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WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER EDITION

OUR CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR’S LETTER

RODNEY HANCOX THE BATTLE BETWEEN BLUE and green
Director, Gas hydrogen continues to make headlines as
Distribution policymakers and industry leaders attempt to
Solutions Ltd navigate the complex path to net zero by 2050.
& IGEM/G/5 However, as we will learn in this edition, there is
Panel Chair scope for both varieties of low carbon gas to exist
Rodney joined the in a greener future. The UK Hydrogen and Fuel
Eastern Gas Board Cell Association’s latest position paper argues that
in 1970, where he blue hydrogen will be an “essential” part of the
held numerous UK’s climate change ambitions.
positions after graduating with a CNAA IGEM’s own Liam Chamberlain takes a look at the results of our Diversity,
degree in Mathematics for Business from Equality and Inclusion Survey and asks what the industry can do to create
Enfield College of Technology. In 1991, more inclusive workplaces for all.
he took on the role of Senior Training And four years on from the Grenfell disaster, expert witness Rodney Hancox
Advisor (Engineering) at British Gas looks at what we have learned about this catastrophic event and how the gas
Regional Services. industry can play its part in preventing similar tragedies in the future.
Following the break-up of British Gas in All this is accompanied by the usual mix of news from across the sector,
1996, he worked as a freelance consultant including a welcome message from IGEM’s new CEO, Ollie Lancaster.
before joining Exoteric Gas Solutions Ltd We hope you enjoy the September edition,
(EGS) as a Senior Engineering Consultant
in 1999. In 2007, he formed his own
consultancy company, Gas Distribution
Solutions Ltd. Rodney has also been active
on a number of IGEM panels and was
Chair of the institution’s Eastern Section
between 1999-2000. SHARON BAKER-HALLAM
EDITOR
LIAM BA (HONS) AIGEM
CHAMBERLAIN INSTITUTION OF GAS ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS (IGEM)
IGEM Membership
Diversity and
Inclusion Officer
Liam’s work
involves looking
at ways IGEM
can work with
its members to
further promote and show its support
for equality, diversity and inclusion
projects within the gas industry. As well
as working with the Membership Services
team, Liam is also a committee member SEE YOUR WORK IN Gas international We are always
of the Pride in Energy group, helping seeking to share the latest research and ground-breaking industry
other industry professionals to increase developments in IGEM’s journal. If you would like to see your work
awareness for LGBTQ+ employees within featured in the pages of Gi, contact the Editor by emailing sharon@igem.
the energy sector. org.uk with a short synopsis of your contribution.

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