Oil, Gas and Energy Transition
Committee
Interim committee
From October 2024 to April 2025, the group will be led by the Changing Future of Oil and Gas Project’s Working Group. In April 2025, the committee will be formally set up, with an annual meeting following election of the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary and recruitment of other committee members, seeking representation across regions, career stages and topic areas.
Steve Flynn
Chair
Steve spent 30 years working for oil and gas major BP in various technical and leadership positions, ultimately becoming BP Group Head of Risk Learning and Health Safety Security and Environment (HSSE).
Von Chau
Sustainability
Von is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with over 17 years of experience in energy industry including oil and gas E&P, EPC and a sustainability consultancy firm.
Huei Zhi Chee
Webmaster and Comms
Huei Zhi Chee is a bioprocess engineering postgraduate with experience in data analytics, technical documentation, and digital content management.
Leah Fitzgerald
Australia and New Zealand Region
Leah is an IChemE Chartered member with over 10 years of experience in the energy industry within Australia.
Michael Foley
UK / EU Region
Michael has spent over 23 years working globally for ExxonMobil in Upstream engineering and operations leadership positions.
John Gunner
US Lead
John is a Fellow of IChemE with over 25 years of international technical and managerial experience, including in the downstream, upstream, brownfield and greenfield projects, process safety and operations support.
Hasnor Hassaruddin Hashim
Malaysian Representative
Hasnor currently leads the process simulation and optimisation team at Group Technical Solutions (GTS).
Zainab Kayat
Malaysia Lead
Zainab is a member in the Leadership Group of the Energy COP and the Deputy Chair for the Board of IChemE Malaysia.
Mohammad Khankhara
Middle East / Africa Lead
Mohammad is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, with over 28 years of experience in oil and gas.
Minerva Martinez
OG&ET Professional Development
Minerva is a trailblazing leader in chemical engineering, recognised for her pioneering roles at AspenTech and IChemE.
Liam Parry
Policy
Liam is an experienced Chemical Engineer now working as a policy advisor at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.
Domenica Seminario
Planning and Events
Domenica is a chemical engineer with experience in various fields including water treatment, catalysis, and renewable energy. She has also been involved in web development.
Sonjoy Sen
Upstream and Decarbonisation Technical Lead
Sanjoy is a UK based energy professional with 25 years of experience across a wide range of sectors, including a variety of businesses from start-ups through to multi-nationals.
Amanda Wong
Early Careers Lead
Amanda is currently working as a graduate process engineer at KBR Consulting.
Grace Yap
Energy Efficiency Technology
Grace is a principal engineer with a specialisation in energy with Group Technical Solutions, Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PETRONAS).
Zahra Echresh Zadeh
Education and Outreach
Zahra Echresh Zadeh is a Lecturer (Teaching) in Chemical Engineering at University College London (UCL).