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BE Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2008

Current Position:2009-present

Simulation Engineer, Honeywell Process Solutions, Honeywell Brisbane

Job Description:

Honeywell Process Solutions delivers leading-edge automation and control solutions, equipment and services to their clients, who come from many industries including refining, oil and gas, pulp, paper and printing, power generation, chemicals, life sciences, and minerals, metals and mining.

As part of the simulations team, Andrea is involved in creating models to reproduce the processes, equipment, and control systems of a real life processing plant to develop operator training simulators, similar in concept to flight simulators. Plant operators can then use these simulators to practice running the plant in emergency situations or just day-to-day controlling, and can also use them to test out new processing conditions or control systems without disrupting the actual plant.

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2007

Current Position:2006-present

Graduate Production Engineer, New Zealand Steel, Auckland

Job Description:

Engineer in the BlueScope Steel New Professionals Program. I have spent the last 18 months as a graduate in the Metal Coating Line, which produces hot dip galvanised or Zincalume® coil. This involves dealing with quality or process related problems as they arise, as well as tackling long term quality and business improvement projects. Each person in the department is assigned part of the plant to look after process-wise. The department is the connection between operations and maintenance – highlighting and following up on breakdowns in the line that can affect product quality, and getting the right people to fix the problems. We are also the first port of call for quality issues that arise from customers (or the Key Account Manager for the customer).

Within the next month I will be moving to a Production Engineering job in the Coil Coating Line, which paints Metal Coated coils in various colours, mainly for roofing purposes.

Previous Positions (Summer Work):

• Nov 05 – Feb 06: Internship at Carter Holt Harvey Tasman, Kawerau
• Nov 06 – Feb 07: Internship at New Zealand Steel

Membership:

Associate Member, IChemE

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2007

Current Position:2009-present

Process Engineer, New Zealand Steel, Auckland

Engineer in the BlueScope Steel New Professionals Program.

Working as a process engineer in the ‘Process Engineering and Energy’ department involves:

• Developing and implementing energy saving projects through optimising process efficiencies.
• Solving process related problems as they arise by locating the cause through measuring process conditions, ensuring equipment is and remains at design standard and reviewing standard operating procedure and confirming that they were followed.
• Energy management – consumption monitoring of natural gas, electricity and other utilities.

This has allowed me to work in various plants across the company, including the Multi Hearth Furnace and Melters in the Iron Plant, Re-Heat Furnace, Annealing Furnace and the Acid Regeneration Plant in the Rolling Mills.

Membership:

IChemE

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2006

Current Position:2006-present

Process Engineer. Hydrotreating, Gas treating, Sulphur recovery

Job Description:

• Daily monitoring of process units, especially the catalytic processes.
• Evaluation and purchase of new catalyst packages for each turnaround cycle.
• Providing techincal support to operations during normal running and supervising techical projects during shutdowns.
• Developing and using operating procedures, especially around restart of newly loaded reactors.
• Conceptualising, costing and designing key energy and fuel saving projects in the process units assigned to me.
• Undertaking significant plant debottlenecking projects.

I am currently seconded to the Advanced Process Control group to work on the designated step-testing and plant data colection for construction of a Shell Multivarible Optimising Control (SMOC) scheme for one of the three diesel hydrotreating units. Once the controller is online I will hand over my current units and take over responsibility for the Hydrocracker.

The knowledge of distillation, thermodynamics, chemical engineering design and process control systems I gained from the C+M department has been absolutely fundamental to me being able to fulfill this role. I certainly have the department to thank for where I am today!

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 2005

Current Position:2006-present

Product Development Engineer, L'Oreal USA, Corporate Office, New York, New York

Engineer in the L'Oreal Explorer Graduate Program. First rotation - Global Industrial Development Team. Involves project management of new product launches, translating marketing briefs/ideas into an engineering project involving R&D, Manufacturing, Logistics and Purchasing. Liason between marketing and manufacturing, and finally packaging development.

I found that having a Chemical and Materials degree gave me an edge against other job applicants in the USA (who were either chemical or materials engineers) as the degree develops the knowledge and understanding of research techniques, material properties as well as the ir processing, engineering design and project management.

