New Starter Announcement: Katherine Peabody

We are delighted to announce that Katherine Peabody re-joined Colart on 17th November 2025 as Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist.

She’ll be a great support to the Global Regulatory Affairs team as we continue to work through key product safety, regulatory and sustainability priorities.

This is a welcome return for Katherine, who many of you may remember from her earlier time at Colart (2015–2018) where she played a key role in reducing SVHCs across the portfolio and helped lay the foundations for our current regulatory systems and processes. Since then, Katherine has further developed her career  in chemical safety and global regulation, most recently managing high-complexity REACH, CLP and dossier projects for Staphyt and previously driving system-implementation and compliance programmes at Mitsui & Co. Europe.

In her new role, Katherine will:

• Lead the continuous long-term product safety strategy for our core art brands
• Shape risk management and regulatory governance aligned with Colart’s sustainability and innovation roadmap

Katherine brings deep technical expertise in EU/UK REACH, CLP,  BPR, Safety Data Sheet authoring and regulatory software implementation (PCN, IUCLID, CHESAR, REACH-IT, ExESS and more). She is also an experienced speaker and trainer, having presented publicly on regulatory change topics including PFAS and new CLP hazard classes.

We are thrilled to welcome Katherine back to Colart,  her technical expertise, energy, and familiarity with our culture and values will make her impact immediate.

Please join us in giving her the warmest Colart welcome.

CRIS COSGRAVE 
Group Regulatory Affairs Director