Former EFCE Presidents and Vice-Presidents
EFCE Presidents 1993 - 2021
Sept. 1993 - Dec. 1997
Prof. Hanns P.K. Hofmann
Germany
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2001
Prof. Roel Westerterp
Netherlands
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2005
Prof. Jean-Claude Charpentier
France
Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2009
Prof. Jiří Drahoš
Czech Republic
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2013
Prof. Richard Darton
United Kingdom
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2017
Prof. Rafiqul Gani
Denmark
Rafiqul Gani graduated with BSc in chemical engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, in 1975. From 1976-1980, he studied at Imperial College in London for his MSc in chemical engineering, DIC and PhD. Prof. Gani spent the period 1980-1985 as a senior researcher at the Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Quimica (PLAPIQUI), an Argentinian institute devoted to teaching, research and development of technology in chemical engineering, followed by a year as visiting researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering at DTU. In 1986, he joined the same department as assistant professor, and in 2000 he was appointed a Professor in Systems Design.
Prof. Gani's research interests are focused on: Multiscale modelling for managing the complexity in process-product design; Sustainable process design and analysis, including process intensification; Computer aided product (molecule and formulation) design; Development of systematic computer aided methods & tools; Development of predictive models for estimation of properties of chemical systems.
Prof. Gani has been a member of the EFCE Executive Board since 2005 and a member and past chairman (2001-2007) of the EFCE Working Party on CAPE. In 2010 he was awarded the prestigious Recent Innovative Contribution in CAPE Award of the Working Party. From 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013 he served as EFCE's Scientific Vice-President.
Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2021
Dr. Hermann J. Feise
Germany
Dr. Hermann J. Feise, Germany, succeeds Prof. Rafiqul Gani, who held this position for four years (2014-2017).
At the EFCE General Assembly in Barcelona, Spain, in 2017 he was elected for a two-year term of office with effect from 1 January 2018. At the recent General Assembly in Florence, Italy, he was re-elected as the EFCE President for a second two-year term of office (1 January 2020 - 31 December 2021).
Hermann Feise is manager for R&D Cooperations with BASF and a member of DECHEMA. He first joined the EFCE Executive Board in 2008, serving as Scientific Vice-President from 2008 to 2012 and then as a co-opted member and trustee until now.
Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2025
Giorgio Veronesi
Italy
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi, Italy, succeeded Dr. Hermann J. Feise, who held this position for four years (2018-2021).
At the General Assembly on 27 September 2021, he was elected as the EFCE President for a two-year term of office with effect from 1 January 2022. At the General Assembly on 17 September 2023, he was re-confirmed in the position for a second two-year term of office with effect from 1 January 2024.
Giorgio Veronesi has 40 years of experience in the international engineering and construction sector and held various senior positions at engineering contractors including Foster Wheeler, Tecnimont, Siirtec Nigi and Techint. Veronesi is a member of the Executive Committee of AIDIC and first joined the Executive Board in 2016 as a trustee, serving as Executive Vice-President from 2018-2021.
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2013
Dr. Wridzer Bakker
The Netherlands
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2017
Prof. Michael (Mike) Considine
United Kingdom
Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2021
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi
Italy
June 2002 - Dec. 2007
Prof. Ryszard Pohorecki
Poland
Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2011
Dr. Hermann Feise
Germany
Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013
Prof. Rafiqul Gani
Denmark
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2017
Prof. Jean-Marc Le Lann
France
Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2021
Prof. David Bogle
United Kingdom
Jan. 2022 - March 2023
Prof. Petr Kluson
Czech Republic
April 2023 - December 2023
Prof. Michael Considine
United Kingdom
Professor Mike Considine has over 40 years of experience in process safety. Initially he worked in process safety positions in the chemical, nuclear and insurance industries. In 1987, he joined BP in a corporate process safety role and went on to head a corporate team responsible for formulating policy and guidelines and providing advice on all aspects of major hazard management. In 2010 he left BP to establish his own consultancy working for a number of international oil and energy companies. In 2013, he was appointed as Professor in Process Safety and Loss Prevention at Sheffield University and also course Course Director for the MSc in Process Safety and Loss Prevention. He retired from Sheffield University at the end of 2019.