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 2005

Current Position:2006-present

Process Engineer, AWT New Zealand Ltd

Established in 1998, AWT New Zealand is a specialist firm of Consulting Engineers providing tailored solutions to client’s water supply, stormwater, wastewater, and trade waste issues. As part of the Process Engineering Team at AWT, Naida has been involved in:

• Process design and optimisation of treatment plants and land disposal schemes
• Design reviews
• Cost evaluations
• Operation of laboratory scale activated sludge and anaerobic digestion plants
• Resource consent application and compilation of Assessment of Environmental Effects
• Public consultation
• Project coordination

Having a Chemical and Materials Engineering degree gave me a strong foundation to be involved in both the mechanical and process aspects of each project, hence allowing for a more integrative approach and involvement within the team. The Design paper offered in Year 3 and 4 definitely provided a useful base for project coordination and technical (mechanical) assistance whilst the other Chemmat courses provided me with a very good platform for more in depth technical involvement. Work is incredibly fulfilling!

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 2004

Current Position:2007-present

Graduate Process Engineer, Watercare Services Ltd, Auckland.Engineer in the Watercare Graduate Program. First rotation ­- Wastewater Treatment Process Team. Involves day-to-day support to plant operations (monitoring, optimising and trouble shooting), liasing between maintenance and process operation team during planned startup or shutdown of unit processes and undertaking optimisation projects around the treatment plant.

Previous Positions (Summer Work):

Technology for Industry Fellowships (TIF) Student, Fonterra ­- Kauri Northland Nov 05 ­- Feb 06

Membership:

Graduate member, IPENZ

Ambassador, FutureinTech

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 2001

ME-Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 2003

Current Position:2003-present

Process Engineer, Water and Wastewater Team, Harrison Grierson Consultants Limited

Harrison Grierson Consultants Limited is a multi-disciplinary consulting firms offering a wide spectrum of professional services including planning, surveying, land development and civil and environmental engineering.

Ian has been involved in a number of water and wastewater projects which include:

• Water Treatment Plant Performance Benchmarking
• Feasibility and Option Investigations for new or retrofitting existing sewage treatment plants (municipal and industrial applications)
• Strategic Studies on Regional Wastewater Infrastructure Development
• Lab Scale and Pilot Plants Operation on water and wastewater projects
• Concept Design and Detailed Engineering Inputs
• Wastewater Treatment Process Simulation (GPS-X, Biowin)
• Process Commissioning and Operational Assistance

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2000

PhD (Cantab., 2004)

Year: 2004

Current Position:

Process Control Engineer, Matrikon Pty Ltd, Automation & Optimization. Consultancy work in the area of process control for clients throughout Australia and South East Asia.

Previous Positions

• Process Engineer, Goodman Fielder (East Tamaki Meadowlea Site). Responsible for plant design & control systems including large capital expenditure items.
• 2004: Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemical Engineering. Based at Nestle UK R&D facility in York.
• 2001-2004: PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemical Engineering. Thesis: Signal Processing for On-line Control of Paste Extrusion.

http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/paste/recent_work.html

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2000

Current Position:2001-present

Process Engineer, Technip(Oil & Gas consultants), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. December

Other Positions:

Associate Member: IChemE; Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Previous Positions:

Gas Lift Engineer, ExxonMobil Corp., Melbourne, Australia. March 2001 - November 2001

Summer vacation work:

Research Engineer at Comalco Research & Technical Development, Melbourne (Thomastown), Australia.

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2000

Current Position:2007-present

Drilling Engineer,Woodside Energy Ltd,Perth, WA, Australia

Project manage and design exploration, appraisal and development wells for Woodside's offshore assets. Required to develop well cost estimates and schedules, raise capital expenditure and provide operational and technical support to the rig during drilling phase.

