Disclosure of Interest Declarations - Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP)

Dr. Stephen O. Andersen (updated 119 July 2011)
(TEAP Co-Chair)
P.O. Box 257
2317 North Road
Barnard, Vermont 05031-0257
U.S.A.
Telephone: +1-802-234-5251
Email: SOliverAndersen@aol.com

Dr. Stephen O. Andersen is Co-chair of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel since 1989 and member of the Scientific Assessment Panel.  He chaired and co-chaired the Solvents TOC from 1989 to 1995; co-chaired the first Methyl Bromide Scientific and Technical Assessment; and chaired or co-chaired TEAP Task Forces on process agents, HCFCs, HFCs and PFCs, collection-recovery-storage, destruction, and other topics.  He was a member of the Steering Committee to the “IPCC/TEAP Special Report Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues Related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons” and author for other IPCC reports, including “Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer (IPCC Working Group III, 2000). 

When he retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) September 1, 2009, he was Director of Strategic Climate Projects in the Climate Protection Partnerships Division and before that Deputy Director of the Stratospheric Protection Division.  He was co-director of the Mobile Air Conditioning Climate Protection Partnership (MACCP) and also EPA Liaison to the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) on Climate and Stratospheric Ozone Protection.  He created EPA’s first voluntary partnerships including accelerated ODS phase-out agreements in food packaging foam, mobile AC, and electronics and aerospace solvent applications; helped organise the Halon Alternatives Research Corporation (HARC), the Industry Cooperative for Ozone Layer Protection (ICOLP) and the World Semiconductor Council PFC Partnership; and created the US EPA Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Awards.

Dr. Andersen is now Director of Research, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD); Senior Fellow at the Program on Governance for Sustainable Development, Bren School, University of California, Santa Barbara; member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.  As Director of Research for the IGSD, Dr. Andersen focuses on governance strategies that promote cost-effective, sustainable, fast-action technologies to protect climate that can be implemented in an effective, transparent, and verifiable way.  He is also President of Future Generations Consulting Corporation. 

Dr. Andersen is an occasional consultant to UNEP and UNDP on a variety of topics including investment choices that maximize climate, air quality, human health and other benefits when replacing ozone-depleting and high-GWP substances and has consulted to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on strategies to reduce and eliminate inadvertent and unwanted HFC-23 emissions from the manufacture of HCFC-22. Stephen is currently an unpaid member of the International Advisory Committee for the ‘Initiative for the Coordinated Destruction of ODS and POPs in Central America,’ organized and managed by the Basel Convention Regional Centere for Central America. Dr. Andersen was Coordinating Lead Author and Lead Author on the UNEP team writing the report "Maximizing the Climate Benefits of the Montreal Protocol: HCFCs Phase out," but has now withdrawn from authorship.  He participated in the 2011 meetings where the Government of Indonesia, Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Japanese companies agreed to cooperate in the introduction of high-efficiency, ozone and climate-friendly room air-conditioners for the Indonesian market.

Dr. Andersen’s ongoing paid and unpaid consulting, partnership, and publication activities include work with UN organizations including UNEP DTIE and UNDP; industry associations including the Automotive Airconditioning, Electrical and Cooling Technicians of Australasia (VARSA), MAC Partners—Europe, and the Mobile Air Conditioning Society—Worldwide (MACs); environment and journalist organizations including the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), and the Institute for Global Communications (IGC); Standards organizations including SAE Worldwide (Society of Automotive Engineers); and regulatory authorities including the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA).

Since retiring from EPA, Stephen has been an invited speaker at conferences and workshops sponsored by the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, Mobile Air Conditioning Society (Worldwide), SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers), State of California, University of Michigan, Princeton University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Smithsonian Institution, Vermont Law School, , UNEP DTIE, the Government of India,  and Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).  In some cases, he has been paid an honorarium.

Prior to joining EPA he was a professor at the University of Hawaii and College of the Atlantic and an employee of law, consumer, and environmental NGOs including the Environmental Law Institute, the Consumer Energy Council, and the Sierra Club.  He was also an unpaid member of the Board of Directors of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, which is an affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation.

With K. Madhava Sarma, Stephen is author of “Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History,” (Earthscan 2002); with Durwood Zaelke author of “Industry Genius: Inventions and People Protecting the Climate and Fragile Ozone Layer,” (Greenleaf 2003); and with K. Madhava Sarma and Kristen N. Taddonio is author of “Technology Transfer for the Ozone Layer: Lessons for Climate Change,” (Earthscan 2007). 

