Paul F. Durkin is the global Director of EHS & Risk Management for Cookson Performance Materials - a materials company that provides high performance chemistry and technology solutions to the electronics and surface finishing industries.

He has 20 plus years EHS experience, mainly in the high tech and the chemical manufacturing fields. He has had similar positions with Raytheon, Parlex Corporation, Textron, and EG&G. Paul currently manages new business integration/ divestitures, environmental remediation and global EHS compliance/ auditing programs for the company. He is also responsible for the US Workers compensation program, the global property portfolio/ loss prevention program and global chemical regulatory compliance.

Mr. Durkin is a graduate of University of Massachusetts - Lowell, with a MS in Environmental Engineering where he developed an expertise in industrial wastewater treatment. His recent activities have been focused on chemical registrations in Asia, China EHS permitting work, Nano particle industrial hygiene protection and operation expansions in China, India and Brazil. Paul is interested in networking with multinationals companies that are dealing with similar issues.