The North West Members Group invites you to join them for their Annual Meeting. As well as reports from the chair and treasurer, the meeting will include a guest speaker and a site tour.

Speaker

David Nellist, Retired Chemical Engineer

David Nellist, BSc MSc PhD FIChemE is a retired chemical engineer with almost 50 years’ experience in operations management with pharmaceutical and food & drink operations. He was most recently the Managing Director of Kalmia Ltd, a consultancy company specialising in strategy development, performance improvement & organisation development working with over 50 food & drink companies. He previously worked for Nestlé, William Grant & Sons, Cadbury Schweppes, and Reckitt & Colman.

David's presentation is titled 'Reflections on the chemical industry in the Northwest' and is a review of the origins of the chemical industry in the Northwest and the discovery of a forgotten treasure.

Nominations

Nominations are now open for the position of Chair. A Role Descriptor with more information will be made available on our volunteering opportunities page. If you have any queries about this role please email membergroups@icheme.org.

Please note that all nominees for the position of Chair must be a Chartered or Fellow Member (the committee may consider nominations from those actively working towards Chartered Membership). 

Submit your nomination by 23:45 BST on 29 June 2022. 

Site Tour

The Annual Meeting will be preceded by a tour of PrintCity, providing an overview of the different additive manufacturing technologies and materials on display, and some further information and demonstrations around their research projects, such as TRANSFORM-CE.

Agenda

• 17:00 - Site tour
• 18:00 - Annual Meeting starts
• 18:15 - David Nellist presentation
• 18:45 - Q&A
• 19:00 - Catering and networking
• 19:30 - Event ends