With Guus J.M. Velders, John S. Daniel, David W. Fahey, and Mack McFarland, Stephen is author of “The Importance of the Montreal Protocol in Protecting Climate,” (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 20 March 2007) and  “The Large Contribution of Projected HFC Emissions To Future Climate Forcing,” (PNAS, 7 July 2009).  With Mario Molina, Durwood Zaelke, K. Madhava Sarma, Veerabhadran Ramanathan and Donald Kaniaru Stephen is author of “Reducing Abrupt Climate Change Risk Using the Montreal Protocol and other Regulatory Actions to Complement Cuts in CO2 Emissions,” (PNAS, 12 October 2009). With Guus J.M. Velders and Penelope Canan is author of “How Science Guides Industry Choice of Alternatives to Ozone-Depleting Substances,” in Twenty Years of Ozone Decline: Proceedings of the Symposium for the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, Springer Science, 2009.

With Stella Papasavva Stephen is author of “GREEN-MAC-LCCP©: Life-Cycle Climate Performance Metric for Mobile Air Conditioning Technology Choice,” Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, American Institute of Chemical Engineering. With Deborah J. Luecken, Robert L. Waterland, Stella Papasavva, Kristen N. Taddonio, William T. Hutzell, and John P. Rugh is author of “Ozone and TFA Impacts in North America from Degradation of 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), A Potential Greenhouse Gas Replacement,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2010, 44 (1), pp 343–348. 

With K, Madhava Sarma Stephen is author of, “Montreal Protocol and Ozone Depleting Substances,” in Science and Diplomacy: Antarctica, Science, and the Governance of International Spaces, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011.  With Margaret Sheppard is author of “Momentum from the Phaseout of Ozone-Depleting Solvents Drives Continuous Environmental Improvement,” in the Handbook for Critical Cleaning: Applications, Processes and Controls, edited by Barbara and Edward Kanegsberg, CRC Press, 2011.

Stephen Andersen earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics from the University of California Berkeley, where in 1974 he participated as agricultural economics expert in the first assessment of the impact of stratospheric ozone depletion on agricultural crops (U.S. Department of Transportation Climatic Impact Assessment Project (CIAP).  As an undergraduate, Stephen studied business administration. 

Stephen’s spouse, Dr. Janet L. Andersen, retired in 2009 from the U.S. EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances where she had been Director of the division that registers bio-pesticides, including potential substitutes for methyl bromide. Drs. Andersen have no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs and do not own stocks in companies producing ODSs or alternatives and substitutes to ODSs. Stephen was part of the team that invented no-clean soldering, which was donated to the public domain as an alternative to cleaning electronic components with CFC solvents and contributed to the design of a patented roll-top vapor degreaser that reduced solvent emissions.  In 1986 and 1987 he organized the EPA committee of international experts that identified chemical alternatives to CFCs and inspired Dr. Masaaki Yamabe to invent HCFC-225, which is a low-ODP alternative to CFC-113 is specialty applications. He receives no royalty from any invention.  Janet is an occasional consultant to companies pursuing natural and conventional pesticides, including products that may help phaseout methyl bromide. 

Prior to September 2009, the U.S. EPA made in-kind contributions of wages, travel, communication, and other expenses and the U.S. DoD sponsored some travel.  From September 2009 through October 2010, Stephen sponsored the travel and other expenses of his participation in TEAP and Montreal Protocol meetings.  After October 2010, travel for continued participation on TEAP is sponsored by IGSD. 

Mr. Paul Ashford
(Foams TOC Co-chair)
Principal Consultant
Caleb Management Services
The Old Dairy, Woodend Farm Cromhall,
Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire, GL12 8AA
United Kingdom
T   44 1454 269 330
F   44 1454 269 197
M  44 7774 110 814
Paul Ashford has been the Co-chair of the Rigid and Flexible Foams Technical Options Committee and member of the TEAP since 1998. He is the owner and managing director of Caleb Management Services Ltd., a consulting company working in the chemical regulatory and sustainability arenas. Largely as a result of Mr. Ashford’s own background and expertise in the high GWP gases sector (ODS and their replacements), approximately 15-20% of the company’s turnover relates specifically to this sector.

Past and current projects include assisting the US EPA in engaging with the foam sector on ODS phase-out issues, preparing publications on the foam sector for UNEP DTIE, providing advice to UNDP on the climate implications of ODS phase-out and ODS bank management including a review of the co-funding options that might be available, assisting with the climate impact evaluation of HCFC phase-out management plans and the peer review of documentation prepared by UNIDO on the same subject. Paul has also assisted the UN Multilateral Fund Secretariat in the development of approaches for assessing the climate impact of technology transitions.
Additionally, Caleb has been involved in the quantification of ODS Banks in Foams in California (under contract to the California Air Resources Board) and in the United Kingdom (under contract to the Building Research Establishment). This work has extended to the validation of earlier work on banks in the EU-27 and the assessment of policy options for the European Commission (under contract to SKM Enviros). Paul Ashford was a member of the Working Group that supported the development of the ODS Protocol under the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) and has also acted as an unpaid advisor to the development of the Voluntary Carbon Standard ‘Extension of Scope’ to include ODS destruction projects. Paul also acts as an occasional peer reviewer for ODS methodologies under the VCS programme.
Paul co-chaired the TEAP Task Force on the Supplementary Report to the “IPCC/TEAP Special Report: Safeguarding the ozone layer and the global climate system: issues related to hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons” (2005), the Task Force on Foams End-of-Life Issues (2005) and the Task Force on Emissions Discrepancies (2006). He also co-chaired the TEAP Task Force Response to Decision XVIII/12 and co-ordinated the Interim and Phase 2 Reports of the Task Force for Decision XX/7 on the sound management of ODS Banks. He has most recently acted as co-chair of the Task Force in response to Decision XXII/10 on destruction project criteria.   

