London and South East Coast (UK)
Committee
If you are interested in one of the vacant roles posted below, or think you have another distinctive contribution to make, please get in touch. We try to fit roles to the volunteer, so each person feels comfortable with the level and type of commitment.
Adam Barnes
Chair
Adam is head of process technology and engineering in the global paint & coatings company AkzoNobel. His role is to ensure that the most suitable process technology is identified, developed and used to drive productivity and sustainability performance within its 100+ sites and is integrated into major capital projects.
Colin Tamsett, MIChemE
Vice-chair
Colin is a Principal Process Engineer for Johnson Matthey (JM) and is primarily involved with JM’s licensing activities (formerly known as Davy Process Technology).
Andrea Di Lena
Treasurer
Andrea has spent his entire career in the energy industry, across insurance, risk management, consulting and engineering and construction. He is currently the Director of Energy Business Interruption Consulting at Aon, one of the leading global insurance brokers.
Maria Kalli
Secretary
Maria recently joined MicrofluidX, a start-up working towards automating cell and gene therapy manufacturing platforms to accelerate research and precisely bring medicines to patients.
Dr Maria Astrid Centeno
Academic Liaison
Maria is Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at London South Bank University (LSBU) and is course leader of Chemical and Energy Engineering courses.
Charles Brown
Webmaster & Newsletter Editor
Charles has held engineering, consulting, and management positions for a diverse array of projects in the energy and resource sector. He currently specializes in Production Assurance at Worley, a leading Engineering, Procurement and Construction Company.
Despoina Rigou
Social Media Representative
Despoina holds a MSc in Process Systems Engineering from Imperial College London and a MEng from the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras.
Gavin Vicknarajah
Events Coordinator
Gavin is a Senior Energy Analyst at Ameresco, a leading renewable energy and energy efficiency company working to decarbonise both the public and private sector. Gavin currently works on and leads engineering design projects with the aim on decarbonising energy usage, particularly within industrial environments.
Sion Griffiths
Industry Liaison
Sion is a Senior Systems Engineer and Chartered Chemical Engineer working for Mott MacDonald in their Power, Process and Nuclear division.
Sakiru Badmos
YMF Chair
Sakiru is a lecturer on a teaching focussed role at University College London (UCL). He teaches process modeling, simulation, and process design, equipping students with essential computational tools such as gPROMS and GAMS.
Alan McCulloch
Social Media Secretary
Alan is a recent graduate from the University of Edinburgh working at KBR as a process engineer.