Electrical Product Safety Conference 2025

Farah holds expertise in the application of microscopy (CT, SEM, Optical) and mechanical testing applied across a wide range of industries, including additive manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, electronics, automotive, medical forensics, aerospace, food and beverage, national space agencies, batteries and mining. She is the founder and President  of the International Society ToScA and sits on a number of national and international technical committees.

Tom leads on UK and EU proactive regulatory engagement for product safety at Amazon, as well as coordinating regulatory engagement worldwide. Prior to joining Amazon 18 months ago, Tom worked in the product safety space for over a decade performing roles for both the Office for Product Safety and Standards, where he was Head of Testing Strategy managing a team of 12, and consumer group Which?, where he led the science team.

Mark has partnered with the world’s leading consumer product brands.Over the last decade, Mark has executed product recall and remediation strategies in over 150 countries and 50 languages. His experience is regularly sought to help safeguard brands and reputation in the global marketplace.

She has been working in product safety for 20 years.  She was the technical author for 3 British Standards (PAS 7055; PAS 7050 & PAS 7100), an expert for EU CASP (Coordinated Activities for the Safety of Products) for Injury data (2020), Risk assessment and crisis management (2021) and a Senior Product Safety Expert for EU SPEAC (Safe non-food consumer products in the EU and China) project.

Geraldine is an expert speaker on the Kids in Danger toolkit (Phase 2) and has supported CTSI with the development of the BCCPS: Business Certificate of competence in Product safety.  Geraldine is also on the Board of the Society of Product Safety Professionals. 

Phillip was involved in the world of cycling, initially as chairman and chief executive of Raleigh, and as a member of the Government’s National Cycling Strategy Board.

Subsequently he was appointed as Chair of Cycling England. Phillip is the Chair of the Bicycle Association; Chair of the Department for Transport’s Cycle Rail Working Group; a member of the Walking and Cycling Alliance, and of the Stakeholder Advisory Group for the DfT’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS).

He is the Patron of the Bikeability Trust, a government-funded charity which provides basic cycle training to 500,000 children each year. He was awarded by the Queen with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to cycling.

The Restart Project aims to keep our electronics in use for as long as possible through repair and reuse. Fiona has spent over 15 years working to engage public audiences in bringing about a more sustainable society. 

Following her position as Director of Public Affairs at BEAMA Yselkla took over the role as CEO in September 2023. With a background in Climate Science and Environmental Management Yselkla brings with her a clear understanding of the climate emergency and a passion to drive change. This is echoed in BEAMAs strong leadership and support for industrial decarbonisation as they work to bring together the whole supply chain for electrical products to reduce emissions for the UK energy sector.

Yselkla is a strong advocate for collaboration and community and this reflects in BEAMAs approach to member and supply chain engagement as they work to facilitate growth in key low carbon technology sectors vital to the global energy transition.

He studied law at the University of Sheffield and worked as a solicitor, specialising in employment law, before entering politics. Justin previously lead the labour opposition on Cheshire West and Chester Council and led the council of Ellesmere Port and Neston borough. He was first elected to the UK parliament in the 2015 election as the MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston. Justin held a number of shadow ministerial positions including, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health and Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up.

He has spent several years building and expanding partnerships in various roles. Before joining UL Standards & Engagement, David served as Vice President of Business Relationships and Partnerships for The Manufacturing Institute, the nonprofit workforce and education partner of The National Association of Manufacturers. Prior to that position, he led corporate relations and communications at the Agricultural Retailers Association, a trade association focused on legislative and regulatory issues.

David holds a B.A. in political science from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.

He joined the Brigade’s Fire Investigation Team in 2004, spending 13 years as a fire investigator and team manager, which involved leading on or supporting most of London’s major fire investigations during that period, before being promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner in Fire Safety in 2017.

In 2022, Charlie was promoted to the role of Assistant Commissioner in Fire Safety (Prevention & Protection), where he had responsibility for fire safety in London’s buildings and transport networks, fire safety in the home, prevention work such as water and road safety, as well as supporting the Brigades youth work. He has also worked on various LFB public campaigns such as ‘Total Recalls’ (making white goods safer) and #Chargesafe (improving the safety of lithium-ion battery e-scooters and e-bikes). In March 2024, Charlie was appointed to the role of Deputy Commissioner/Director of Prevention, Protection and Operational Policy. He is currently the National Fire Chiefs Council lead officer for both electrical safety and fire investigation.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) was created in January 2018 and regulates a wide range of products with a focus on their safety and integrity, from design to disposal. OPSS is the Government lead for standards and accreditation and market surveillance coordination as well as leading on good regulatory delivery including the Regulators’ Code and operating Primary Authority which 100,000 businesses are participating in, giving them access to assured advice.

Graham’s career and experience has been as a regulator, first in local government where he led a number of regulatory services and created new regulatory functions responsible for animal health and welfare and claims management. After working with government teams supporting UK regulatory reform reviews, Graham was appointed the first chief executive of the Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO) and established LBRO as a pioneer in the concept of regulatory delivery.

Graham led a range of initiatives to test new approaches to the effective delivery of regulation at a local level. Graham continued to lead the organisation through expansion of remit as the Better Regulation Delivery Office in 2012, Regulatory Delivery in 2016 before the creation of the Office for Product Safety and Standards in 2018.