Australia
Board members
IChemE in Australia is controlled and managed by the board.
Ewan Stewart
Chair
Ewan Stewart is a Process Engineer at Kent Plc, supporting a major refinery upgrade. He has extensive experience in process design across the oil and gas, petrochemical, and water sectors. Ewan emphasises safety in his work, advocates for storytelling in safety communication, and currently chairs the IChemE Australia board.
Richard Brice
Technical Policy Advisor
Richards role involves replying to government policy review requests. This work follows our streamlined process and involves capturing the best of our local and international skill sets to help advise government on policy.
Lucas Bullen
Western Australia representative
Lucas is a Chartered senior process engineer (CEng MIChemE) experienced in the design, operation, commissioning and optimisation of processing facilities in the mining, chemicals and resources industry.
George Wild
Victoria Representative
George graduated from Birmingham University in the UK with a BSc (Hons). Since graduation, he has worked in the UK, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Nigeria, and South Korea.
Emma King
South Australia Representative
Emma is a process engineer with broad experience in production supervision, project management and technical support.
Gaurang Joshi
Queensland Representative
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.
Azhar Ashfaq
New South Wales Representative
Azhar is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience delivering water and wastewater projects across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.