National Early Careers Group UK and Ireland

Committee

Daniel Rhymer

Daniel Rhymer

Chair

Dan is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham.

Kyriacos Rouvas

Kyriacos Rouvas

Vice-Chair

Kyriacos is a chemical engineer currently working towards his PhD at the University of Bath.

Cleo Parker

Cleo Parker

Deputy Chair

Cleo is a process engineer in the third year of bp’s graduate programme.

Nathan Walsh

Nathan Walsh

Secretary

Nathan is a chemical engineer at AWE having completed the graduate scheme in 2024.

Abdullah Al Magazache

Abdullah Al Magazache

Treasurer

Abdullah is a chemical engineer currently working at Petrofac.

Josh Patterson

Josh Patterson

Committee member

James is a Graduate Process Engineer at BAE Systems and a 2026 Swansea University graduate.

James Rees

James Rees

Committee member

James is a Graduate Process Engineer at BAE Systems and a 2026 Swansea University graduate.

Irene Constantinidou

Irene Constantinidou

Committee member

Irene is a chemical engineer with a strong passion for sustainability and innovation in the energy sector.

Sneha Chandarana

Sneha Chandarana

Committee member

Sneha is a Process Improvement Lead at Kraft Heinz, having completed the company’s graduate scheme in September 2026.

Neerja Sonowal

Neerja Sonowal

Committee member

Neerja Sonowal is a third-year MEng Chemical Engineering student at Imperial College London with a deep interest in sustainability, innovation, and storytelling within engineering.

Ekundayo Olorunshe

Ekundayo Olorunshe

Committee Member

Ekundayo is a graduate development / process engineer at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

Guiseppe Bagnato

Guiseppe Bagnato

Committee member

Giuseppe is a lecturer in chemical engineering at Lancaster University.

Charlotte Todd

Charlotte Todd

Committee member

Charlotte is a current fifth year of Chemical Engineering studies at Swansea University, and currently works at Dragon LNG and Dragon Energy alongside her Masters.

Nikita Verma

Nikita Verma

Committee member

Nikita is a Process Safety Engineer with a passion for safety and sustainability.

Arda Gulal

Arda Gulal

Committee member

Arda is a student at the University of Surrey pursuing an MEng in Chemical and Process Engineering with an industrial placement year completed at Saint-Gobain in August 2026.

Deborah Smith

Deborah Smith

Committee member

Debs is a graduate process engineer currently working for bp in Aberdeen.

Amelia Stott

Amelia Stott

Committee member

Amelia is a process commissioning engineer at Johnson Matthey.

Abasiofon Abbey Akpan 

Abasiofon Abbey Akpan 

Committee member

Abbey is a chemical engineering graduate with a postgraduate qualification in maths and computing. She has experience working in the hydrogen and renewable energy sector.

Prapti Chakraborty

Prapti Chakraborty

Committee member

Prapti is a chemical engineer and biologist currently working towards her PhD at the University of Bath working in development of electrochemical biosensors for pathogen detection.

Freya Barrett

Freya Barrett

Committee Member

Freya is a student at the University of Birmingham pursuing an MEng in chemical engineering with industrial and international study.

Isaac Chan

Isaac Chan

Committee member

Isaac is a Process Engineer with Arcadis, based in Manchester and primarily working on water industry projects across the UK.

Charlotte Spencer

Charlotte Spencer

Committee member

Charlotte is process design engineer in her second year of Galliford Try's graduate programme.

Tegan King

Tegan King

Deputy Chair

Tegan is a rotating machinery engineer at DNV and is passionate in driving decarbonisation in the energy sector.