Our philosophy is simple. Achieving regulatory compliance through the application of good science, innovative thinking and clarity; ensuring that all submissions are prepared efficiently and to a high standard.
Our Team
Concy Aciro
Senior Consultant
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Concy Aciro
Senior Consultant
Concy is an experienced toxicologist who provides expert support to our Client's toxicology programmes.
Concy is the lead toxicologist at Blue Frog, a highly-qualified toxicologist with extensive experience in human risk assessment of industrial chemicals, consumer and personal care products, working as a toxicologist for various large multi-national companies. Over her career Concy been developed a reputation for innovative solutions to complex problems, a skill set in high demand in the current era of regulatory uncertainty.
Craig Anderson
Senior Consultant
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Craig Anderson
Senior Consultant
Craig is a senior environmental fate scientist, providing expert advice on the fate and behaviour of plant protection products, biocides and chemicals in the environment.
Craig is an experienced environmental fate scientist and modeller with over 10 years experience in the laboratory. During his career Craig has worked with some of the most challenging agrichemicals which has helped develop his invaluable pragmatic approach to solving problems encountered during the conduct of studies and with interpretation of results.
Martin Bowyer
Senior Consultant
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Martin Bowyer
Senior Consultant
Martin leads Blue Frog's activities in the environmental risk assessments for human and veterinary medicinal products.
Martin is a qualified marine biologist, a graduate of the world leading School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University. During his career, Martin has gained extensive experience performing GLP-compliant aquatic ecotoxicity studies. He has worked at several contract research organisations, including helping with the set-up of a new testing facility. Martin additionally gained valuable experience in conducting outdoor mesocosm studies, when working at a renowned UK specialist test facility.
Martin joined Blue Frog after a 6 month sabbatical in South East Asia. Martin’s primary focus at Blue Frog is the performance of environmental risk assessments for human and veterinary medicinal products, including placing and monitoring full laboratory testing programs and production of environmental risk assessments reports. Additionally, Martin supports environmental risk assessments and dossier preparation of agrochemicals and has particular experience utilising the FOCUS surface water and groundwater modelling tools.
Sarah Butler
Senior Consultant
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Sarah Butler
Senior Consultant
Highly experienced and qualified ecotoxicologist having worked for both industry and the UK pesticides regulator, Sarah conducts environmental risk assessments for agrochemicals and has a particular interest in bird and mammal risk assessments.
Sarah, or Sefi as she is known, has a diverse and complimentary set of qualifications and experience giving her a unique perspective of the issues and solutions encountered in risk assessments for agrochemicals. Sefi has a BSc in Environmental Science, MSc in toxicology and Ph.D in ecotoxicology carried out working at the world-class Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). In the laboratory Sefi worked on environmental and plant / animal metabolism studies as well as assisting with ecotoxicology studies.
Her work at the UK HSE / CRD as a regulatory ecotoxicologist and regulatory project manager helped highlight the importance of other areas of the dossier as well as providing a high level view of the regulatory process as a whole. As a risk assessor Sefi has >10 years industrial experience, with 7 of those years working in the regulatory department of one of the largest multi-national agrochemical company in the world. Sefi's career working both as a regulator and in industry gives her a unique insight of the drivers that influence both sides.
Damien Carson
Director
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Damien Carson
Director
Damien is a senior chemical regulatory expert with >15 years’ experience providing strategic, scientific and technical support to the chemical and biocide sectors.
Responsible for scientific and regulatory affairs services to the chemical and biocide industries. Provides strategic consultancy for a global Client base for compliance with EU chemical regulations. Designs testing programmes (physical chemistry, toxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental fate, endocrine disruption) and has conducted hazard and risk assessments in support of >100 regulatory dossier submissions in the EU. Provides product defence and advocacy services to companies in support of regulatory processes such as compliance check and evaluation.
Damien co-founded and sits on the Board of Directors of Blue Frog Scientific.
Ruth Dawson
Consultant
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Ruth Dawson
Consultant
Ruth is an experienced regulatory affairs and product stewardship professional. Ruth manages Blue Frog Scientific’s Consortium Management and Only Representative services and provides technical support to Clients.