Previous Positions

• 2006 - 2007: Woodside Energy Ltd Business Planning Engineer, Perth, WA, Australia
• 2005 - 2007: Facility Engineer, Woodside Energy Ltd,Perth, WA, Australia,Provided front line engineering support to the Goodwyn Alpha gas and condensate platform. Was responsible for definition, justification and development of business/project opportunities and maintenance activities, platform problem analysis and solution definition/justification, contractor management, risk assessments, shutdown planning, cost and schedule development, site interfacing, management and joint venture partner (JVP) presentations. .
• 2003 - 2005: Project Engineer,Esso Australia Pty Ltd (ExxonMobil), Managed a portfolio of brownfield Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects for the Longford facility (Crude Stabilisation Plant and 3 x Gas Plants) ranging in size from A$5M to A$70M. Was responsible for project execution planning, cost and schedule control/stewardship, SHE/regulatory issues, risk assessments, plant interfaces, construction work packs, shutdown planning, commissioning, JVP correspondence.
• 2001 - 2003: Integrity Engineer,Esso Australia Pty Ltd (ExxonMobil) Managed site pressure equipment (vessels, tanks, piping) integrity and inspection program per AS3788 for the Longford and the Long Island Point (LPG Fractionation) Plants. Supervised site Non Destructive Testing contractor (ETRS) and interfaced with maintenance personnel and site management to execute inspection programme and associated repairs. Was responsible for KPI management, maintenance shutdown support, incident investigations, asset management team representation.

Other Positions

• Secretary SPE Victoria and Tasmania

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 2000

PhD, (Monash Aust)

Year: 2005

Current Position:

Research Associate for BHPBilliton at their Newcastle Technology Centre. Conducting fundamental research related to coke-making and steel-making.

Previous Positions

• 2005-2006:Water Management Specialist for GE Infrastructure. Managing Cooling water and boiler systems at oil refineries and chemical plants.
• 2001-2005:PhD Candidate, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Dept of Chem Eng. Thesis title: Mechanical Thermal Expression of Lignite: Directional Dewatering and Permeability Characteristics

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1999

Current Position:

2001 - present:Food Quality Engineer, Assurance Services, AgriQuality N.Z. Ltd

Previous Positions

2000 - 2001:AIESEC traineeship with Gaben Ltd, Lviv, Ukraine

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1999

PhD

Year: 2004

Current Position:2006-present

Chemical Engineer, Beca AMEC Limited, Auckland

Beca AMEC is an engineering consultancy specialising in the Pulp and Paper and Metals and Mining industries. After working for various clients in different industries, I have recently spent several years based out at NZ Steel, as part of an engineering team completing a Feasbility study within the Steel Slab Making Plant.

My PhD was on the "Formation and Fate of Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) in Aluminium Smelting"

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1998

Current Position:

A process engineer at the New Zealand Refining Company

The primary responsibilities of my job have been:

• Developing operating and catalyst management strategies.
• Day to day support to plant operations – monitoring, optimising and trouble shooting.
• Identifying and developing improvement projects.
• The units I have worked on are listed below along with a selection of work.
• HMU / HVac / BDU Process Engineer (February 2002 to present)
• Hydroprocesses Process Engineer (July 2000 to present)
• Sulphur and Wastewater Process Engineer (September 1999 to December 2000)
• Distillation and Utilities Process Engineer (January 1999 to August 1999)

Previous Positions(Summer work)

• 1997-1998 Watercare Services Ltd., Auckland
• 1996-1997 Paper Coaters Ltd., Auckland

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1997

Current Position:

Business Leader for the Biosensors and Biomeasurement team at HortResearch.

HortResearch is a commercial research organisation specialising in fruit, food, nutrition and human performance. Nicola supports her team by identifying market opportunities to commercialise their intellectual property, negotiating agreements with collaborators and defining commercial strategy.

Previous Positions

• Product Manager- Filtration, Tetra Pak ,New Zealand
• Project Co-ordinator, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2001 (Paris, France)
• Protein Development Technologist, New Zealand Dairy Group, 1997-2001

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1996

PhD (C&M)

Year: 2001

Current Position:

Patent and Trade Mark Attorney, Phillips, Ormonde & Fitzpatrick Intellectual Property, Melbouorne, Australia

Previous Positions

Edwin's PhD thesis was on the emission of Hydrogen Fluoride Emissions from Aluminium Smelting. The research had a large commercial component, seeing Edwin working on site at Aluminium smelting plants in Norway and Dubai. After his PhD, he spent a half-year period investigating the National Innovation System in the New Zealand science/industry arena, the results were published at an international conference "The Knowledge Wave".