He was a winner of two BP Chairman’s Awards and the IChemE Moulton Medal. In 2007 he was awarded the IChemE Franklin Medal for “outstanding contribution to process safety over a number of years” and in 2011 he was awarded the Arnold Greene medal for “the most meritorious long-term contribution to the progress of the Institution”.
He was Executive Vice President of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers, from 2014-2018 and is currently a member of the Executive Board.
From left to right: Álvaro Ramírez-Gómez, Martine Poux, David Bogle, Francois Nicol, Ines Honndorf, Antonis Kokossis, Boelo Schuur, Giuseppe Bellussi, Claudia Flavell-While, Juraj Kosek, Jarka Glassey, Antoon ten Kate, Eric Schaer, Sofia Garcia Fracaro, Giorgio Veronesi, Laura Pirro
Dr. Giuseppe Bellussi, Piacenza, Italy;
Prof. David Bogle, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Associate Prof. Elisabetta Brunazzi, Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Civile e Industriale, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Ms. Claudia Flavell-While (until 31 July 2025), The Institution of Chemical Engineers, Davis Building, 165-189 Railway Terrace, Rugby CV21 3HQ, United Kingdom; replaced by Mr. Paul Conway, IChemE, until 31 December 2025
Dr. Andreas Förster, DECHEMA e.V., P.O. Box 15 01 04, 60061 Frankfurt, Germany
Dr. Sofia Garcia Fracaro (co-opted members since April 2024), Zwingenberg, Germany
Prof. Jarka Glassey (Executive Vice-President), University of Newcastle, School of Engineering, Merz Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Eng. António Gonçalves da Silva, Ordem dos Engenheiros, Av. António Augusto de Aguiar, 3 D, 1069-030 Lisboa, Portugal
Dr. Ir. Antoon ten Kate, The Netherlands
Prof. Antonis Kokossis, National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering, Zografou Campus, 9, Iroon Polytechniou Str., 15780 Athens, Greece
Prof. Juraj Kosek, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT), Department of Chemical Engineering, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Ms. Ana Montoro (co-opted members since April 2024), Bromley, United Kingdom
Mr. François Nicol, VEOLIA RECHERCHE & INNOVATION, 291 Avenue Dreyfous Ducas, 78520 Limay, France
Dr. ir. Laura Pirro (for Belgium), Milan, Italy
Dr. Patrick M. Piccione, dsm-firmenich, Rte de la Plaine 125, 1283 La Plaine, Switzerland
Associate Prof. Álvaro Ramírez-Gómez (co-opted members since April 2024), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Química y Diseño Industrial, Ronda de Valencia 3, 28012 Madrid, Spain
Prof. Eric Schaer, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC), LRGP, 1, rue Grandville
BP 20 451, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France
Prof. Boelo Schuur (Scientific Vice-President), University of Twente, Faculty of Science and Technology, Horst Complex ME221, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Prof. Tomasz Sosnowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warynskiego 1, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi (President), Techint E&C, Via Monte Rosa, 93, 20149 Milano, Italy
Dr. Michael Wilk, Groß-Zimmern, Germany
From left to right: Elisabetta Brunazzi, Eric Schaer Antoon ten Kate, Antonis Kokossis, Martine Poux, François Nicol, Giorgio Veronesi, David Bogle, Jarka Glassey, Tomasz Sosnowski, Mike Considine, Claudia Flavell-While, Andreas Förster, Laura Pirro, Silvie Müller, Ines Honndorf
Prof. David Bogle, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Associate Prof. Elisabetta Brunazzi, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Prof. Michael (Mike) Considine, ChemRisk Ltd., West Byfleet, Surrey, United Kingdom (Scientific Vice-President from April 2023)
Ms. Claudia Flavell-While, The Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, United Kingdom
Dr. Andreas Förster, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt, Germany
Prof. Jarka Glassey, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (Executive Vice-President)
Dr. Ir. Antoon ten Kate, Nouryon, Deventer, Netherlands
Associate Prof. Petr Kluson, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Praha, Czech Republic (Scientific Vice-President until March 2023)
