Digitalisation
Leadership
IChemE’s digitalisation work is led by the Digitalisation Technical Advisory Group (DigiTAG). DigiTAG is a diverse board of 12 members who between them have a broad range of skills in digital developments relevant to chemical engineering and work across the broad areas of industries served by chemical engineers.

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.