Opening Plenary - Panel Discussion: Leadership in the Chemical Engineering and Process Safety Industries
Sunday, September 28, 2025 |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Speaker
Lisa Hein
Principal Risk Consultant
GPA
Panellist
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Lisa is a Chemical Engineer with extensive experience in risk and process safety. She has over 25 years of technical and leadership experience in top tier oil and gas companies (Santos Ltd/ExxonMobil) and as a principal risk consultant at GPA. She has a track record of delivering significant safety and reliability risk reduction programs and projects in both operations and design environments. Lisa has broad experience in risk reduction, leadership, reliability & maintenance, and process engineering.
Rachelle Doyle
Independent Advisor
Panellist
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Rachelle is a chemical engineering (FICHEME, FTSE; CEng) with over 20 years of experience delivering transformative solutions across the energy, minerals processing, mining, and heavy industry sectors. She is passionate about innovation, ensuring a just clean energy transition and process safety. Rachelle actively mentors the next generation of STEM professionals.
Prof Peter Gostomski
Professor
University Of Canterbury
Panellist
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Peter is a Professor of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Canterbury and has held various leadership roles at the University over the last 27 years. His teaching responsibilities have cut across many areas of chemical engineering with a particular focus on process safety. His research interests are in bioprocess engineering, looking at both the production of biochemical products and environmental biotreatment technologies. Current active projects include biofiltration, denitrification and microbial fuel cells. He is a Fellow of both IChemE and Engineering NZ.
David Lewis
University of Adelaide
Panellist
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM