User:Joe eades/sandbox

Joe Eades born in 1974 is a Chartered Chemical (Process) Engineer and a co-founder and majority shareholder in Ispahan Group. He is also PPSE (Professional Process Safety Engineer) and a leading consultant in Sustainability, Process Safety and Decentralized Infrastructure.

Completing his Masters degree from Loughborough University in 1997 he joined Jacobs Engineering as a Junior Process Engineer. Working his way through the ranks and across continents, Joe left Jacobs as a contractor and joined Schering Ploughs commissioning team in Singapore. Rejoining Jacobs he was part of the management team who grew Singapore office from 120 staff to over 500 staff in less than 15 months. A former client then persuaded Joe to move back to the client representative side where he spent 3 years as a system owner then technical project manager overseeing every aspect of the infrastructure design of a US$180 million greenfield project that included commissioning the 1st 1MW gas (COGEN) engine in Singapore as well as the first industrial use MBR (Membrane Bioreactor) for waste water treatment.

Joe have a mixed heritage, being quarter Norwegian and having spent many of his summers there, he has been exposed to a diverse culture and international travel from a young age.

Joe has gained significant experience

For the period of 2013 to 2015, Joe was elected to be a Council Member of the Institution of Engineers in Singapore and currently holds the posts of Chairman of the Public Relations Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Chemical and Process Engineering Technical Committee and Chairman of the Process Safety Sub-Committee. Joe was formally a member of NCEO (National Committee of Engineering Organizations) and the Sustainable Development Group and the RTS (Research Technology and Standards Group).

Joe is also Vice Chairman of the IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) in Singapore and was the founder of many of the activities including the YEG (Young Engineers Group), the Safety and Loss Prevention (SLP)Special Interest Group, the founder of the Sustainability Group.