Following the AGM we will be delighted to welcome Stephen Richardson and Jon Pritchard to discuss how IChemE is developing. This is a great opportunity to hear directly from the IChemE's leadership on this important topic and we hope you are able to join us.

Speakers

Stephen Richardson CBE FREng FIChemE

Stephen Richardson has spent most of his working life at Imperial College, London. He graduated there with a BSc(Eng) in chemical engineering in 1972 and a PhD in 1975, he became a Research Assistant at the Engineering Department of Cambridge University, working on computer simulation of transonic flow. In 1976, he became a Research Fellow at the Chemical Engineering Department, again at Cambridge University, working on modelling of injection moulding.

He was appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology at Imperial College in 1978. In 1987, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer: this coincided with a change in his principal research interest to depressurisation of vessels and pipelines, particularly those associated with offshore oil and gas platforms, and development of the computer program BLOWDOWN, which has since been used in the design of well over 300 offshore and 40 onshore installations. For one paper on this work, he was awarded the Moulton Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 1993. In 2003, he was awarded the Franklin Medal for his work on blowdown and related matters.

In 1992, he was promoted to Reader in Chemical Engineering and, in 1994, to Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College. In 1996, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2015, he was made a CBE for his work on chemical engineering education and safety.

He has acted as a consultant to many companies and organisations. He has also acted as an expert witness on the Piper Alpha and Ocean Odyssey Inquiries, as a result of which he has considerable experience of giving expert testimony.

Jon Prichard CEng FICE FInstRE

In 2001, after 20 years in the British Army, Jon joined the staff of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He served initially as Membership Director and then as Technical Director. In 2007, he joined the construction consultancy High-Point Rendel as Resources Director and then in August 2010 took over as CEO of the Engineering Council. Whilst at the Engineering Council, Jon was also a Director of FEANI (Federation of European National Engineering Associations) and a Non-Executive Director of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

Jon joined IChemE as Chief Executive in early 2017. During his first year at IChemE, he initiated a 3-year plan to implement the Institution's Strategy 2022 that had been developed prior to his arrival, whilst supporting a fundamental review of governance and developing improvements to the member engagement structure. He seeks to ensure that the reputation of professional chemical engineers and technicians is enhanced and maintained through the delivery of a globally recognised qualification structure and a relevant and vibrant learned society.

Jon is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Environmentalist and a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Royal Engineers. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Environment and a Fellow Chartered Engineer with the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers. In August 2018, Jon was also nominated by IChemE to join the Board of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers.

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