Paul gained a BSc. (Hons) in Chemistry at the University of Bristol in 1979. Until 1994, he worked in a variety of technical and commercial roles for BP Chemicals in a division that developed licensed foam technology using ODS and was responsible for the adoption of alternatives. He has over 25 years direct experience of foam related technical issues and has conducted numerous studies to characterise the foam sector and inform future policy development. His funding for TEAP activities, which includes some sponsorship of time, as well as coverage of travel and subsistence, is provided jointly under contract by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK.
Much of his earlier work on banks, emissions and foam end-of-life management, performed to inform both IPCC and TEAP processes was supported by the Alternative Flourocarbons Environmental Assessment Study (AFEAS) and the US EPA.
Neither Paul, nor any of his family members hold and stock or have any proprietary interest in any company involved in the manufacture of ODS or ODS substitutes or in any company involved in the management of ODS Banks or similar waste streams.  

Prof. Mohamed Besri
(MBTOC Co-chair)
Department of Plant Pathology
Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II
Rabat
Morocco
E.mails: m.besri@iav.ac.ma, mohamedbesri@gmail.com
T/F  +212 537 778 364
M    +212 664 603 721
Prof Mohamed Besri  is Co-Chair of MBTOC since 2005, and member of MBTOC since 1996.  Prof. Mohamed Besri, retired in July 2011 as Professor of Plant Pathology and Integrated Disease Management at the Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Rabat, Morocco (HII IAVM), but he is still continuing all his previous activities (teaching, research, extension, national and international co-operation etc.) at the same Institute.  Prof Besri is a visiting professor to many American, European and African universities.  He is also member of various national and international associations and member of many executive committees and governing boards e.g. of the International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS) and of the International Association for Biological control (IOBC) and was Vice President and President of the Arab Society for Plant Protection.  Prof. Besri was appointed by the Inter Academy Council (IAC) as member of the international study panel to write a report for the United Nations on "Realizing the promise and potential of African Agriculture: Science and technology strategies for improving agricultural productivity and food security in Africa" (www.interacademycouncil.net) and also as a member of an Ad Hoc Task Force to follow up the report recommendations.  Prof. Besri is frequently invited as a speaker at national and international conferences dealing with methyl bromide and IPM and has authored or co authored many publications on alternatives to methyl bromide.  Prof Besri has been awarded the medal of National merit by the King Mohamed VI for his contribution to the development of the Moroccan agriculture.  Prof Besri is Academician, member of the Moroccan Academy of Sciences and technology.  The HII IAVM has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because it houses specialists in Soil-borne Plant Pathogens.  It advises the Ministry of Agriculture on all aspects of alternatives to Methyl Bromide.  Prof. Besri has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own stock in companies producing ODS, alternatives or substitutes to ODSs.  Prof. Besri works occasionally as a consultant to UNEP and UNIDO on matters related to the Montreal Protocol.  Neither Prof. Besri’s spouse, business partner or dependant children, work for or consult for any organization, which has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol, nor do any of them have any proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, nor do any of them own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs or consult for organizations seeking to phase-out ODSs. Costs associated to travel, communication, and others related to participation in the TEAP, MBTOC, and relevant Montreal Protocol meetings, are paid by UNEP’s Ozone Secretariat.

Mr. David Catchpole (updated May 2011)
(Halons TOC Co-chair)
Technical Consultant
3601 C Street, Suite 822
Anchorage
Alaska
U.S.A.
T   1 907 868 3911
Mr. David V. Catchpole, Co-Chair, Halons Technical Options Committee and Member, Technology and Economics Assessment Panel, works part time for Petrotechnical Resources Alaska (PRA), an Anchorage, Alaska based company that provides consulting services to oil companies in Alaska.  From 1991 to 2004 he was a member of the HTOC.  From 1970 until 1999, he was an employee of the BP group of companies, most recently BP Exploration Alaska, where he worked for nine years in the environmental department on alternatives to halon and on halon banking.  Mr. Catchpole advises BP Exploration Alaska on fire protection and halon issues as his main activity for PRA. BP Exploration Alaska has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because it uses halon 1301 for explosion prevention and fire suppression in its enclosed oil and gas processing modules on the North Slope of Alaska.  Mr. Catchpole has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, however his retirement portfolio contains stock in BP plc. Mr. Catchpole’s spouse does not work for or consult for any organization that has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol. His spouse has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs and does not consult for organizations seeking to phase-out ODSs. Mr. Catchpole typically receives funding to support salary and travel to TEAP/TOC meetings from the Halon Alternatives Research Corporation, which is a not-for-profit industry coalition that in turn receives contributions for this funding from members. Current contributors are: BP Exploration Alaska, ConocoPhillips Alaska, DuPont, American Pacific, Firetrace, Halon Banking Systems, Wesco and Remtec

