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

Dr Hii Ching Lik
Committee Member
Dr Hii is currently Associate professor in the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus.

Ellie Cooke
Committee Member and IChemE 100 support
Ellie graduated with an MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath in 2020.

Meng Wai Woo
Committee member

David Pearce
Committee member
David has a PhD in chemical engineering and works as a milk powder drying expert at Fonterra in New Zealand.

Weng Wai
Committee Member