Prof. Antonis Kokossis, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dr. Silvie Müller, Merck KgaA, Darmstadt, Germany (co-opted member)
Mr. François Nicol, VEOLIA RECHERCHE & INNOVATION, Limay, France
Dr. Alexis Pey Torruella, Stahl Holdings bv, Parets del Vallès Barcelona, Spain
Dr. ir. Laura Pirro, Yara International, Sluiskil, Netherlands (co-opted member)
Dr. Patrick M. Piccione, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland
Associate Prof. Álvaro Ramirez-Gomez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Maurizio Rovaglio, Siemens S.p.A., Milano, Italy
Prof. Eric Schaer, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC), Nancy Cedex, France
Prof. Tomasz Sosnowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi, Techint E&C, Milano, Italy (President)
Dr. Michael Wilk, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
EFCE Executive Board Members (EFCE Charity Trustees) 2020 - 2021
Dr. Thaddeus Anim-Somuah, Netherlands (co-opted member)
Prof. Adisa Azapagic, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Prof. David Bogle, University College London, United Kingdom (Scientific Vice-President)
Associate Prof. Elisabetta Brunazzi, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Prof. Michael (Mike) Considine, ChemRisk Ltd., West Byfleet, Surrey, United Kingdom
Dr.-Ing. Hermann J. Feise, Germany (President)
Dr. Andreas Förster, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt, Germany (from 1st September 2021)
Prof. Ferenc Friedler, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Ir. Antoon ten Kate, Nouryon, Deventer, Netherlands
Associate Prof. Petr Kluson, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Praha, Czech Republic
Dr.-Ing. Hilke-Marie Lorenz, Switzerland (co-opted member)
Mr. François Nicol, VEOLIA RECHERCHE & INNOVATION, Limay, France
Dr. Alexis Pey Torruella, Stahl Holdings bv, Parets del Vallès Barcelona, Spain
Mr. Jon Prichard, The Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, United Kingdom
Dr. Patrick M. Piccione, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland
Associate Prof. Álvaro Ramirez-Gomez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Maurizio Rovaglio, Siemens S.p.A., Milano, Italy
Prof. Eric Schaer, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC), Nancy Cedex, France
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi, Techint E&C, Milano, Italy (Executive Vice-President)
Dr. Michael Wilk, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
EFCE Executive Board Members (EFCE Charity Trustees) 2018 - 2019
From left to right: Giorgio Veronesi, Jon Prichard, Mike Considine, Claudia Flavell-While, Ferenc Friedler, Hermann, Feise, David Bogle, Adisa Azapagic, Bent Sarup, François Giger, François Nicol, Michael Wilk, Martine Poux, Patrick Piccione, Carlos Negro, Petr Kluson
Prof. Adisa Azapagic, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Prof. Jerzy Baldyga (+ Nov. 2019), Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Prof. David Bogle, University College London, United Kingdom (Scientific Vice-President)
Prof. Michael (Mike) Considine, ChemRisk Ltd., United Kingdom
Dr.-Ing. Hermann J. Feise, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany (President)
Prof. Ferenc Friedler, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. François Giger, Paris, France (co-opted member)
Dr. Ir. Antoon ten Kate, Nouryon RD&I, Deventer, The Netherlands
Associate Prof. Petr Kluson, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Flavio Manenti, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Prof. Willi Meier, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt, Germany
Prof. Carlos Manuel Negro Alvarez, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Mr. François Nicol, VEOLIA RECHERCHE & INNOVATION, Limay, France
Mr. Jon Prichard, The Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, United Kingdom
Dr. Patrick M. Piccione, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Bent Sarup, Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S, Söborg, Denmark
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi, Techint E&C, Milano, Italy (Executive Vice-President)
Dr. Michael Wilk, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany