Reachsupport.co.uk is run by Jeff Kelsey of Chemsage Ltd (CSL - Registered address: The Old Bakery, Blackborough Road, Reigate, RH2 7BU, United Kingdom) and Phil Davison of Davison Consultants Ltd (DCL - Registered address: Locke Cottage, Hook Road, North Warnborough, Hook, RG29 1EU, United Kingdom). CSL and DCL are the technical service providers to the Ethanol REACH Association. Both CSL and DCL work with a network of other consultants and service providers to be able to tailor support and technical expertise according to the needs of clients. We are increasingly providing support to UK companies of all sizes who now find themselves in potentially in scope of UK REACH and who need advice on how to proceed. Jeff KelseyJeff Kelsey started CSL in 2006 after a career with BP working in Research and Development, Technical Services and Product Stewardship/Toxicology. He has over 30 years chemicals sector experience, including 15 years in BP Chemicals’ solvents and derivatives businesses and a long standing involvement with the surface coatings sector. In the latter part of his career with BP, he worked in Regulatory Toxicology and compliance on substance notification and risk assessment of existing chemicals, authoring of MSDSs and dossier preparation for the OECD High Production Volume chemicals programme, including ethanol. He was extensively involved in BP’s early preparations for REACH including site auditing and developing management systems. CSL continues to assist a number of multi-national clients and consortia in all aspects of their compliance with EU and UK REACH, including dossier preparation and submission as well as exposure and risk assessment. Qualifications: MSc (distinction) - Applied Toxicology. BSc (1st class) – Applied Chemistry. Chartered Scientist. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow in the Technology of Surface Coatings, Member of the British Toxicology Society.
Phil Davison
Phil Davison was employed by BP for 30 years, working on external affairs, advocacy, and HSE issues management, including several years dealing with ethanol trade issues and biofuels. He is a chemist by background, and has managed a large customer technical support operation for BP’s chemicals businesses. He has been involved in advocacy on a number of substance classification issues, for example for ethanol in a number of EU member states.
He started DCL in 2006, and has supported chemical industry clients on a range of issues, including acting as project manager for the REACH registration of ethanol on behalf of the Ethanol REACH Association, and running several SIEFs for lead registrant clients.
He has participated in groups dealing with REACH at Cefic and UK CIA level, particularly concerning the legal and competition issues surrounding consortia formation and sharing of information.
He has worked extensively with downstream user industries and their trade associations, For example, he chaired ESVOC for 8 years (a cross-industry group of 30 producers and end user trade associations in the solvents industry) and represented the combined industry in discussions with the European Commission. He chaired AFTA (Association for Fair Trade in Alcohol) and CIEP (Committee of Industrial Ethanol Producers of Europe. He has chaired, or been on Steering Boards of, several Cefic groups, including the Ethyl Alcohol Group, the European Solvents Industry Group, and the Oxygenated Solvents Producers Association.
Qualiications: PhD – Chemistry, BSc (1st class) – Chemistry, Chartered Chemist, Member of Royal Society of Chemistry, Diploma in Management Studies.
Our Specific Expertise In Ethanol
- Prepared the ethanol REACH registration dossier and Chemical Safety Report, including development of the Use Mapping and Exposure Scenarios.
- Current technical service providers to the Ethanol REACH Association.
- Represented industry during the last discussions on the classification of ethanol at the EU Classification and labelling working group.
- Prepared the OECD SIDS dossier on ethanol.
- Chaired the CEFIC toxicology and cross industry working groups on ethanol.
- Involved in proposed reclassification discussions in a number of countries, including Netherlands, Germany, France, and Finland and the EU classification discussions in 1996 and 2007.
- Backgound in technical aspects of ethanol, such as specifications, analytical requirements, and compliance with standards.
- Access to testing laboratory services.
- Knowledge of ethanol markets, both industrial and biofuels sectors.
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