Karen Apenhorst has been working professionally in regulation and consultancy since 2012. She is an engineer in Biology, specialized in plant biology. Her main expertise is efficacy of plant protection products at national and European level. In addition, she has expertise in comparative assessment, literature studies and practical knowledge of risk analyses, environment and ecotoxicology, dossier preparation and post-submission activities at national and European level. She carries out evaluations as a scientific assessor of efficacy for the Board for the Authorization of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb) in the Netherlands. She has carried out several registration projects for products and active substances (including low risk), and is an expert in writing biological dossiers (BAD) and dRR efficacy for both government and industry. Karen speaks Dutch as her mother tongue, is fluent in English and has a working knowledge of German.

Paul de Boer is a senior consultant and expert with professional experience in regulatory affairs and consultancy since 2008. He holds an MSc in Plant Breeding and Crop Protection. His main expertise is Efficacy on national and European level on both plant protection products and biocides. He had a secondment at Dutch Competent Authority as a biocide efficacy expert in 2018/2019. He is an expert in writing and evaluating biological records (BAD) and dRR efficacy and advises industry on designing and conducting efficacy studies. He is experienced in training foreign governmental organizations in Africa. Prior to working at Linge Agroconsultancy, he worked as a plant breeder and as an advisor and researcher in the crop protection area. Paul speaks Dutch as mother tongue and is fluent in English and has working knowledge of Spanish.