Elizabeth Moran
| Elizabeth Moran FRSC | |
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| Born | Dublin, Ireland |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Liverpool University; John Moores University |
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Liz Moran is one of the leading figures in the TIC business sector (testing, inspection and certification). She leads the Business Assurance Division in the UK for SGS, the world's leading TIC company. She is a public analyst, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Before this she was Director of Technical and Quality as well as MD of Public Analyst Scientific Services Limited, both part of the multinational Eurofins Life Sciences Group. Liz also sits on a Board of the Royal Society of Chemistry.[1] She was President of the Association of Public Analysts.[1] between 2012 and 2015. In 2014, she was chosen as one of the 100 leading scientists by the Science Council.[2] She was also chosen by the Royal Society of Chemistry as one of their 175 Faces of Chemistry.[3] Liz has run the London Marathon, completed the Three Peaks Challenge and done the K2B forty-miler twice.
Early life and education[edit]
Liz was born in Dublin and educated at Villiers School in Limerick, before relocating to England as a teenager. Inspired by an A-level supply teacher who devoted a term to food chemistry, she went on to study chemistry at third level.[3] Between leaving school and university she worked as a Colour Technician for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Dulux Paints, Slough.
She studied in Liverpool, taking a Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry and a Master of Science in Instrumental Chemical Analysis.[1] During this time, she also worked for Liverpool City Council, initially as a Laboratory Technician and later as a Senior Chemist at Liverpool City Analyst Laboratory where she tested food for composition and contaminants, consumer products, environmental analysis and forensic toxicology; it was in this latter role that she became interested in the role of public analyst, working on such diverse things as testing dyes, water, cement and post-mortem samples.[3]
In 2006, she was awarded the Mastership in Chemical Analysis (MChemA) by the Royal Society of Chemistry, an exacting qualification required by The Food Safety Act 1990 to be appointed as a public analyst.[3]
Career[edit]
After completing her Masters, Liz stayed with Liverpool City Council working as a Senior Chemist. In April 2003, she moved to Eurofins where she served as Analytical Services Manager for four years. Subsequent to this, she moved to Worcestershire County Council working as a Public Analyst & Scientific Adviser and Head of Worcestershire Scientific Services laboratory. In October 2011 she moved to a role as Deputy Head of Scientific Services for Public Analyst Scientific Services Limited where she has acted as public and agricultural analyst for local authorities in England and Wales and has a central business development role in the company. She subsequently studied for an MBA. Liz went on to become Head of Scientific Services at PASS and remains MD. In her principal current role she is one of the Directors at Eurofins, responsible for Quality & Technical.
In 2013, during the horsemeat scandal Liz was prominent in the media and found her way on to the BBC Breakfast red sofa, discussing food testing. She also gave evidence to the Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Parliamentary Committee (EFRA).[4][5]
In 2014, she was chosen as one of the 100 leading UK practising scientists by the Science Council, being recognised for her long-standing commitment and leadership to public health in food, water, environment and consumer products.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "LinkedIn Profile: Elizabeth Moran". Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2014 list of leading scientists". Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Liz Moran MChemA CChem FRSC". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "How Much Testing Do We Need" (PDF). Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ Food contamination: fifth report of session 2013-14, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence. 16 July 2013. ISBN 978-0215060815. Retrieved 13 October 2015. Search this book on
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