Victoria Barnes

Graduate Process Engineer and IChemE Early Careers Board Representative

Victoria is a graduate process engineer experienced in oil refining in Australia.

Paul Battersby

Business Development Manager (Membership), IChemE Safety Centre

Before joining IChemE, Paul was part of the Strategic Partnerships team at The University of Manchester, developing and managing funded research collaborations with global companies.

David Bogle

Emeritus Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London

David studied chemical engineering at Imperial College at both undergraduate and graduate levels, receiving his PhD in 1983.

Gary Bowman

Executive Director, The Aerosol Association of Australia Inc.

Gary is the executive director at the Aerosol Association of Australia Inc., which has been the trusted industry voice for the aerosol industry in Australia since 1964.

David Cole

Technical Director, Sandfield Penstock Solutions limited

David is a recognised leader in spill containment and water pollution prevention, he has been shaping industry best practice for over 30 years.

Paul Day

Benevolent Fund Manager, IChemE

Paul is a financial wellbeing expert with over 15 years of experience in the charity sector as a money adviser.

Brenda Denbesten

Founder, SpeakWorthy

Brenda is an engineer, leadership communication specialist, and keynote speaker who helps technical professionals translate expertise into influence, collaboration, and leadership impact.

Natalie Desty

Founder and Director of STEM Returners

Natalie is the Founder and Director of STEM Returners, an award-winning solution to an industry wide problem.

Rafil Elyas

Owner and Principal Engineer, East One-Zero-One Sdn Bhd

Rafil is the founder; owner and principal consultant of East One-Zero-One Sdn Bhd (East101), a specialist consulting company focused providing advanced process engineering and flow assurance solutions to the oil and gas industry.

Sravani Gupta

Senior Scientist, Bioeconomy Sciences Institute, New Zealand

Sravani is a senior scientist at the Bioeconomy Sciences Institute, New Zealand, specialising in food safety and food processing technologies.

Liz Hallifax

Non Executive Director and IChemE Treasurer (Trustee)

Liz is Chartered Governance Professional and MIT Sloan Alumni. Fellow Governance Institute of Australia and member of the Victoria State Council.

Suzanne Hay

Principal Process Engineer, Beca and Chair of the IChemE New Zealand Board

Suzanne is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the engineering consulting industry. She works as a principal process engineer at Beca in Auckland and is the Chair of the New Zealand Board of IChemE.

Séamus Higgins

Associate Professor and Course Director, University of Nottingham

Seamus is an associate professor and course director in food process engineering at the University of Nottingham, with over 35 years of experience across global food manufacturing, engineering, and academia.

Alvin Ho

Chartered Engineer

Alvin attained his Professional Process Safety Engineer (PPSE) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) accreditations in 2025. With over 11 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, he specialises in process safety, asset integrity, and risk management for both onshore and offshore facilities.

Nicole Kirkwood

Immigration Director and Registered Migration Agent

Nicole is a registered migration agent with seventeen years of work experience as migration agent. She is also the Director of Australian Visa and Immigration Experts.

Gang (Kevin) Li

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne

Kevin specialises in hydrogen production, CO2 capture, and natural gas processing.

Jaime Lim

Director, Ministry of Manpower Singapore

Jaime is a Director at Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower, where she works on workplace safety and health regulatory issues. She is also a Council Member of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore.

Fiona Macleod

Chief Technical Officer, IChemE International Safety Centre

Fiona is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of IChemE

Frank Mendham

Managing Director, Mendham Consultants

Frank has been involved in industrial fire engineering, dangerous goods and BESS technology since the 1970’s, originally being a key member of the Telecom (Telstra) Telepower Group.

Surabhi Mishra

Head of Process Engineering, Kedrion Biopharma

Surabhi is Head of Process Engineering at Kedrion Biopharma in Elstree, where she leads multidisciplinary teams delivering engineering and automation solutions in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment.

Andrew Ng

CTO, Pyrogen

Andrew serves as CTO at Pyrogen. He oversees Pyrogen’s R&D, engineering design, standards and certifications, and IP rights.

Raffaella Ocone

President, IChemE and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University

Raffaella is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, where she has been since 1999, and was the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland.

Sonia Ruiz Pérez

Product Manager, Gexcon

Sonia is the product manager for Gexcon’s Effects and Rickcurves software, leading the development of advanced consequence and risk modelling tools for assessing accidental chemical releases.

Caecilia Potter

Founder and CEO of VensoGrow

Caecilia is the founder and CEO of VensoGrow, an AI-driven AgTech company pioneering BreezeCoat™, a patented, dust-free agri-coating platform technology.

Simon Reid

Chemical Process Engineer, Aspiring Materials

Simon is a chemical process engineer at Aspiring Materials, a cleantech startup based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Simon’s work focuses on process simulation, life-cycle assessment, and applications of magnesium hydroxide for both industrial decarbonisation and carbon-dioxide removal.

Marcail Roe

Director of STEM Returners Australia

Marcail is the director of STEM Returners Australia, where she is dedicated to addressing skills shortages in engineering and technical industries by reconnecting experienced professionals with meaningful career opportunities.

David Shallcross

The University of Melbourne

David is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Vice President of the Academic Board at the University of Melbourne.

Jordan Shodunke-Elliott

Senior Process Engineer

Jordan is a senior process engineer and recently Chartered Chemical Engineer, currently working in a nuclear EPC environment on technically demanding and management-focused projects.

Crystal Thew

Industry Technology Specialist, Novonesis

Crystal holds a PhD in chemical engineering from Monash University Malaysia.

Matthew Watson

Professor of Chemical and Process Engineering, The University of Canterbury

Matthew grew up in New Zealand and went to school in Wellington and Hawera. After finishing high school in Wellington, he went to the University of Canterbury in Christchurch to study Chemical and Process Engineering.

Dean Williams

Design Engineer, Rolls Royce UK

Dean is currently a Rolls Royce Small modular reactor systems design engineer that has recently been chartered.

Tom Kitching

Senior Consultant, Fichtner

I am a chartered chemical engineer with a project management qualification, and have gained experience in a number of fields and technologies across multiple firms, but whose current focus is typically on energy from waste, BESS, solar, biomass, and anaerobic digestion. I predominantly act as project manager within Fichtner’s due diligence team.

Nathan Walsh

Chemical Engineer, Capital Engineering

Nathan is a chemical engineer 3 years into his career in the nuclear industry, having graduated with a masters from the University of Manchester and INP Toulouse.

Chris Hamlin

Co-Founder and Lead Advisor, HancockHamlin

Chris is a Fellow of the IChemE and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019. He is the co-founder and lead advisor at HancockHamlin, working in the fields of digital transformation, sustainability and the intersection of the two.

Hong Wai Onn

Founder, Research Institute for Sustainable Excellence and Leadership (RISEL)

Hong is an executive MBA graduate and a Chartered Chemical Engineer with nearly two decades of experience in leveraging science, technology, and engineering to advance industrial processes, championing circular economy and ESG initiatives to make them more environmentally sustainable and efficient.

Robert Weir

Head of Process UK, PM Group

Chartered Chemical Engineer with over 17 years’ experience across operations and project delivery within the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Proven track record in leading process engineering teams to deliver complex capital projects and technology transfers, spanning concept through detailed design and from construction to operational handover.