Member Engagement Committee

The Member Engagement Committee was formed in late 2021 to bring a member focus to IChemE’s strategic aim to be acknowledged as a peer group leader in which an engaged membership receives and adds value. The committee supports the development of initiatives and activities that maximise member participation, improve outreach and collaboration, and support all members across the full member lifecycle.

The committee’s focus areas have been developed from member feedback received from the 2021 member engagement survey as follows:

  1. Career Journey Support: The ambition is to improve communication around the breadth of CPD within the membership package and refreshing mentoring to be scalable and accessible for the whole career journey.
  2. Students and Early Careers: The early careers working group has been formed to better understand the needs and expectations of student and early careers members for IChemE to remain relevant now and into the future.
  3. Volunteer Engagement: The goal is to ensure volunteering opportunities are openly advertised, help volunteers to build their networks and improve recognition of volunteer contributions.

The Member Engagement Committee is chaired by the Vice President Member Engagement and comprises of ten members plus three co-opted members. View our volunteer group structure.

For more information contact membergroups@icheme.org.

 

Andrea Hosey

Andrea Hosey

Chair - Vice President Member Engagement

Andrea was previously the Victorian representative on the Australian National Board of IChemE and was elected as Vice President Member Engagement in June 2021.
Wendy Wilson

Wendy Wilson

Vice Chair – Co-opted Member, Board of Trustees

Wendy was co-opted to the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021 following her early involvement and support to member engagement.
Sameen Barabhuiya

Sameen Barabhuiya

Committee Member

Sameen was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021 and is a representative on the NECC Working Group.
Kathleen Cox

Kathleen Cox

Committee Member - Co-opted Student Representative

Kathleen is a student at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia and was co-opted as one of the student representatives to the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021.
Pádraig Dennehy

Pádraig Dennehy

Committee Member - Co-opted Student Representative

Pádraig is a chemical engineering student at University College Cork and was co-opted as one of the student representatives to the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021.
Earl

Earl

Committee Member

Earl supports mentoring and university outreach and was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021. He is leading the mentoring initiative.
Utkarsha Joshi

Utkarsha Joshi

Committee Member

Utkarsha was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021. He represents the committee on the Climate Change Working Group.
Dariya Nurtazayeva

Dariya Nurtazayeva

Committee Member

Dariya was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021 and brings significant member group experience as well as being a representative on the NECC Working Group.
Ashfaq Palejwala

Ashfaq Palejwala

Committee Member

Ashfaq was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021 and brings a global management perspective to the committee. He is leading the CPD initiative.
James Roberts

James Roberts

Committee Member

James was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021.
Kai Seng Koh

Kai Seng Koh

Committee Member

Kai Seng wants to bridge the gap between industry and academia and was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021.
Abdul-Jalil Surajo

Abdul-Jalil Surajo

Committee Member

Abdul-Jalil was selected for the Member Engagement Committee in December 2021 and brings an early careers engineer and international perspective to the committee.