Edwin is a Patent Attorney in Phillips, Ormonde & Fitzpatrick's Engineering group, specialising in preparing, procescuting and advising on patenting in the chemical and process engineering, material science and engineering and general mechanical engineering fields. Edwin qualified as a Patent Attorney in 2004, and was awarded the Australian Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys prize in 2004, which is awarded to the most distinguished candidate qualifying in that year's examinations.

Edwin is currently on a part-time secondment as IP Manager at the CSIRO Manufacturing and Materials Technology division in Melbourne where he is enjoying working with researchers in leading edge technology.

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1998

Current Position:

(1999 - present): Process Engineer, Beca Simons Ltd, Auckland

Expertise:

Pulp and Paper, Process Simulation

Other Positions:

Member, APPITA; Graduate Member, IPENZ

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1993

PhD (C&M) 1998

Year: 1998

Current Position(2007 to present):

Fonterra Co-op Ltd. Site Manager Lichfield/Tirau.

Previous Positions

• 1998-2002: Unilever Research Port Sunlight (NW England) - Project Leader. Home & Personal Care Research & Development - Primarily in Deodorants and Laundry categories (with North American and Brazilian businesses)
• 2002-2005: Unilever UK, Trafford Park (Manchester) - Manufacturing Manager at Tea factory (~300 employees) - responsible for 24/7 operation making pyramid tea-bags for UK domestic market (PG Tips)
• 2005-2007: Unilever France, Dijon - Innovation & Technology Director, Dressings Category (Europe). Worked with Marketing and R&D teams to deliver innovation into European Supply Chain (9 factories, 40 co-packers)

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BE Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1993

ME-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1995

Studying for Grad.Dip. in Business Admin,UoA

Current Position:Jan 2000 - Current

Regional Sales Manager, Tetra Pak Filtration Systems, Denmark.

Regional responsibilities for NZ, Australia, Asia (incl. Japan, China, India etc) Central and South America.

My role includes the following functions:
• Formulation of market plans for filtration technology in association with the Tetra Pak market companies in each country.
• Support of the market companies in all aspects of filtration technology including regular on–site customer visits/presentations, formulation of process solutions, design and specification of membrane filtration systems.
• Current proposals range in size from NZ$ 200 k up to NZ$ 60 million
• Development of a new design program for membrane filtration systems, including databases of all installed plants and performance data.

Previous Positions

• Product Manager - Tetra Pak (NZ) Ltd Feb 1997 – Jan 2000 Perth, WA, Australia
• Process Sales Engineer – Tetra Pak (NZ) Ltd Jan 1995 – Feb 1997

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1991

Current Position:

Technical Superintendent - Carbon, New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd

Previous Positions :

• Specialist - Reduction Processes, New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd, Nov98-Jul02
• Senior Research Engineer, Comalco Research & Technical Services, Jun92-Nov98

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 1990

Current Position:

General Manager - Marketing and Formulated Foods,Fonterra Co-operative Groups Ltd.

Alex's present role involves running the global marketing strategy for Fonterra Ingredients and the global formulated foods business for New Zealand's largest company. He has worked throughout South America in a variety of roles, including 5 years as General Manager of Fonterra Brazil, and worked in countries such as Panama, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. He is currently based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1998

PhD (Cambridge)

Year: 1992

Current Position:

Chief Strategist, BG Group plc (UK)

Other academic achievements:

• Commonwealth Scholar, 1989-1992
• Rouse Ball Scholarship, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1992
• Author of 15 papers on molecular transport in porous materials

Previous positions:

• Associate then Manager; McKinsey & Company Inc., London, UK, 1998-2003
• Manufacturing Plant Manager; Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, UK, 1994-1998
• Technical Officer; Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, UK, 1993-1994
• Oppenheimer Fellow, Cambridge University, UK, 1992-1993
• Process Engineer, Shell BP & Todd Oil Services NZ Ltd, New Plymouth, 1988-1989

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1986

Phd

Year: 1993

Jenny became the first female Smelter Operations Manager within Alcoa World Alumina's operations in Australia in 2005 – managing the Pt Henry smelter in Geelong, Victoria which produces 185,000 tonnes of aluminium each year.