Prof. Dr. Biao Jiang (updated May 2011)
(Chemicals TOC Co-chair)
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
354 Fenglin Road
Shanghai 200032
The People’s Republic of China
T  86 21 54925201
F  86 21 64166128
Dr. Biao Jiang, Co-chair of the Chemicals Technical Options Committee since 2005, is Professor of Chemistry of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of editorial advisory board of Chemical Communication, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom. He received his PhD in 1988 from Lanzhou University. After two years as postdoctoral research in the organometallic chemistry at SIOC, he spent three years as a visiting scientist working on the medicinal chemistry in DuPont-Merck Pharmaceutical Co., at the DuPont Experimental Station, Delaware, USA. In 1995, he returned to SIOC, where he is currently professor and was director from 2001 to 2009. Now he is a vice president of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Science. The research project of Professor Jiang’s group involves the development of new methodology in asymmetric synthesis, total synthesis of marine natural alkaloids and steroids, fluorine-containing bioactive molecular, as well as organic process research and development of green chemistry. He has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, and he does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs. None of his family members have interest in matters before the Protocol. Cost of travel, communication and other expenses related to participation in the TEAP, CTOC, and relevant Montreal protocol meetings, are paid by UNEP only.

Dr. Sergey Kopylov (updated May 2011)
(Halons TOC Co-chair)
Head of Research Centre
All Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection
VNIIPO
12, Balashikha
Moscow Region
T   7 495 521 9747
F   7 495 521 4394
Dr. Sergey Kopylov, Co-Chair, Halons Technical Options Committee and Member, Technology and Economics Assessment Panel, is the Head of the Scientific Centre of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO). VNIIPO has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol as a body responsible for technical control of Montreal Protocol related issues in Russia. VNIIPO has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own or own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs. Dr. Kopylov works as a technical expert to the Russian government on matters related to the implementation of the Montreal Protocol. Dr. Kopylov's spouse does not work for or consult for any organization or company. Dr. Kopylov's spouse and children have no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, do not own or own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs and do not consult for organizations seeking to phase-out ODSs. Dr. Kopylov's travel to HTOC meetings is paid for by UNEP’s Ozone Secretariat.

Dr. Lambert Kuijpers
(Panel Co-chair, Refrigeration TOC Co-chair)
Eindhoven Center for Sustainability, ECfS
Technical University, Connector 1.15b
Het Eeuwsel 6
P.O. Box 513
NL - 5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
T   31 40 247 4463
F   31 49 247 6369
H  31 77 354 6742
Lambert Kuijpers, Co-chair of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel since 1992 and Co-chair of the Refrigeration, Air-conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee since 1989, works on a part-time basis for the Eindhoven Center for Sustainability, the Department “Technology for Sustainable Development” at the Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands.  He co-chaired the TEAP Replenishment Task Forces since 1996 (the last is currently the 2011 TEAP Replenishment Task Force). He served on the Steering Committee to the “IPCC/TEAP Special Report “Safeguarding the ozone layer and the global climate system: issues related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons”.  Dr. Kuijpers co-chaired the 2005 Task Force for the TEAP Supplementary Report to the IPCC/TEAP Special Report, the 2006 Task Force on Emissions Discrepancies and the 2007 Task Force on the Response to Decision XVIII/12. He co-ordinated the activities for the Task Force on Decision XX/8 and was involved in the work of the Task Force for Decision XX/7.  He co-chaired the Task Force for Decision XXI/9 in 2010. He was a Lead Author for both the Third and the Fourth IPCC Assessment Report. He also was a Co-author, contributor and reviewing member of the Ozone Science Assessment Panel in 2005-2006 and 2009-2010. As co-chair of the Refrigeration, AC and Heat Pumps TOC he was actively involved in the drafting, peer reviewing and final composition of all Assessment Reports, the last one being the 2010 Assessment Report. 

