Midlands (UK)
Committee
Sara Penrose
Chair
Sara is the Chair of the Midlands Members Group
Michael Spreadbury
Vice Chair
Michael is the Vice Chair of the Midlands Members Group
Nikolay Cherkasov
Treasurer
Nikolay is a Managing Director of Stoli Chem.
Glen Redpath
Secretary, Webmaster and Email Campaign Manager
Earl Hutchinson
Past Chair
Earl recently retired after having started his career in the car industry. He had a spell in process control before his first stint in the nuclear industry. He then moved into fibre production at Courtaulds before leading a process/environmental consultancy at Cortex.
Emily George
Committee Member
Emily gained a MEng degree in chemical engineering from the University of Leeds in 2017. As part of her degree, Emily completed an industrial placement working with Atkins Ltd in Bristol.
Heather Williams
YOUNG MEMBERS COORDINATOR
Heather is a Process Engineer at WSP. Since graduating from Imperial College London in 2015, Heather has been an active member of the IChemE. In 2017 she was asked to join the UK Board in order to developed and strengthen the IChemE’s Young Member community.
Gavin Daisley
Committee Member
Jessie Dhariwal
COMMITTEE MEMBER
David Naylor-James
Committee Member
Andrew Thompson
Committee Member
Bevis Privett
Committee Member
Saul Algar
Committee Member
Andrea Longley
Committee Member
Simon Blackmore
Committee Member
Mehtaab Hussain
Committee Member
Laura Fornesca
Committee Member
David Torrado
Committee Member
Oliver Wintrip
Committee Member
Deema Khunda
Committee Member
Rayaan Farah
Committee member
Hi, my name is Rayaan Farah. I graduated from Aston University in 2023 with a BEng in Chemical Engineering with Placement Year. I am currently enrolled on the graduate programme at Mace Group working in project management.