jean-pierre taverne

director end-of-life tyres and circular

About

Multidisciplinary engineer with a solid linguistic knowledge, lots of experience in project management related to environmental issues at both EU and international level in the steel, packaging and recycling sector. Development and implementation of public affair strategies towards EU institutions in diverse areas such as food contact material, waste & packaging, REACH, ... Standardization expert to CEN and ISO. Speciality : (1) Technical & environmental Expertise, (2) EU Public Affairs, (3) International Project Management, (4) Expert in packaging materials, steel, metals and tyres, (5) Pan-European Marketing & Environmental Communication

Country

belgium

City

brussels

Industry

automotive

Skill

sustainability, environmental awareness, environmental management systems, project management, english, standardization, research, european union, lcas, automotive, steel, french, tyre, packaging, spanish speaking, dutch

Experience

director end-of-life tyres and circular

2010-9 - Present · 16 yrs 1 mo

environmental and technical affairs manager

apeal

1996-6 - 2010-9 · 14 yrs 4 mos

Monitoring of the EU legislation related to packaging, waste and related standards, as well as regulations relted to food contact materials. Public affairs expertise with EU institutions. Co-ordination and analysis of LCAs, carbon footprint. CEN & ISO expert on "packaging & environment" and lifecycle analysis. REACH implementation for steel for packaging. Environmental communication (press, web, brochures, ...). Management of technical groups (REACH, Standardisation, Food Contact, ...).

assistant to the managing director

apeal association des producteurs européens d'acier pour emballage

1994-6 - 1996-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Preparation of expert meetings, agendas and minutes, responsable for IT investment and troubleshooting, preparation of position papers and monitoring of EU legislation related to packaging.

assistant controller corporate tax

fod financiën - spf finances

1994-2 - 1994-5 · 4 mos

trainee

bnp paribas

1993-10 - 1994-1 · 4 mos

Trainee in the CGER Banque-Assurances Group Insurance department - accounting operations

director end-of-life tyres and circular economy

european tyre and rubber manufacturers' association (etrma)

2017-10 - 2019-11 · 2 yrs 2 mos

eu technical coordinator, end of life tyres

european tyre and rubber manufacturers' association (etrma)

2010-9 - 2017-10 · 7 yrs 2 mos

* Representing the European technical viewpoints of the industry on End of Life Tyre (ELT) to EU institutions * Co-ordinating and supporting the technical activities at EU level of the network of national ELT management companies * Creating a European technical ELT-related database * ELT Recovery Technologies Database * Scientific/technical database (literature references, environment & health data concerning recovery operations) to facilitate answers supported by objective evidence to questions posed to ELTco from stakeholders * Establishing a Technical database focusing on information relating to new tyre technologies and materials affecting ELT activities (tyre electronic sensors, rings, chemical ingredients, etc.)