Queensland (AU)

Committee

The role of the state group committee is to be the ambassadors of IChemE at a local level and assist in the delivery of the Institution’s mission, through events, technical meetings, networking, professional development and promotion of the chemical and process engineering profession.

Key committee member contacts

Gaurang Joshi

Gaurang Joshi

Acting Chair

A self motivated leader with proven experience in engineering, operations, maintenance and project management for more than 19 years, in the Australia and Asia Pacific region, in petrochemicals, oil refining, oil and gas and infrastructure sectors.

Ewan Stewart

Ewan Stewart

Past Chair

Ewan is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with 14+ years of experience. He works for Wood as a key member of their Australia East process engineering team, supporting clients predominantly in the oil and gas and municipal water treatment sectors.

Bobak Mousavi

Bobak Mousavi

Engineers Australia Chair

Bob is a senior process engineer with experience in the oil and gas industry, both upstream and downstream.

Keith Sharp

Keith Sharp

Chemical College Board Liaison

Keith is an experienced engineering manager, project manager and lead process engineer with 30 years experience in the downstream oil industry and biofuels.

Hamish Cannon

Hamish Cannon

Events Coordinator

Hamish is a student of chemical engineering and business at QUT and is also president of the QUT student chapter of the society of petroleum engineers.

Thiago Rocha

Thiago Rocha

Engineers Australia National Taskforce Liaison

Thiago is a young graduate chemical engineer passionate about brewing industries and the development of innovative solutions in bio-industries.

Hong Peng

Hong Peng

University of Queensland Staff Representative, IChemE Learned Society Liaison

Dr Hong Peng is now Advance Qld Industry Research Fellow(Mid-career) after being an Amplify Fellow and Advance Queensland Research Fellow at School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland (UQ).

Dr Tom Rainey

Dr Tom Rainey

QUT Staff Representative

Tom conducts experimental and financial modelling research relating to the process engineering of biomass and filtration problems.

Dhruv Singh

Dhruv Singh

Committee Member

Dhruv is currently completing a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering at UQ, with an interest in the energy and resources sector.

Brad Zannes

Brad Zannes

Committee Member

Brad has developed an expert understanding of the energy, resource and infrastructure sectors that enables him to drive genuine results, building and sustaining strong relationships with partners, suppliers, local and international energy customers.

Jessica Tang

Jessica Tang

Committee member

Jessica is a Facilities Lead QLD & NSW at BP Australia.

Kathleen Cox

Kathleen Cox

University of Queensland ChESS Representative

Kathleen is completing an integrated Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Engineering degree at The University of Queensland. Kathleen has recently been elected as the 2023 UQ Chemical Engineering Student Society President and is looking forward to her fourth year as a UQ Women in Engineering Student Leader.

Greta Kenny

Greta Kenny

Secretary

Greta is an Asset Management and Performance consultant at Aurecon. Previous to this she worked as an Environmental Project Manager at Resource Strategies. Greta completed her Batchelor of Chemical Engineering /Batchelor of Arts at both the University of Queensland and University College Dublin.

Matthew Mitchell

Matthew Mitchell

Committee Member

Mitchell is a part of a process safety consultancy who work with companies to close their process safety gaps.

Cody Christensen

Cody Christensen

Queensland University of Technology CEC Representative

Cody is an Intern Production Engineer at Senex Energy. He is currently completing his Batchelor's degree in Engineering/Science at Queensland University of Technology.

Ha Nguyen

Ha Nguyen

Committee Member

Ha is in her fourth year of graduating as a chemical and process engineer at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).