IEC  National   Committee  of  the  Americas,  in  Atlanta,  Georgia  in  October  2008.     Mr.  Tran  Quoc  Tuan,  Deputy  Director  of  Goods  Quality  Management  Department  which  belongs  to   Directorate  for  Standards,  Metrology  and  Quality  (STAMEQ),  Vietnam.     Mr.  Tran  Quoc  Tuan  holds  a  Masters  degree  from  the  National  Institute  of  Science  and  Technology   Strategy  and  Policy.    He  has  over  20  years  experience  managing  product  quality  in  the  domestic  market  of   Vietnam,  including  exported  and  imported  commodities  such  as  toys  for  children.  He  is  a  member  of  the   National  Technical  Regulation  Building  Committee,  which  works  on  Vietnam’s  national  technical  regulation  on   toy  safety.        

 

 

   

 

Mr.  Gerald  Storch,  Chairman  &  CEO  Toys  “R”  Us,  Inc   Mr.  Storch  joined  Toys“R”Us,  Inc.  in  February  2006,  as  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer.    In  this   capacity,  he  is  responsible  for  leveraging  the  strength  of  the  Toys“R”Us  brand  and  positioning  the  global   franchise  for  growth  over  the  long  term.   Prior  to  joining  Toys“R”Us,  Inc.,  Mr.  Storch  was  Vice  Chairman  of  Target  Corporation.    He  joined  Target   in  1993  as  Senior  Vice  President  of  Strategy,  and  served  in  roles  of  increasing  seniority  over  the  next  12  years.     While  at  Target,  his  broad  responsibilities  included  overall  strategy,  supply  chain,  the  Internet  business,   technology  services,  financial  services,  guest  relationship  management  and  market  research,  the  six  sigma   program,  and  mergers  and  acquisitions.      Mr.  Storch  was  also  instrumental  in  developing  strategies  and   overseeing  execution  for  Target  Corporation’s  department  store  portfolio,  including  leading  the  turnaround  at   Marshall  Field’s  and  the  subsequent  sales  of  Marshall  Field’s  and  Mervyn’s.         Mr.  Storch  has  a  track  record  of  building  growth  businesses,  including  leading  the  development  and   growth  of  the  Super  Target  grocery  strategy  and  the  highly  successful  target.com  business,  and  initiating  and   growing  the  financial  services  business.    Prior  to  joining  Target,  Mr.  Storch  was  a  partner  at  McKinsey  &   Company,  specializing  in  retail  and  financial  services.     He  holds  a  Bachelor’s,  a  Juris  Doctor,  and  a  Masters  of  Business  Administration  from  Harvard   University.