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

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
Middle East/Africa lead
Mohammad is a Chartered Chemical Engineer, with over 28 years’ experience in oil and gas.

Amanda Wong
Early Careers Lead
Amanda is currently working as a Graduate Process Engineer at KBR Consulting.

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

Grace Yap
Energy Efficiency Technology

Huei Zhi Chee
Webmaster and Comms

Leah Fitzgerald
Australia and New Zealand Region

Liam Parry
Policy

Michael Foley
UK/EU Region

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
Upstream & Decarbonisation Technical Lead

Von Chau
Sustainability