Hugh Dawick is Director of Projects within APVMA’s Science and Assurance Programme prior to which he was co-Director of the Pesticides Team responsible for managing APVMA’s pesticides applications process. He has 30 years regulatory experience both in Australia and in the UK/EU leading on a range of technical regulatory issues including non-dietary human exposure risk assessment, spray drift and application technology related matters. He has a passion for ensuring risk assessments and regulatory approaches remain contemporary and reflect modern agricultural practices and innovation.