Day 1: ChemEng365 is launched

It is a great honour to serve as the Institution’s 74th President and I look forward to a busy and exciting year.

I would also like to congratulate my predecessor, Judith Hackitt, for her leadership and outstanding ambassadorial work for the chemical engineering profession over the past 12 months.

Chemical engineers have a key role to play in addressing major global challenges concerning energy, water, food and health and Chemical Engineering Matters, IChemE’s technical strategy, enables its members to make a contribution to these key issues wherever they are. It’s a message I will repeat throughout my presidency and it should underpin all our activities.

During this year I will place particular emphasis on celebrating the contributions chemical engineering is making to the quality of life across the world.

Today, the first day of my presidency, I am launching my campaign and this blog, ChemEng365, which will feature 365 chemical engineering successes and achievements throughout my year-long presidency.

I hope you will be able to support me and contribute to a celebration of our profession.

I also encourage everyone to work more effectively in partnership with other organisations to provide a more unified and stronger voice for science and engineering as a whole.