Until 1993, he worked for Philips Eindhoven (NL) in the development of refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump systems to use alternatives to ozone-depleting substances. He is financially supported (through the UNEP Ozone Secretariat) by the European Commission (and in certain years by some EU member state governments) for his activities related to the TEAP and the Refrigeration TOC.  Dr. Kuijpers has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODS and does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODS. He occasionally is a consultant to international organisations, such as the World Bank, UNIDO, UNEP DTIE and the Multilateral Fund. Dr. Kuijpers is a co-owner of the Re/genT BV Company, Netherlands, which he co-founded in 1993 and where he has a minority interest (this company is involved in the R&D of components and equipment for refrigeration, air-conditioning and heating). This implies that he has no influence in any business or management decisions taken within this company. 

In 2009 and 2010, Dr. Kuijpers was co-author of several papers on the impact of the CDM under the Kyoto Protocol on HFC-23 concentrations in the atmosphere. He was a keynote speaker and a paper author in conferences on ammonia refrigeration held in Ohrid, Macedonia.   

Ms. Bella Maranion
(Senior Expert Member)
Ms. Bella Maranion, Senior Expert Member, is a Program Analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).  Ms. Maranion is a full time industry sector analyst and project manager in the USEPA's Stratospheric Protection Division, Washington, D.C.  The USEPA has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because the Agency is responsible for implementing national regulations and policies to meet the US commitments under the Protocol.  Ms. Maranion has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs or in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, and does not consult for organizations seeking to phase-out ODSs.  Ms. Maranion's spouse and dependent children have no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs or companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs and do not consult for organizations seeking to phase-out ODSs. Ms. Maranion’s travel to meetings is paid for by the USEPA.

Ms. Michelle Marcotte
(MBTOC Co-chair)
Marcotte Consulting Inc.
(Marcotte Consulting Inc
is a Canadian corporation;
its President, Michelle Marcotte,
is located at:
10104 East Franklin Ave.
Glenn Dale, Maryland 20769
USA
Ms Michelle Marcotte was a member of the 1992 Methyl Bromide Assessment and subsequently a member of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee between 1992 and 2005; she was confirmed as Co-Chair in 2005. Until 1993 she worked for MDS Nordion, a supplier of radiation processing equipment, which is an alternative to the use of methyl bromide in some commodity and quarantine situations. Since then, Ms Marcotte, through Marcotte Consulting, has provided consulting services to governments and agri-food companies in eight countries on agri-environmental issues, food technology, regulatory affairs, specialty chemicals such as disinfectants and radiation processing. Marcotte Consulting has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because of its long time market development work in food irradiation, an alternative to some methyl bromide uses (particularly quarantine and postharvest commodities), and because of its interest in food processing, food safety and trade. In the field of methyl bromide alternatives, Ms Marcotte has published case studies for pest control in food processing facilities, for stored commodities, for alternatives for quarantine and for greenhouse use. She is a member of the Canada Industry-Government Methyl Bromide Working Group and the Canada-USA Methyl Bromide Working Group; both organizations work to achieve phase out of methyl bromide in the agri-food sector. Marcotte has consulted to companies, industry associations, the International Atomic Energy Agency and USAID on irradiation as a methyl bromide alternative in food processing, quarantine and trade. She has also prepared consulting reports summarizing research in methyl bromide alternatives and case studies on food processing for US Environmental Protection Agency.
Ms Marcotte has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs. Ms Marcotte’s spouse is a consultant to the United States Department of Agriculture for quarantine issues and methyl bromide alternatives and is a member of MBTOC. He does not have proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODS and does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs. Marcotte receives a consulting contract from Government of Canada, Environment Canada, a Party to the Montreal Protocol that is committed to the phase out of methyl bromide. Ms Marcotte pays for travel to TEAP, MBTOC and Montreal Protocol meetings out of consultancy funds provided by the Canadian government, Environment Canada, to support her work on MBTOC. 

Prof. Dr. Roberto de Aguiar Peixoto
(RTOC Co-chair)
Maua Institute of Technology - IMT
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Praça Mauá 01
Sao Caetano do Sul
Sao Paulo - 09580-900
Brazil
T   55-11- 4239 3021
e-mail: robertopeixoto@maua.br

Prof. Dr. Roberto de Aguiar Peixoto, member of the RTOC, is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Instituto Maua de Tecnologia – IMT (Maua Institute of Technology). Roberto de Aguiar Peixoto is a full time professor at the IMT campus in Sao Caetano do Sul, SP, Brazil. The IMT has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because it has undergraduate and graduate courses and research activities on refrigeration and air conditioning technologies, thermal sciences and energy and environment areas. Roberto de Aguiar Peixoto has no proprietary interest alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not consulting for organisations seeking to phase out ODSs. Roberto’s spouse has no interest in matters related to the Protocol. Roberto de Aguiar Peixoto works occasionally as a consultant to UNEP, and UNDP on matters related to the Montreal Protocol. Roberto A. Peixoto received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Naval Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Thermal Sciences from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is presently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Maua Technological Institute (SP- Brazil), where he is teaching and co-ordinating studies and research in energy and environment area, and consultant to international institutions.

Ms. Marta Pizano
(Panel Co-chair, MBTOC Co-chair)
Consultant
Bogotá
Colombia
Ms. Marta Pizano is Co-Chair of TEAP since 2010, Co-Chair of MBTOC since 2005, and member of MBTOC since 1998. She presently chairs the MBTOC Quarantine and Preshipment (QPS) subcommittee. Ms. Pizano is a frequent consultant for the Montreal Protocol Implementing Agencies and has actively worked with methyl bromide users and other key stakeholders in many countries to identify and implement alternatives to methyl bromide.

She consults mostly for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), but occasionally also United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank (WB). She has also assisted the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund (MLF) in the preparation of studies relating to methyl bromide and other ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). All consultancies are conducted on a short-term assignment basis. Ms. Pizano has contributed to methyl bromide phase-out programs in over twenty Article 5 Parties around the world, assisting users with the adoption of sustainable alternatives and the implementation of IPM programs.  She is frequently invited as a speaker at national and international conferences dealing with methyl bromide and has authored numerous publications on substitutes and alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation.

Currently, she is a member of the International Advisory Committee and a consultant for the Basel Convention projects on “Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)” which is being developed by the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Central America and Mexico.

Mr. Jose Pons Pons (updated May 2011)
(MTOC Co-chair)
Spray Química C.A
La Victoria
Venezuela
Jose Pons, who is President of Spray Química C.A, was co-chair of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel since 2004 until 2010 and is co-chair of the Medical Technical Options Committee since 1991. Spray Química had an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because it used ODS in some of its aerosol products for industrial maintenance. Mr. Pons is President of the Venezuelan Chamber of Aerosols, CAVEA and has worked in ozone layer protection since 1989. He has participated in several TEAP Task Forces and on the Steering Committee to the “IPCC/TEAP Special Report Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues Related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons”. Mr Pons has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODS, does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODS, does not have an interest in the outcome of essential use nominations, and does not consult for organisations seeking to phase out ODS. Mr Pons’s spouse has no interest in matters before the Protocol; she is also a manager/engineer at Spray Química. Mr Pons has worked occasionally as a project reviewer for the MLF and implementing agencies on matters related to the Montreal Protocol. Travel related to participation in the TEAP and MTOC, and relevant Protocol meetings, are paid by UNEP’s Ozone Secretariat. Spray Química makes in-kind contributions of wage, and miscellaneous and communication expenses.

Dr. Ian J. Porter
(MBTOC Co-chair)
Consultant and Principal Research Scientist
Primary Industries Research Victoria
Department of Primary Industries
Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre 3156,
Victoria, Australia.
T   61 3 9210 9222
F   61 3 9800 3521
M 61 (0) 417 544 080
Email: ian.j.porter@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Ian Porter is an Associate Professor with LaTrobe University and Principal Research Scientist with the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI), but takes leave from this organisation to conduct Montreal Protocol duties. DPI has an interest in developing sustainable alternatives to methyl bromide and integrated pest management strategies for control of plant pathogens and pests, and issues related to biosecurity. He has been a member of a number of National Committees regulating ODS, has led the Australian research program on methyl bromide alternatives for soils since 1992 and has 29 years experience in researching sustainable methods for soil disinfestation of plant pathogens with over 250 research publications. He has been a member of MBTOC since 1997, chair of the Soils sub committee from 2001 and MBTOC Co-chair since 2005.  Neither Ian, his wife or children have any proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, nor own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs. Dr Porter is presently leading national programs on integrated pest management and soil health in the Australian horticultural industries. He has acted as a key consultant for UNEP and UNIDO in developing programmes to assist China, Mexico and CEIT countries to replace methyl bromide.  He regularly participates in workshops to assist countries with alternatives to methyl bromide and gives keynote addresses to international conferences on alternatives to methyl bromide in horticultural industries.  He is presently funded by the European Commission through the Ozone Secretariat to support and attend MBTOC and TEAP activities and meetings.  In kind contributions from the Victorian Department of Primary Industries and Australian Federal Government Research Funds have provided past support. 

Mr. Miguel W. Quintero
(FTOC Co-chair)
Independent Consultant
AK 1 # 78-10, IV-601
Bogotá, Colombia
T  0057 1 349 2325
M 0057 31 426 37 857
miquinte@gmail.com
Mr. Miguel W. Quintero, Co-chair of the Foams Technical Options Committee since 2002, is an independent consultant in the area of polyurethane technology. He has been a professor at the Chemical Engineering Department at Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, in the areas of polymer processing and transport phenomena from 2000 to 2006. Mr. Quintero worked over a 21 year period (1980 - 2000) for Dow Chemical at the Research & Development and Technical Service & Development Departments in the area of rigid polyurethane foam. In the period January 2007- October 2008, he returned to Dow Europe as Development Leader for Polyurethane Product Research, located in Freienbach, Switzerland.