Ruth has a strong background in chemistry, having worked in industry as a development chemist, where she also engaged in supply chain management and commercial development. She read chemistry at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh before moving to Brussels, Belgium to obtain a Master’s degree in International Business, Economics and Management. Her Master thesis focused on the economic impact of chemical control legislation and product stewardship.
Nigel Halsall
Associate Director
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Nigel Halsall
Associate Director
An expert in environmental hazard and risk assessment with more than 25 years experience in the agrochemical industry.
Nigel has been working on agrochemical ecological risk assessments for over 25 years, with 15 years experience in the laboratory conducting terrestrial ecotoxicology tests with honey bees, non-target arthropods and soil organisms. Furthermore Nigel is a specialist in higher tier studies, such as field tests with non-target arthropods in arable crops; orchards and citrus groves; field and tunnel tests with honey bees; litter bag tests and field tests with worms and other soil macro-organisms. For more than a decade Nigel has established himself as a leading expert in environmental risk assessment for agrochemicals.
Nigel leads the ecotoxicological agrochemical team at Blue Frog Scientific, supporting Clients’ registrations for active ingredients and products in the EU. Nigel is very much “hands on” in his approach, directly getting involved with all aspects, from study design and monitoring to representing the Clients at meetings with regulatory authorities and post submission advocacy.
Tom Hargreaves
Director
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Tom Hargreaves
Director
With >20 years of experience, Tom has become a recognised expert in environmental risk assessment and is well known in industry for his pioneering approach, particularly with substances with a poor environmental profile.
A veteran of several CROs and consultancies, Tom is one of the co-founders of Blue Frog. Tom believes that the basis of a reliable risk assessment is a blend of science, maths, lateral thinking and creativity.
Tom co-founded and sits on the Board of Directors of Blue Frog Scientific.
Rachel Hill
Consultant
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Rachel Hill
Consultant
Rachel is an experienced regulatory consultant working under EU regulations such as REACH, CLP and BPR. In particular, Rachel has experience preparing technical dossiers, assessment reports as well as managing Only Representative Clients and providing CLP advice.
Rachel graduated top of her class from the University of Edinburgh in 2013 with an MChem in Chemistry with Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry. During her studies, Rachel gained industrial experience developing and validating analytical methods for pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients.
Lauren Hypson
Consultant
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Lauren Hypson
Consultant
Lauren is an experienced chemical regulatory specialist with a background of working within government regulatory affairs under EU regulations such as BPR and PPP. Lauren started working at HSE for the UK Competent Authority in Chemical Regulation Division in 2016 focusing on human exposure risk assessments and project management, predominantly in Biocides legislation (BPR) but has also worked briefly on EU Agrochemical legislation undertaking Operator Exposure risk assessments. Lauren has experience in preparing regulatory dossiers specific to BPR legislation for Biocides Products and Product families.
Lauren is a graduate of Liverpool John Moores University holding a qualification in Animal behaviour (BSc). She has also gained experience of working in the sector for a chemical manufacturer producing insecticide and rodenticide product types, and looking after the regulatory affairs for EU, and wider EU sales for Rest of the World including South Americas, Africa and Middle East countries.
Steve Kent
Managing Director
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Steve Kent
Managing Director
With a BSc in Biochemistry and MSc in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Steve brings decades of first class technical, regulatory affairs and commercial experience to the organisation. Steve has spent an entire career in the chemical industry, regulatory affairs and substance and product testing, general chemical regulation and risk assessment. In recent years he has been responsible for marketing and sales activities for contract research organisations and consultancies.
Steve provides additional leadership to our expanding Blue Frog Scientific group of companies. Steve provides our Clients with strategic advice on the complex process of navigating regulatory requirements in the EU and wider, in addition to taking a leading role in implementing our commercial strategy for growth and development. Steve runs our new company based in France, managing growth of our team in mainland Europe as well as developing our global Client base. Steve works closely with Senior Managers in the Blue Frog Group of Companies to ensure that our growing organisation will continue to provide Clients with the highest quality and value services in the industry.
