74th IChemE president takes office

摘要

Geoff Maitland, professor of energy engineering at Imperial College London, has become the 74th president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). A graduate in chemistry from Oxford University, Maitland is a Fellow of IChemE, Royal Society of Chemistry, Energy Institute and the Royal Academy of Engineering. During a distinguished industrial and academic career, Maitland enjoyed spells with Bristol University, Imperial College London, ICI and Schlumberger before returning to Imperial College London in 2005.