Jenny was appointed to the role at Alcoa Point Henry from her position as Electrode Manager at the Alcoa-operated Portland Aluminium Smelter after 15 years experience in the aluminium industry with Alcoa and Comalco in various research, technical and production roles.

Jenny also has an Executive MBA from the Mt Eliza Business School in Melbourne. She is married to Martin, and has a daughter.

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1985

Present Position:

Project Manager, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Limited, Auckland NZ

Other Positions:

IPENZ Board Member, MIPENZ

Previous Positions:

• Tenders and Contracts Manager, Liquid Technologies NZ
• Project Engineer, Liquid Technologies (NZ) Limited, NZ
• External Consultant, Det Norske Veritas, Hong Kong
• Chemical Engineer, Process Developments Ltd, Lower Hutt, NZ
• Thermal Manager, Alfa-Laval (NZ) Ltd, Hamilton, NZ
• Industrial Division Sales Engineer, Alfa-Laval (NZ) Ltd, NZ
• Technologist, New Zealand Refining Company

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year: 1985

PhD (C&M)

Year: 1990

Gerda Kuschel gained her Bachelor's Degree in Chemical & Materials Engineering in 1985, worked for Shell BP and Todd as a process design engineer on Maui A Platform and the on-shore production station then returned to Auckland University to complete a PhD in Aluminium Smelter Technology in 1990 for ALCOA of Australia. Since then, she has worked for a wide variety of industries in Australia, New Zealand and beyond including metal smelting, consumer goods manufacturing, university teaching, scientific research, environmental consultancy and even a stint on Easter Island dabbling in archaeological site restoration.

She has been working in air quality since her return to NZ in 1995 and is currently a Senior Technical Specialist in the Air Quality Policy team at the Auckland Regional Council (ARC). Prior to joining ARC, Gerda was with the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) for nine years, working as a researcher in air quality and as a science manager. In addition to working in air pollution monitoring, air emissions inventories, and hazardous air pollutants, her special research interest is the effect of motor vehicle emissions on the world around them. She has been passionate about cars since she was “knee-high to a mag wheel” and she knows more about fixing aging VW beetles than is considered decent!

She has been actively involved in professional education issues for many years through the Resource Management Advisory Committee for UniTec, the Training Activities Executive for the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Auckland City Science Fair, and numerous women in science/engineering events promoted by IPENZ and others.

In addition to publishing more than 170 technical research papers, workshops proceedings, reports, general articles, submissions and public appearances on key air quality issues, she also has 16 publications promoting environmental science and engineering as career options.

Gerda is the current President of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (CASANZ).

Present Position(April 2004-Current):

Senior Air Quality Technical Specialist, Auckland Regional Council

Academic and Employment History

• Regional Manager / Principal Scientist, Urban Air Quality/Climate, NIWA, NZ (6 years)
• Senior Environmental Engineer, Urban Air Quality/Climate, NIWA, NZ (3 years)
• Engineering Advisor, Moai Restoration, Universidad de Chile, Easter Is. (3 months)
• Production Planning Manager, Procter & Gamble Aust Pty Ltd, Australia (2 years)
• Lecturer, School of Chem Eng & Industrial Chem, UNSW, Australia (1 year)
• Chemical Engineer, Metal Smelting, Pasminco Research Centre, Australia (1 year)
• Research Engineer, joint University of Auckland/ALCOA of Australia (WA), (5 years)
• Process Design Engineer, Shell BP & Todd Oil Services Ltd, New Plymouth, NZ (1 year)
• Ph.D., Chemical & Materials Engineering (Auckland, NZ), 1990
• B.E. with Hons I, Chemical & Materials (Auckland, NZ), 1985

Professional Involvement:

• President-Elect Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand
• Member, Royal Society of New Zealand
• Member, National Environmental Standards Research Advisory Group, NZ
• Member, Air & Waste Management Association, USA
• Member, Association of Women Engineers, NZ

Contact Details

Auckland Regional Council

Private Bag 92 012, Auckland

New Zealand

Ph (64-9) 366 2000 x8663 Fax (64-9) 366 2155

Email:gerda.kuschel@arc.govt.nz

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1983

PhD(Biochem. Eng.) MIT

Year: 1990

Present Position (2007 onwards):

Managing Director of BioLighthouse Ltd a fermentation and natural product consultancy company. General Manager at Meat Biologics Research Ltd which develops nutraceutical and functional food ingredients from animal sources

Other Positions:

• Director of NZBio, the New Zealand biotechnology trade association.
• Member of the Fermentation Advisory Board of the malaria project being conducted by not-for-profit pharmaceutical company, OneWorld Health based in San Francisco, CA, USA
• Member of the Industry Advisory Boards of the chemical and process engineering departments of The University of Auckland, Massey University, and Waikato University
• Fellow of IPENZ
• Fellow of the NZ Institute of Chemistry

IPENZ Board Member, MIPENZ

Previous Positions:

• Chief Scientific Officer, IRL-BioPharm Ltd, 2004-2006
• Technical and Operations Manager, BioPharmaceutical Division, Industrial Research Ltd, 1999-2004
• Biochemical Engineering Manager, Industrial Research Ltd 1996-1998

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1983

PhD

Year: 1989

Present Position (2007 onwards):

Engineering Manager, ITT Corporation – Advanced Water Treatment, Wedeco Ltd, Auckland.Supplier of drinking, process and waste water treatment systems and equipment comprising screening & filtration, biological, dosing and disinfection (UV and ozone).

Previous Positions:

• Senior Process Engineer, SKM Ltd., 2000-2004. Seconded to Philippine Geothermal Inc., Unocal as Senior Advising Production Engineer.
• Process Engineer, Kingston Morrison Ltd., 1994-2000. Predominantly site-based on Philippine National Oil Company's Leyte 650MW geothermal expansion and Indonesia's Wayang Windu 110MW geothermal projects.
• Process Engineer, KRTA Ltd., 1992-1994.
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pulp & Paper Centre, University of British Columbia, 1990-1992. Investigation of the effects of gases in flowing pulp suspensions.PhD thesis title; "An Investigation of the Washing of Wood Pulp Fibre Suspensions".

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1980

PhD

Year: 1984

Present Position:

Centre Director - The Light Metals Research Centre, The University of Auckland

Previous Positions:

• General Manager-Operations at Boyne Smelters, QLD.
• General Manager - Technology for Comalco Smelting
• Alternate Director: Boyne Smelters
• Previously; Other Managerial and Research roles in Comalco 1985-1997;
• Lecturer in C&M Dept. 1983-84.

PhD in "Heat Transfer in Aluminium Smelting"

Award:

Received the Esso Award in 1990, which recognises significant ongoing contributions to chemical engineering through innovations or a series of related publications over a number of years. Awarded by IEAust Chemical College, IEChemE in Australia, SCENZ and RACI.

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:191976

ME

Year: 1977

Present Position:

President, Sulphur Experts Inc., Calgary, Canada

John is recognized worldwide as an authority on sulphur recovery, particularly in the field of process optimization. His company, Sulphur Experts, (and its predecessor Western Research) is focused on the efficient operation of sulphur recovery plants in oil and gas applications and has gained a reputation as the leader in process knowledge and plant evaluation. He co-founded a sister company, Amine Experts, offering similar services to amine processing plants.

John has been involved in every aspect of the optimization of sulphur recovery for 30 years, initially working for a multi-national in a large gas plant in northern Alberta, then the past 26 years in the area of plant optimization based in Canada and Germany.

John is the author of over 25 technical papers on various subjects relating to sulphur recovery and is the co-author of the definitive text on the subject. He has developed and presented the industry standard seminar on Sulphur Recovery more that 180 times at locations throughout the world.

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1977

PhD RMIT

Year: 1992

Present Position:

Senior Research Fellow

Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals

Monash University

Melbourne,Australia.

Previous Positions:

• Principal Research Scientist CSIRO
• Chief Chemist Nylex (NZ) Ltd
• Technical Manager Crown Lynn Technical Ceramics

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1973

Present Position:

GM & CEO, Singapore Refining Company.

