Food and Drink

Committee

Dr Laura Malhi

Dr Laura Malhi

Chair

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

Hannah van Niekerk

Hannah van Niekerk

Committee member

Kalita Patel

Kalita Patel

Treasurer

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

Chara Ngando

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

Tom Bullock

Webmaster

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

Andy Stapley

Andy Stapley

Committee Member

Professor Bettina Wolf

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

David Platts

Committee Member

Andrew Muir

Andrew Muir

Committee Member

Dr Fotis Spyropoulos

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

Ross Dunmall

Committee Member

Seamus Higgins

Seamus Higgins

Committee Member

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

Dr Hii Ching Lik

Dr Hii Ching Lik

Committee Member

Dr Hii is currently Associate professor in the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus.

Ellie Cooke

Ellie Cooke

Committee Member

Ellie graduated with an MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath in 2020.

Meng Wai Woo

Meng Wai Woo

Committee member

David Pearce

David Pearce

Committee member

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

David Stanley-Smith

David Stanley-Smith

Secretary

Gina Beeley

Gina Beeley

Committee member

Simon Lawton

Simon Lawton

Committee member