New Zealand
Board members
Suzanne Hay
Chair
Suzanne is a professional chemical engineer with over twenty years in the engineering consulting industry.
Meng Wai Woo
Outgoing Chair
Wai is an associate professor in chemical and materials engineering at the University of Auckland. His focus in on food process engineering.
Greig Wilson
Secretary/Honorary Treasurer
Greig is a chemical and process engineering graduate from the University of Canterbury. He has more than 20 years’ experience managing projects and client relationships across a diverse range of sectors.
Jenny Culliford
Ordinary Board Member
A chemical engineering graduate from the University of Canterbury, Jenny has over 40 years experience as a consulting engineer working in New Zealand and internationally.
Matthew Watson
Ordinary Board Member
Matthew Watson is a professor in chemical and process engineering with over 15 years of industrial experience and over 10 years in academia at the University of Canterbury. His research focuses on decarbonisation of industry.
Boaz Habib
Ordinary Board Member
Boaz is a chartered chemical engineer with more than 19 years of diverse industrial experience across process industries including pulp and paper, dairy, geothermal energy and water. Boaz is currently General Manager R&D at Hydroxsys with a focus on membrane technology scale up.
Nasreen Soloman
Ordinary Board Member/Auckland Representative
Nasreen is a chartered chemical engineer with over 13 years’ experience as a professional engineer across a wide variety of sectors including steel production, biodiesel, wastewater treatment, pharmaceuticals, fertiliser and dairy.
Graham McCarrison
Board Member/Northland Representative
Graham is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with over 15 years’ experience across the oil and dairy industries.
Chanelle Gavin
Board Member/Waikato Representative
Chanelle is an engineering lecturer for the University of Waikato who teaches across both the Hamilton and Tauranga campuses.
Mike Hopper
Board Member/Taranaki Regional Representative
Mike is a chartered chemical engineer with 17 years of experience in operations, engineering design, and major accident management. Mike is currently a principal consultant with Safety Solutions Ltd.
Sinemobong Essien
Board Member/Lower North Island Regional Representative
Sinemobong is a research engineer at Fonterra Research and Development Centre.
Kyle Nicol
Board member/Wellington Representative
Kyle is a lead process engineer with Aurecon.
Kate Couper
Board Member/Upper South Island Regional Representative
Kate is a graduate chemical engineer from the University of Waikato, working at Beca.
John McAndrew
Board Member/Lower South Island Representative
John is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with over 15 years’ experience primarily in the water and wastewater sector. He works for global engineering consultancy Stantec and is based in Dunedin.
Alejo Linares
Early Career Representative
Ale is a recent graduate of the University of Canterbury with a degree in Chemical and Process Engineering (Honours). He is a Project Engineer at Cortek, focusing on turnkey projects for the dairy industry throughout the South Island, based in Christchurch.