SRC is a joint venture company between Singapore Petroleum Company Limited and Chevron Singapore Private Limited. The refinery is located on Jurong Island, a petrochemical complex cluster south west of the main Singapore Island. SRC operates a complex refinery that is capable of processing 285,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

The refinery produces mainly fuel products which are distributed to domestic markets and overseas export markets under the brand names of our Shareholders. For more details please refer to SRC web site: www.src.com.sg.

James has 32 years of experience in the petroleum refining industry in the fields of technical support, process engineering, operations and commercial activities. He has assumed the roles of Technical Manager and Operations Manager before being promoted to the post of GM & CEO position in Singapore Refining Company (SRC) in 2005.

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1973

Present Position:

Senior Project Manager, Beca Simons Ltd

Manager, Beca Nouvelle-Calédonia, New Caledonia

Expertise:

Process Plant Simulation

Pulp and Paper

Mining

Previous Positions:

Process Specialist, H.A.Simons, Vancouver

Design, Commissioning and Operations,Carter Holt Harvey, Kinleith Mills

Membership:

MIPENZ

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1972

PhD UMIST,Manchester, UK

Year: 1975

Present Position:

Executive Director, Energy Centre, Business School, UoA and

Distinguished Designer in Residence, Chemical and Materials Engineering, UoA

Other Positions:

Chairman Board of Trustees, Auckland Grammar School

Previous Positions:

• Director of Technology, Methanex Corporation
• Director of Development, Methanex New Zealand Limited
• Manufacturing Director, Methanex New Zealand Limited
• Consulting Engineer, BECA
• Operations Manager: Jurong Refinery, Mobil Oil Singapore
• Technical Manager: Jurong Refinery, Mobil Oil Singapore
• Chief Process Engineer: New Zealand Synthetic Fuels Corp

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1972

PhD

Year: 1975

Present Position(2004-Present):

CEO UniServices, Auckland, NZ. UniServices is the commercialization arm of The University of Auckland. More information is available at www.uniservices.co.nz

Previous Positions:

• 2003-2004: Returned to NZ as CEO AgriGenesis in 2003
• 1996-2003: VP, Research and Development, International Paper
• 1989-1996: Director-Research and Product Development, International Paper.
• 1988-1989: Director of Product Development, International Paper
• 1984-1988: Director of Process and Product R&D, Mead Paper
• 1981-1988: Various capacities including Technical Director, Weyerhaeuser Company at the Columbus Pulp and Paper mill
• 1976-1981: Professor and Research Fellow at the Institute of Paper Chemistry, USA.

Peter has authored over 25 publications and patents ranging from pulp and papermaking technology to product and environmental issues.

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1972

PhD London, UK

Year: 1976

Present Position(2004-Present):

General Manager - Process Technology, New Zealand Dairy Research Institute

Other Position(2004-Present):

Adjunct Professor, Massey University

Visiting Professor, Auckland University

Previous Positions:

• Professor of Food Engineering, Massey University (including a 5 year term as Head of Department)
• Senior Lecturer, C&M,University of Auckland

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1975

PhD

Year: 1975

Registered Professional Engineer (PE)

Year: 1977

Present Position(1982-Present):

Chief Executive Officer and President, NVT Technologies, Inc., Sterling, Virginia, USA,

Previous Positions:

• 1980-1982:Senior Research Scientist, Benmol Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
• 1979-1982:Associate Professor (Adjunct), Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department of the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
• 1978-1980:Member of Technical Staff, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, USA
• 1977-1978:Senior Research Engineer, Garrett Energy Research and Engineering, Inc., Claremont, California, USA
• 1976-1977: Operations Manager, Westcliff International, Inc. , Newport Beach, California, USA
• 1975:Research Fellow, University of Auckland, NZ

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BE-Chemical and Material Engineering with Hons

Year:1969

PhD

Year: 1976

DipBusStud(Massey)

Year: 1988

Present Position(September 2000-Present):

Managing Director (Asia-Pacific), URS Corporation, Sydney

Other positions:

• In the TOP 100 Australia's Most Influential Engineers List (Engineering Australia, June 2005)
• Fluor Award, CHEMECA 2006. Recognises exceptional management and leadership, that has directly resulted in sustained corporate success over a significant period.