As foam expert Mr. Quintero is a regular consultant for UNDP currently supporting the HPMP preparation process in Latin America. He is a member of the World Bank’s OORG advisory group in the area of foams and he is also an advisor of Espumlatex, a Colombian system house active in the local automotive, thermal insulation and polyurethane flexible foam markets.
Costs associated with travel, communication, and others related to participation in the TEAP, FTOC and relevant Montreal Protocol meetings are paid by UNEP’s Ozone Secretariat.
Mr. Quintero owns stock in The Dow Chemical Co., which is now or has previously been a producer of ozone-depleting substances and products made with or containing ozone depleting substances and their substitutes and alternatives. Mr. Quintero´s spouse and dependent children have no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, do not own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, and do not consult for organizations seeking to phase-out ODSs.

Dr. Ian D. Rae (updated May 2011)
(Chemicals TOC Co-Chair)
16 Bates Drive
Williamstown, Vic 3016
Australia
T  0061 3 9397 3794
F  0061 3 9397 3794
Dr. Ian Rae, Co-chair of the Chemicals Technical Options Committee since 2005, is a Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a member of advisory bodies for several Australian government agencies dealing with chemical issues. He co-chaired the 2001 and 2004 Process Agent Task Forces. He was a member of the POPs Review Committee for the Stockholm Convention for 2005-2009. On occasions, he acts as consultant to government agencies and to universities and companies and he has been an expert witness in a case involving alleged patent infringement involving HFC-134a and its lubricants. Neither he nor his wife owns stock in any company dealing with ozone depleting substances or their alternatives. He contributes the time for his own participation in TEAP activities. The Australian Government Department of the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities finances the cost of travel and accommodation for Dr. Rae’s attendance at meetings of CTOC, TEAP OEWG and MOP.

Dr. Helen Tope (updated May 2011)
(MTOC Co-chair)
Principal Consultant
Energy International Australia
Director, Planet Futures
Unit 2, 9 Osborne Street
Williamstown, Victoria 3016
Australia
T   61 3 9016 0435
F   61 3 9012 7935
M  61 414 563 474

Helen Tope, co-chair Medical Technical Options Committee since 1995, is Principal Consultant of Energy International Australia and also Director of Planet Futures with whom she is an independent consultant providing strategic, policy and technical advice and facilitation services to government, industry and other non-governmental organisations on climate change, ozone-depleting substances, and other environmental issues. Dr Tope’s business has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because her potential clients are also interested in these topics. Dr Tope has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODS, does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODS, does not have an interest in the outcome of essential use nominations, and consults for organisations that support the Montreal Protocol in phasing out ODS. Dr Tope’s spouse, Mr. Michael Atkinson, is also her business partner, whose business has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol. During 2010, TEAP Co-Chair Dr. Stephen O. Andersen, Mr. Atkinson and Dr. Tope were unpaid advisors to a UNEP project on investment metrics for identifying technology that minimizes climate and other impacts when replacing ozone-depleting and high-GWP substances. In 2011 Dr Tope’s funding for travel to MTOC, TEAP and other meetings will be provided from several sources. The Ozone Secretariat provides a grant for Dr Tope’s travel and accommodation to attend the MTOC meeting from funds granted to the Secretariat unconditionally by the International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium (IPAC), which is a non-profit corporation. The Australian Government’s Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPC) is providing funds for Dr. Tope’s travel and accommodation to attend the TEAP meeting.  Funding for the cost of travel and accommodation for Dr Tope’s attendance of the OEWG-31 and the MOP-23 are yet to be confirmed. She makes considerable in-kind contributions of her time without compensation.

Dr. Daniel P. Verdonik
(Halons TOC Co-chair)
Hughes Associates
3610 Commerce Drive, STE 817
Baltimore, MD 21227-1652
U. S. A.
T  1 443 253 7587
F  1 410 737 8688
Dr. Daniel P. Verdonik, co-Chair, Halons Technical Options Committee and Member, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, is the Director, Environmental Programs, Hughes Associates, Inc.  Dr. Verdonik is a full time, salaried employee at Hughes Associates, Inc., in Baltimore, MD and Arlington, VA providing consulting services in fire protection and environmental management.  Hughes Associates, Inc. has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because it provides a wide range of fire protection research, design and consulting services to government and corporate clients, including work related to halons and halon alternatives.  Hughes Associates, Inc. provides consulting services to organizations that may be affected positively or negatively by the phase-out of ODSs. Dr. Verdonik has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs.  Dr. Verdonik is a share holder in Hughes Associates, Inc., which does not own stock in companies producing ODSs, or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs.   Dr. Verdonik currently provides consulting services through Hughes Associates, Inc. for the U.S. Army and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on matters related to the Montreal Protocol and has previously provided services through Hughes Associates, Inc. to Implementing Agencies, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and Chemtura (now DuPont).  Dr. Verdonik’s spouse works for the USEPA, which has an interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol because the Agency is responsible for implementing national regulations and policies to meet the U.S. commitments under the Protocol.   Dr. Verdonik’s spouse and dependent child have no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, do not own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, and do not consult for organizations seeking to phase-out ODSs.  In the past, Hughes Associates, Inc. received funding to support Dr. Verdonik’s salary and travel to TEAP/HTOC/TSB meetings from UN organizations such as the MLF and UNEP, U.S. government organizations such as the U.S. Department of Defense, the USEPA, and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and non-governmental organizations such as the Halon Alternatives Research Corporation, which is a not-for-profit industry coalition that in turn receives contributions for this funding from members. Current funding to Hughes Associates, Inc. is from the U.S. Army and the HARC contributors BP Exploration Alaska, ConocoPhillips Alaska, DuPont, American Pacific, Firetrace, Halon Banking Systems, Wesco and Remtec.  From time-to-time, Hughes Associates, Inc. may also provide its internal support for labour and travel for Dr. Verdonik to attend TEAP/HTOC/TSB meetings.

