Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Boris Zhmud is an industry insider with over 20 years of experience in engine tribology, lubricants and lubrication engineering. Boris has authored or coauthored over 70 peer-reviewed publications and has several patents. He is a member of the British Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE).

Apu has been responsible for pioneering work in this area and held the position of Chief Sustainability Officer at Fuchs Petrolub SE for over 10 years. Apu is now Senator of Sustainability at the Senate of Economy in Germany and Partner at Fokus Zukunft GmbH & Co. KG,  providing sustainability consultancy to clients looking to achieve carbon reduction and sustainability objectives across a wide array of applications.

Annie is Director of Global Business Development for Kline’s Energy Management Consulting business, based out of Kline’s London office. Her focus is working with clients involved in the lubricants value chain and associated industries. She also is a key member of Kline’s lubricant value chain advisory and due diligence team.

Prior to joining Kline, Annie ran a global lubricants and greases performance benchmarking and analysis project. This saw her work with numerous global, national and independent lubricant companies advising on operational improvement and cost reduction through advanced data analytics.

Earlier in her career Annie worked as a process engineer primarily working to optimize biogas and energy production from wastewater treatment facilities.

Annie has a BEng (honors) in Chemical and Process Engineering, and a B.Sc (Chemistry), both from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

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In his 31 years with Shell Gunnar has had assignments in engineering projects, process technology, economics, supply chain and production management, primarily in lubes and base oil refining. In his current role he is heading a global expert team and steers the technical support for base oil manufacturing and acts as technical authority for base oil and wax process technology. He manages key base oil R&D activities for process, catalyst and simulation development. He manages base oil process licensing and catalyst activities.

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Juergen Ulmer is the Country Manager for Chevron Deutschland GmbH. Born in Hamburg in 1960, he studied Engineering Studies and has downstream experience since 1992. Juergen has worked with TEXACO/CHEVRON since 1998.

David is Director-General of the United Kingdom Lubricants Association, a position he has held since November 2014. His connection with the industry and the role he plays through the activities of the UKLA will offer a valuable perspective on the development of key areas of the event, including important issues of discussion within the conference agenda.

The UK Lubricants Association is the trade association for the lubricants industry in the United Kingdom, covering the automotive, transportation, industrial and metalworking sectors.

 Representing the majority of the lubricants Industry, the UKLA is actively engaged with other trade associations, such as UEIL, ORA, UKPIA on matters impacting the industry, through participation in consultation, representation and lobbying to UK and European Government and industry authorities.

It also provides its membership with industry networking events and knowledge sharing, through training and communications on industry developments and legislation.