National Early Careers Group UK and Ireland
Committee
Cleo Parker
Chair
Cleo is a process engineer in the third year of bp’s graduate programme.
Daniel Rhymer
Vice Chair
Dan is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham.
Tegan King
Deputy Chair
Tegan is a rotating machinery engineer at DNV and is passionate in driving decarbonisation in the energy sector.
Ademola Odunsi
Secretary
Ademola is associate professor in chemical engineering and director of the MSc Sustainable Chemical Process Engineering programme at UCL.
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
Committee member
Abbey is a chemical engineering graduate with a postgraduate qualification in maths and computing.
Guiseppe Bagnato
Committee member
Giuseppe is a lecturer in chemical engineering at Lancaster University.
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
Committee member
Irene is a chemical engineer with a strong passion for sustainability and innovation in the energy sector.
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
Committee member
Abdullah is a chemical engineer currently working at Petrofac.
Ekundayo Olorunshe
Committee Member
Ekundayo is a graduate development / process engineer at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).
Josh Patterson
Committee member
Josh is currently in his masters year for chemical engineering at Swansea University.
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
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
Committee member
Emma is a graduate engineer in her second year of the Nestlé engineering graduate scheme.
Kyriacos Rouvas
Committee member
Kyriacos is a chemical engineer currently working towards his PhD at the University of Bath.
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
Committee member
Amelia is a process commissioning engineer at Johnson Matthey.
Charlotte Todd
Committee member
Charlotte is a current third year chemical engineering student at Swansea University.
Nathan Walsh
Committee member
Nathan is a chemical engineer at AWE having completed the graduate scheme in 2024.