Oil, Gas and Energy Transition

Committee

Interim committee

From October 2024 to April 2025, the SIG will be led by the Changing Future of Oil and Gas Project’s Working Group. In April 2025, the committee will be formally set up, with an annual meeting following election of the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary and recruitment of other committee members, seeking representation across regions, career stages and topic areas.

Steve Flynn

Steve Flynn

Chair

Steve spent 30 years working for oil and gas major BP in various technical and leadership positions, ultimately becoming BP Group Head of Risk Learning and Health Safety Security and Environment (HSSE).

John Gunner

John Gunner

US lead

John is a Fellow of IChemE with over 25 years of international technical and managerial experience, including in the downstream, upstream, brownfield and greenfield projects, process safety and operations support.

Hasnor Hassaruddin Hashim

Hasnor Hassaruddin Hashim

Malaysian representative

Hasnor currently leads the Process Simulation and Optimisation Team at GTS.

Zainab Kayat

Zainab Kayat

Malaysia lead

Zainab is a member in the Leadership Group of the Energy COP and the Deputy Chair for the Board of IChemE Malaysia.

Mohammad Khankhara

Mohammad Khankhara

Middle East/Africa lead

Mohammad is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, with over 28 years’ experience in oil and gas.

Amanda Wong

Amanda Wong

Early Careers Lead

Amanda is currently working as a Graduate Process Engineer at KBR Consulting.

Domenica Seminario

Domenica Seminario

Planning and Events

Domenica is a chemical engineer with experience in various fields including water treatment, catalysis, and renewable energy. She has also been involved in web development.

Dr Zahra Echresh Zadeh

Dr Zahra Echresh Zadeh

Education and Outreach

Dr Zahra Echresh Zadeh is a Lecturer (Teaching) in Chemical Engineering at University College London (UCL).)

Grace Yap

Grace Yap

Energy Efficiency Technology

Huei Zhi Chee

Huei Zhi Chee

Webmaster and Comms

Leah Fitzgerald

Leah Fitzgerald

Australia and New Zealand Region

Liam Parry

Liam Parry

Policy

Michael Foley

Michael Foley

UK/EU Region

Minerva Martinez

Minerva Martinez

OG&ET Professional Development

Minerva Ledezma Martínez is a trailblazing leader in Chemical Engineering, recognised for her pioneering roles at AspenTech and IChemE. She bridges industry and academia while advocating for women in STEM, driving innovation in process simulation, process integration, and process optimisation.

Sonjoy Sen

Sonjoy Sen

Upstream & Decarbonisation Technical Lead

Von Chau

Von Chau

Sustainability