Helen Kilbride

Chair

Helen is process engineer with a BEng in chemical engineering from University College London, a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of IChemE. She has over 30 years’ experience in the engineering, procurement and construction industry, delivering complex projects to global clients.

Yallene Thirukkumar

Deputy Chair

Yallene is a program manager for Strategyzer, where she drives a variety of projects as part of a remote global team. Prior to joining Strategyzer, she was a digital growth lead with IMI Critical Engineering (UK).

Haydn Furlonge

Priority Topic Lead

Haydn has over twenty years of energy sector experience. He has held various management positions in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), petrochemicals, power, LNG, pipeline and processing, shipping and commodity trading.

Alexandra Meldrum

Ex-officio Member

Alexandra is IChemE Vice President (Learned Society) and has twenty-five years relevant experience in government, industry, academia, the not-for-profit sector, and a demonstrated commitment to IChemE.

Deaglan Gahan

Technical Advisory Group Member

Deaglan is a process engineer with a background in polyolefin manufacturing, with experience in the development and implementation of operations technology with a focus on systems integration between manufacturing and enterprise environments.

Tristan Hunter

Technical Advisory Group Member

Tristan leads the Automation & Operational Technology (OT) group, which manages the OT systems used across the majority of Fonterra’s global manufacturing footprint.

Colin Newbery

Technical Advisory Group Member

Colin is Jacobs’ Technical Director for the Water sector across Asia. He is currently leading the design of next-generation water treatment facilities in Singapore.

Krisshala Sinanan

Technical Advisory Group Member

Krisshala is a process safety engineer in Trinidad and Tobago and an Associate Member of IChemE.

Joanne Tanner

Technical Advisory Group Member

Joanne is a chemical engineer with a PhD in reaction engineering (Monash) and industry experience in control systems design and configuration (Honeywell) and client-driven chemical engineering research projects at laboratory, pilot and scale (HRL Technology).

Brent Young

Technical Advisory Group Member

Brent is a Chair in food and process systems engineering at the University of Auckland. With Bachelors and PhD degrees in chemical and process engineering from the University of Canterbury, he is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of both IChemE and Engineering New Zealand.