Michelle Ash

Chief Innovation Officer - Barrick Gold

Michelle Ash is Chief Innovation Officer at Barrick Gold. In her role, Ash oversees the company’s Innovation program looking both at how innovation can drive productivity in the existing business as well as how it can be harnessed to deliver alternative business models. Read more >>

Liz Hallifax

Global Operations Process Risk Technical Authority - Unilever

Liz has world-wide accountability for process safety governance across all operations and design at Unilever. Working across diverse team of regional managers and technology experts (TAs) responsible for various major accident hazards. Read more >>

Christopher Jansen

Program Manager, WorleyParsons

Chris Jansen is the Program Manager at Advisian Digital (WorleyParsons Group), and co-inventor of Advisian Digital’s robotic catalyst removal technology. CAROL (Catalyst Removal Amphirol) is the world’s first commercial robot for removing catalyst and adsorbent from refinery and petrochemical fixed-bed reactors. Chris won the 2015 IChemE Global Award for Young Engineer in Industry and the 2018 Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Medal and Prize. Read more >>

Trish Kerin

Director - IChemE Safety Centre

After graduating from RMIT University with honours in mechanical engineering, Trish spent several years working in design, project management, operational, safety and executive roles for the oil, gas and chemical industries. Read more >>