IChemE announces new Congress members

The nominations process for Congress, IChemE’s member advisory body, has concluded with 10 nominations received for 10 different Congress seats.

There are no contested seats, so Congress will not proceed to ballot stage this year. The successful candidates will take up their positions with effect from the end of IChemE’s Annual General Meeting on 10 June 2025.

Chair of Congress, Rob Peeling FIChemE, said: “I’m delighted to welcome new voices to Congress together with those who have volunteered for Congress for a further term. Congress voted to restructure itself and this is the first occasion for the changes to start to take effect with new geographical regions and the introduction of seats for Associate and Academic (teaching) members.
As they all take their seats, it is also time for me to stand down from Congress and I look forward to see Congress continue to develop.

“Congress acts as a sounding board, advising the Board of Trustees on matters of interest to IChemE and its members, as well as providing the members' view to the Institution on strategic initiatives. Our Congress volunteers not only support and influence the Institution to meet members’ needs but are also making a valuable contribution to chemical engineering as a whole. I am greatly encouraged to see more people are willing to serve on Congress and contribute to the continuing development of our Institution.”

The successful Congress candidates are:

Geographical College Seats

• All Ireland – Nirupam Biswas
• Americas – Daxin Pan
• Malaysia – Hong Wai Onn
• New Zealand – Lisa Julian (re-elected)
• Rest of the World – Adai Onazi

Membership College Seats

• Student – Defne Nihal Ertugrul
• Associate – Rosa Vidal Vazquez
• Academic (teaching) – Eleni Routoula
• Chartered – Haji Alhaji Mohammed
• Chartered – Iftikhar Ul Haq

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