Prof. Ashley Woodcock (updated May 2011)
(MTOC Co-chair)
North West Lung Centre
South Manchester University Hospital Trust
Manchester M23 9LT
United Kingdom
T   44 161 291 2398
F   44 161 291 5020
Prof. Ashley Woodcock, co-chair of the Medical Technical Options Committee and Member of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester, and Respiratory Physician at the University Hospital of South Manchester, United Kingdom. The Hospital and University have no direct interest in the topics of the Montreal Protocol. Prof. Woodcock has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODS, does not own stock in companies producing ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODS, does not have an interest in the outcome of essential use nominations. Prof. Woodcock carries out unrelated consulting and educational lectures for pharmaceutical companies, all of which have phased out CFC MDIs. He regularly advises companies on study design for new drugs, some of which have been ODS replacements. Prof. Woodcock’s spouse has no interest in matters before the Protocol. Prof. Woodcock does not work as a consultant to the UN, UNEP, MLF or Implementing Agencies. In the past, he has responded to requests for technical information on CFC MDI phase-out from the European Community and the United Kingdom Government. Travel and subsistence for meetings of TEAP, MTOC, OEWG, MOP meetings is paid from Hospital and University funds, and Prof. Woodcock’s employers allows leave of absence.

Dr. Masaaki Yamabe (updated May 2011)
(Chemicals TOC Co-chair)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST)
Onogawa 16-1 AIST West, Tsukuba
Ibaraki 305-8569
Japan
T  0081 90 6011 6498
F  0081 42 795 6498
Mr. Masaaki Yamabe, Co-Chair of the Chemicals Technical Options Committee since 2005, is a research advisor of the Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. He was a member of the Task Force on HCFCs in 2003, on the TEAP Legacy in 2007 and on the decision XX/8 in 2009. He co-chaired the 2004 Process Agent Task Force. He served as a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) of Chapter 10 in the “IPCC/TEAP Special Report Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues Related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons” in 2005. He was a member of the Solvents TOC during 1990-1996. Until 1999, Mr. Yamabe was Director of Central Research of Asahi Glass Company, which previously produced CFCs, methyl chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride, and currently produces and distributes HCFC, carbon tetrachloride, and HFCs. He is the co-inventor of HCFC-225, which is controlled under the Montreal Protocol as a transitional substance in the phase-out of ozone-depleting substances and is a substitute for CFC-113 in solvent and process agent applications. He owns stock in Asahi Glass Company that produces ozone-depleting substances and their substitutes. He also works for the Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone Layer and Climate Protection (JICOP) as a senior advisor. AIST, JICOP and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) share the financing involved in the travel and accommodation for Mr. Yamabe’s attendance at the meetings of the CTOC, TEAP, OEWG and MOP.

Prof. Dr. Shiqiu Zhang
(Senior Expert)
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE)
Director, Institute of Environment and Economy (IoEE)
Peking University
Beijing, 100871
PR China
T  86-10-62764974
E-mail: zhangshq@pku.edu.cn; zsqces@yahoo.com.cn
Dr. Shiqiu Zhang, Senior Expert Member of the TEAP, is a Professor on Environmental Economics and Policy, Director of Environment and Economy Institute and Deputy Dean of Environmental Science and Engineering of Peking University, China. She co-chaired the 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2011 Replenishment Task Forces. Dr. Zhang has no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, does not own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs.  Dr. Zhang’s spouse works for the Longtop Group of China which is not related with ODS or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs. Dr. Zhang’s spouse and child have no proprietary interest in alternatives or substitutes to ODSs, do not own stock in companies producing ODSs or alternatives or substitutes to ODSs. The costs of travel, and other expenses related to participation in the TEAP and relevant Montreal Protocol meetings, are paid by UNEP’s Ozone Secretariat