GRENADA SOFIJA DEMAKINA
Deputy Head of the Technical Products Surveillance Division – CRPC
Mrs Demakina is currently the head of the Technical Products Surveillance Division of the Consumer Rights Protection Centre in Latvia. She supervises the Market Surveillance Activities in the field of the pressure equipment, transportable pressure equipment, gas appliances, radio equipment, recreation crafts. She handles roles of representation of Latvia at several Administrative Cooperation groups, including the Transportable Pressure Equipment sector (TPED AdCo, a Chair since 2018), the Gas Appliances Directive/ Gas Appliance Regulation (GAD/GAR AdCo), the Pressure equipment sector (PED/SVPD AdCo, Vice-Chair since 2016), Radio equipment sector (RED AdCo), Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially Explosive Atmospheres (ATEX AdCo), and the Marine Equipment (MED AdCo).
Being an expert on electrical equipment, radio equipment, pressure equipment and machinery since 1988, Mrs Demakina has been working at CRPC since 2013.
She is a member of the PROSAFE board since 2022, and she participated in Actions of PROSAFE like MSTyr15, JAMACH2014, JA2016 since 2013.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master’s in Public Administration. She is currently undertaking two Masters of Science in Intelligent Robotic Systems and Management of Information Systems.