Board members

Danielle Lind-Corkill
Chair
Danielle is a chemical and process engineering graduate from the University of Canterbury and has over 20 years’ experience supporting New Zealand industries.

Rebecca Macdonald
Outgoing Chair
Becky is a wastewater treatment specialist with a particular interest in emerging contaminants and process safety.

Greig Wilson
Honorary Treasurer
Greig is a business development manager for DETA Consulting based in Wellington. DETA Consulting is a specialist New Zealand owned optimisation and delivery consultancy.

Ken Morison
Board Member
Ken has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (University of Canterbury). And his core focus is dairy and food process design.

Jenny Culliford
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.

David Pearce
Board Member
David is a member of Fonterra’s Process Technology Improvement team and is based in Christchurch.

Lisa Julian
Board Member/Northland Representative
Lisa is a Refinery Scheduler based in Marsden Point. She has six years of experience in the fuels industry and has worked in a range of technical roles including biofuels production, oil refining, and process design.

Gabriela Campos Balzat
Board Member/Auckland Representative
Gabriela studied chemical engineering in Brazil, New Zealand (UoA), and Mexico. She is passionate about the water sector and currently works as a water engineer in GHD.

Peter Kovalsky
Board member/ Waikato BOP representative
Peter completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales in 2008. He is a Senior Lecturer at University of Waikato, where he leads a research team closely aligned with continuing his pursuit of addressing UN Sustainability Development Goal 6.

Marc Ramos
Board Member/Taranaki Representative
Marc is the Senior Process and Production Optimisation Engineer for Beach Energy's New Zealand operations. Marc has years of experience in the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas industry working in South East Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania.

Nicola Brown
Board Member/Lower North Island Representative
Nicola is a Senior Lecturer who teaches Engineering and Food Technology students at Massey University.

Margaret Bertrand
Board Member/Wellington Representative
Meg has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Canada and relocated to New Zealand 10 years ago. She has more than 15 years experience in the oil and gas industry, in both the Refining business in Canada and the Exploration business in New Zealand.

Josh Thorpe
Board Member/Upper South Island Representative
Josh is a Senior Process Engineer at DETA Consulting based in Christchurch, and has experience from a wide range of process and project engineering roles.

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.

Rino Joshua Atienza
Youth Representative
Rino is a process engineer for Beca’s Industrial team based in Tauranga. He graduated in 2020 with a chemical and process engineering degree with a minor in renewable energy technologies.