Heike Wenzel

More than 10 years of professional experience in compliance and due diligence liability assessments, EHS management systems (ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001), waste management and waste minimization evaluation, and leading environmental health and safety training courses.

• Provided consultancy services to industrial clients and financial investors for a wide variety of industry sectors including chemical, metal processing, pharmaceutical, electronic, automotive, transportation, and glass and packaging.
• Conducted Phase I environmental site assessments to evaluate environmental liabilities from past and present site operations and facility compliance with pertinent environmental regulations, in the course of company acquisitions, divestitures and/or joint ventures; including consulting support with view to negotiation strategies associated with environmental indemnification and budgeting aspects.
• Completed environmental and health & safety compliance audits of industrial plants in various countries (including Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Slovakia) to evaluate compliance with applicable, country-specific environmental regulations and corporate policies.
• Performed environmental management program consulting support in accordance with ISO 14001 system requirements, including KPI data gathering for corporate environmental report development, and evaluation of sustainability aspects.
• Conducted health & safety management program consulting support in accordance with OSHAS 18001 system requirements.
• Supported a variety of industrial clients in environmental and health & safety training/seminars, with special emphasis on regulatory compliance and EHS awareness/good management practice aspects.
• Provided consulting support with view to obtaining new operational permits, with special emphasis in specific regulatory requirements such as IPPC, VOC, and other Directives.

Environmental Scientist Postgraduate Diploma, University Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Environmental Engineer Diploma, University of Applied Science in Gelsenkirchen, Germany