National Early Careers Group UK and Ireland

Committee

Cleo Parker

Cleo Parker

Chair

Cleo is a process engineer in the third year of bp’s graduate programme.

Daniel Rhymer

Daniel Rhymer

Vice Chair

Dan is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham.

Tegan King

Tegan King

Deputy Chair

Tegan is a rotating machinery engineer at DNV and is passionate in driving decarbonisation in the energy sector.

Ademola Odunsi

Ademola Odunsi

Secretary

Ademola is associate professor in chemical engineering and director of the MSc Sustainable Chemical Process Engineering programme at UCL.

Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith

Treasurer

Sam is a chemical engineer currently working as a green hydrogen process engineer on Air Products’ graduate scheme in his second year.

Abasiofon Abbey Akpan 

Abasiofon Abbey Akpan 

Committee member

Abbey is a chemical engineering graduate with a postgraduate qualification in maths and computing.

Guiseppe Bagnato

Guiseppe Bagnato

Committee member

Giuseppe is a lecturer in chemical engineering at Lancaster University.

Freya Barrett

Freya Barrett

Committee Member

Freya is a student at the University of Birmingham pursuing an MEng in chemical engineering with industrial and international study.

Irene Constantinidou

Irene Constantinidou

Committee member

Irene is a chemical engineer with a strong passion for sustainability and innovation in the energy sector.

Arda Gulal

Arda Gulal

Committee member

Arda is a third year MEng chemical engineering student from University of Surrey, currently on a placement year working as a R&D engineer at Saint Gobain.

Abdullah Al Magazache

Abdullah Al Magazache

Committee member

Abdullah is a chemical engineer currently working at Petrofac.

Ekundayo Olorunshe

Ekundayo Olorunshe

Committee Member

Ekundayo is a graduate development / process engineer at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

Josh Patterson

Josh Patterson

Committee member

Josh is currently in his masters year for chemical engineering at Swansea University.

Pradeep Raghunath

Pradeep Raghunath

Committee member

Pradeep is a chemical engineer with experience across offshore oil & gas operations and a growing focus on the energy transition.

James Rees

James Rees

Committee member

James is a final year MEng student at Swansea University. He is really excited to continue working on outreach for the NECG.

Emma Robinson

Emma Robinson

Committee member

Emma is a graduate engineer in her second year of the Nestlé engineering graduate scheme.

Kyriacos Rouvas

Kyriacos Rouvas

Committee member

Kyriacos is a chemical engineer currently working towards his PhD at the University of Bath.

Neerja Sonowal

Neerja Sonowal

Committee member

Neerja is a second-year MEng chemical engineering student at Imperial College London with a deep interest in sustainability, innovation, and storytelling within engineering.

Amelia Stott

Amelia Stott

Committee member

Amelia is a process commissioning engineer at Johnson Matthey.

Charlotte Todd

Charlotte Todd

Committee member

Charlotte is a current third year chemical engineering student at Swansea University.

Nathan Walsh

Nathan Walsh

Committee member

Nathan is a chemical engineer at AWE having completed the graduate scheme in 2024.