Richard Frewin
Office for Product Safety & Standards (UK)
Assistant Director
Richard Frewin is an experienced national and
international regulator. He is currently working on the development of the UK’s
national product safety capability. He is leading on a number of projects
relating to product safety risk assessment and the coordination of market
surveillance activities.
Richard was formerly the head of the UK’s
market surveillance authority responsible for a diverse range of European
legislation from Ecodesign to tyre safety. He began his career as an
Enforcement Officer in Local Government and developed national specialisms in
Product Safety, Legal Metrology, Consumer Rights and Environmental Protection.