2025 ICPHSO Annual Meeting and Training Symposium: Full Schedule

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8:10am EST

Keynote Speaker 4: Hanane Taidi, Director-General, TIC Council

Thursday February 20, 2025 8:10am - 8:40am EST

Hanane Taidi joined IFIA (The International Federation of Inspection Agencies) as Director General in July 2016. IFIA has since then merged with CEOC International, forming a new entity called TIC Council. Hanane Taidi was appointed Director General of TIC Council in June 2019. In this role, Ms. Taidi represents the Testing, Inspection and Certification Industry, a sector that provides independent conformity assessment around the world with a combined revenue of over €30 billion euros and over 400,000 employees.

Previously, Ms. Taidi worked at DuPont de Nemours International based in Geneva as Marketing Communications Director for the Performance Polymers business. During this time, Ms Taidi led, developed and directed integrated marketing communications strategies and was a member of the regional leadership team. Before joining DuPont in Geneva, Ms. Taidi was Director of Communications at Plastics Europe, based in the headquarters in Brussels, from where she led Plastics Europe's communications efforts in Europe together with a team of regional Communications Managers. In addition to her role as Director of Communications, in 2014,

Speakers

Richard O'Brien

Executive Director, TIC Council Americas

Rich is the trade association executive for the leading testing, inspection, and certification companies in the Americas. He draws from a diverse government and private sector background as he represents the TIC industry to government and public stakeholders. Immediately prior to... Read More →

Hanane Taidi

Director-General, TIC Council

Hanane Taidi joined IFIA (The International Federation of Inspection Agencies) as Director General in July 2016. IFIA has since then merged with CEOC International, forming a new entity called TIC Council. Hanane Taidi was appointed Director General of TIC Council in June 2019. In... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 8:10am - 8:40am EST
Grand Cypress D-I (Ballroom Level)

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