Holly-Hannah Maguire
Consultant
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Holly-Hannah Maguire
Consultant
Holly-Hannah is a skilled toxicologist who provides support to our Client’s toxicology programmes. Holly-Hannah assists Clients with strategic planning, data review, testing strategies and study monitoring, in addition to conducting in silico assessments for human health endpoints as part of an intelligent testing approach.
Holly-Hannah holds a Master’s Degree in Toxicology from the National University of Galway and a BSc in Forensic and Environmental Chemistry from TU Dublin. Holly-Hannah has extensive experience working as a toxicologist for a wide range of Clients, primarily in the biocidal, chemical and personal care products sectors. Over her career Holly-Hannah has developed a reputation for her effective communication and ability to provide innovative solutions to clients.
Tess Marczewski-Newman
Senior Regulatory Scientist
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Tess Marczewski-Newman
Senior Regulatory Scientist
Tess is a senior regulatory scientist currently working in the chemicals sector of our organization. Tess supports technical projects concerning the registration of substances under the REACH Regulation.
Tess is a graduate in Environment and Development (MSc) from Lancaster University and Environmental Science (BSc) from the University of Brighton. Tess also gained practical experience working as a lab technician in the UK’s long-running Toxic Organic Micro Pollutants Network, for the University of Lancaster in conjunction with DEFRA.
Isla Mathieson
Principal Consultant
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Isla Mathieson
Principal Consultant
Isla has over 20 years of experience assisting companies in the chemicals and polymers sector with their regulatory and development needs.
Isla provides REACH and CLP strategy for EU and in particular non-EU companies; helping them navigate both the detailed and high-level requirements for those employed in regulatory/product stewardship, R&D or management. She manages the technical dossier delivery of new and updating projects and tackles substance identity challenges for ECHA Inquiries or evaluations.
Andrea Milne
Consultant
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Andrea Milne
Consultant
Andrea is an experienced ecotoxicologist supporting testing and risk assessment for our Client’s in all sectors of the chemical industry.
Andrea graduated from Heriot-Watt University in 2011 with a first class honours degree in Microbiology. Prior to joining Blue Frog Scientific, Andrea worked for contract research organisations performing a wide variety of GLP-compliant ecotoxicology studies, in particular aquatic toxicity testing of difficult substances, and has also been integral to the design and set-up a new environmental testing facility.
Alistair Morriss
Principal Consultant
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Alistair Morriss
Principal Consultant
An expert in human exposure and risk assessment with more than 17 year’s experience in the agrochemical industry.
With a BSc (Hons) in Tropical Environmental Science, a MSc in Environmental Science and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Ecotoxicology together with experience of working in Contract Research Organisations (undertaking laboratory environmental fate studies, crop residue trials and operator/worker/bystander exposure studies) and a multi-national company, Alistair has a broad range of skills and experience.
Alistair is an experienced risk assessor and exposure scientist with over 10 years of experience conducting global dietary and non-dietary risk assessments and field exposure studies in support of agrochemical registrations.
Vera Papasova
Consultant
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Vera Papasova
Consultant
Vera is an experienced environmental fate scientist supporting testing and exposure assessment for our Clients in all sectors of the chemical industry.
Vera graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece with an honours degree in Chemistry in 2011. Vera joined Blue Frog Scientific following her career as a Study Director at a major European CRO, where she was responsible for the initiation, management and reporting of GLP environmental fate studies. Vera utilises her studies experience to support Client testing and modelling programmes and has worked with a range of substances with difficult properties for testing and assessment.
Kai Paul
Senior Consultant
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Kai Paul
Senior Consultant
Kai is a Senior Consultant within Blue Frog focusing on in silico assessment and risk assessment of chemicals, agrochemicals, and biocides.
Kai is also an expert in the toxicity of nanoparticles, prior to joining Blue Frog working on the EU funded NanoTEST project, researching the toxicity and distribution of nanoparticles in a model placental cell line at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health. Kai’s Ph.D, funded by the US-EPA and NERC, focused on the environmental impact of nanomaterials using the model organism Daphnia magna. The aim of the work is to establish common themes in nanomaterial fate, both biologically and within the environment, and their associated toxicity. The aim of the research was to provide a basis for the development of specific risk assessment procedures for nanoparticles.
