Food and Drink

Committee

Dr Laura Mahli

Chair Person

Laura has a Chemical Engineering master’s degree and Formulation Engineering PhD from the University of Birmingham.

Hannah van Niekerk

Secretary

Kalita Patel

Treasurer

Kalita graduated in 2014 with a degree in Chemical Engineering (MEng) from the University of Birmingham.

Chara Ngando

Committee Member

Chara is an enthusiastic recent graduate, that studied MSc Chemical Engineering and Process Management, that works as a Quality Control Technician in a distillery in London.

Tom Bullock

Webmaster

Tom graduated with an MEng in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham in 2011.

Andy Stapley

Committee Member

Professor Bettina Wolf

Committee Member

Bettina has a degree in chemical engineering (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and completed a doctorate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

David Platts

Committee Member

Joe Eades

Committee Member

Joseph is the Managing Director of Ispahan Engineering and the Managing Partner of Advancing World Partners.

Emma King

Committee Member

Andrew Muir

Committee Member

Dr Fotis Spyropoulos

Committee Member

Fotis graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Patras (Greece) and subsequently obtained his Msc in ‘Food Biotechnology’ from the University of Ulster (NI).

Ross Dunmall

Committee Member

Seamus Higgins

Committee Member

Seamus has worked/consulted at various management positions with several leading international food companies including Nestle and Premier Foods.

Professor Philip Richardson

Committee Member

Graduated 1983 from Queens University Belfast. Was formerly Head Food Manufacturing Technologies and Regulatory Affairs at Campden BRI and currently Product Development Specialist at KJ3D Manufacturing.

Emma Mcnulty

Committee Member