Director of a number of companies in New Zealand, Australia and Asia

Honours and Awards:

Previous Positions:

• 2000: Regional Manager (NSW), URS Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney
• 1997-2000: Managing Director, URS New Zealand Ltd, Auckland
• 1996-1997: Chief Executive Officer, Woodward-Clyde (NZ) Ltd, Auckland
• 1993-1996:Senior Principal Engineer, Woodward-Clyde (NZ) Ltd, Auckland
• 1992-1993: Northern Regional Manager, ESR Ltd, Auckland
• 1989-1992:Northern Regional Manager & Government Analyst, DSIR Chemistry, Auckland
• 1978-1989:Air Pollution Engineer, Department of Health, Auckland
• 1977-1978: Research Engineer, BP Chemicals, Baglan Bay, South Wales
• 1977:Process Engineer, Simon Carves Ltd, Manchester
• 1973-1977:Air Pollution Control Engineer, Department of Health, Auckland

Academic Overview

BE-Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 1969

Present Position(September 2000-Present):

Managing Director (Asia-Pacific), URS Corporation, Sydney

Previous Positions:

• Two years in Dunedin working at Milburn Cement plant and lecturing first year physics at Otago Univeristy
• 7 years with Chemical Cleaning Limited
• 1978 Started the company Farmers Industries (NZ) Ltd (FIL) manufacturing and selling farm chemicals including Dairy Detergents, Animal Remedies and Stock markers
• 1982 Work for company on a full time basis.One of Arthur's passions is being the pilot for the company plane.

Farmers Industries (NZ) Ltd (FIL) now has 36 employees, a turnover in excess of $20 million and exports to Australia, U.K./Ireland, USA and a host of smaller markets. This year the company bought out their American distributors and so now have an American subsidiary. Tailmark, a FIL product, received a New Zealand agriculture award in 1995. The company also took top honours in the Best Large Business section of the local Kiwifruit Coast Business Awards for 1995. FIL was the winner of BNZ Business of the Year 2000 at the Tauranga Regional Business Awards.

Other positons:

• Have been member of School Boards
• Chairmanship of the local Sports Academy
• Board member of an Export group, NZ Agritech of Trade NZ

Academic Overview

BE-Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 1969

PhD

Year: 1972

Present Position(2001-Present):

Vice President Strategic Product Development, Norske Skog, Oslo, Norway.

Awards and Other Achievements:

• Co-winner of the ER Cooper Medal in 1974, for publishing the best single account of original research in physics or engineering with preference given to contributions to the development of New Zealand natural resources.
• L.R. Benjamin Silver Medalist, 1993 - Awarded by Appita.
• Tappi Fellowship, 1997.
• Authored or co-authored about 60 papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

Previous Positions:

• 1999-2001: Vice President Business Intelligence, Norske Skog, Oslo, Norway.
• 1997-1999: Vice President Applied Research and Acting Vice President Basic Reseach, Swedish Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 1989-1996: Manager Paper Department, Norske Skog Research, Honefoss, Norway.
• 1982-1989: Technical Manager, Tasman Pulp and Paper Company Ltd, Kawerau, NZ.
• 1979-1982: Technical Director, DanWeb Forming International, Aahus, Denmark.
• 1973-1979: Reseach Engineer and Group Leader, Swedish Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Academic Overview

BE Chemical and Material Engineering

Year: 1987

Current Position:

Business Unit Manager, Genesis Oil and Gas Pty Ltd - Perth, Australia

Professional Memberships :

Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers Chartered Engineer

Previous Positions :

• Process Engineering Manager, Methanex NZ Ltd . - New Plymouth, NZ, 1999 - 2005
• Process Engineering Manager, Methanex Methanol Co. - Houston, USA, 2001 - 2003
• Process Discipline Head, Granherne & Co. LLC - Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 1997 - 1999
• Process Manager, Granherne Sdn. Bhd - Kuala Lumpur, Australia, 1996 - 1997
• Principal Process Engineer, Granherne Limited - Woking, England, 1991 - 1996
• Process Engineer, Electrotech Consultants - New Plymouth, NZ, 1989 - 1991
• Process Engineer, Petralgas Chemicals - New Plymouth, NZ, 1987 - 1989

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