Mr. Ivan HENDRIKX

Mr. Ivan Hendrikx comes from Belgium. He holds a diploma of electronic engineer and holds a fellow degree as technical witness expert (Court cases related to EMC/EMF/Safety). He was past-convener of the UNECE WP6 group on market surveillance procedures and was involved also in the “Education on Standardization Initiative”. In his more than 40-years professional experience, he was engaged as team leader in EU technical assistance projects on QI development and market surveillance and as technical manager in non-EU technical assistance projects. As manager of accredited labs on EMC and product safety, he has been the technical proposer of the EU TEMCA2 research project on alternative EMC test methods as well as serving as the technical coordinator of this project.

He was involved in the review of the Belgian product consumer law (safety and commercial scope) related to introduction of more stringent market surveillance requirements. While at CENELEC, he was the secretary of the Global Framework which was an initiative to promulgate the New Legislative Framework and the role of standards.

Currently Ivan is working as a HAS consultant for the EC related to the LVD, where he also participates with fellow consultants on coordination between LVD, EMCD and RED legislation and harmonized standards.