Advisory Board

Petra Matzat

Managing Director – Lubricants

Shell Deutschland

Bio
Petra Matzat has been Managing Director Lubricants of Shell Deutschland GmbH since November 1, 2023, and is accountable for the direct business of Shell Lubricants Solution in Germany. Petra Matzat, born in 1982, married and mother of two, studied international business at the ESB Reutlingen and the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid. She began her Shell career in Hamburg in 2006 and has since held various national and international managing positions. Among other roles, she was Business Manager Bitumen for Switzerland, Austria and Italy as well as Sales Manager Commercial Road Transport for euroShell Deutschland. Lastly, she was Senior Strategy Advisor for Lubricants and Mobility, being responsible, amongst other projects, for the development of Shell’s global E-Mobility strategy. Since 2023 she is working with her team to further drive and accelerate Shell’s transformation in Lubricants business and in Germany as a partner for decarbonization and pacesetter of the energy transition.

Rouven Acquaviva

Vice President Corporate Strategy and Innovation

FUCHS SE

Bio
Rouven leads the Corporate Strategy department at FUCHS SE, the world’s largest independent lubricants manufacturer, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. In this role, he oversees the global strategy development of the FUCHS Group, driving critical initiatives, and managing strategy performance as well as intelligence and global M&A scouting. Rouven began his career with FUCHS in Southeast Asia in 2014 as a Finance Business Partner, later heading the Group’s Internal Audit department before establishing and expanding the Corporate Strategy function from 2019 onward. He brings strong financial, commercial, and operational acumen to his work. Rouven holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Finance and is currently completing an Executive MBA at Mannheim Business School, Germany, and ESSEC Business School, France.

Patrick Bell

Managing Director/ Geschäftsführer Industrial Sales Director Central Europe

Castrol

Bio
Patrick Bell brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the automotive, industrial, and lubricants sectors. At Castrol, he has successfully driven national and international sales initiatives, from global business development to managing large-scale sales teams across the DACH region. With proven expertise in building complex sales structures, developing sustainable growth strategies, and managing global key accounts, Patrick is known for his customer-centric approach, leadership of international teams, and deep market insights. As a board member of the German Lubricants Association (VSI) and Advisory Board member of the Lubricant Expo, he plays an active role in driving innovation and shaping the future of the lubricants industry through long-term partnerships and strategic initiatives.

Dr. Klaus Breuer

Senior Vice President Technology and Production

ROWE

Bio

Klaus has 25+ years of strategic and operational leadership experience in the chemical and lubricants industry. He started his career in 1997 and held different positions with increasing responsibility in R&D, production, technology, product development and business management in chemicals and intermediates businesses. Since 2025, he is responsible for production, technology, R&D, quality control, product compliance, product management and business development at ROWE, a major family-owned, innovative lubricants manufacturer located in Worms, Germany. Klaus holds a PhD in organic chemistry from RWTH Aachen as well as a postgraduate degree in sustainability management from FHM Bielefeld.

Günter Steven

Global Director of OEM and Key Account programs

Motul Deutschland GmbH

Bio
More than 30 years of experience and knowledge of the commercial lubricant, fuel and fleet management business with major brands like Aral, Castrol, Motul and British Petroleum. Successful implementation of new business models and company subsidaries. Strategic and operational mindset with strong international leadership in sales & marketing. Very well connected with the oil & lubricant aftersales markets all over Europe including a strong network into the automotive and motorcycle industry.

Siegmar Huntke

Senior OEM Manager

SK Enmove

Bio
Siegmar holds a degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Mechanical Engineering. He has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive, industrial and lubricants sectors. In the past, he worked for ExxonMobil, Petro-Canada Lubricants and Addinol in close collaboration with OEM and Tier1 suppliers. In 2024, Siegmar joined SK Enmove as Senior OEM Manager for Lubricants, Immersion Cooling and Refrigerants.

Martial Sauvee

Senior Market development advisor

ExxonMobil

Bio
Martial Sauvee is a Senior Market development advisor at ExxonMobil within the Synthetics Business unit, focused on future business opportunities that the Lubricant business and new applications will provide for Synthetics basestocks such as GpIV and GpV. Within 25 yrs of experience in ExxonMobil, his past work roles includes : ~15 years of experience in the Finished Lubricant business of Exxonmobil (Sales, Marketing or Technical – in automotive and industrial applications) both in regional of global positions, as well as ~5 years of experience in the Fuels businesse (covering optimization roles and long term strategic planning) and more recently joining the Synthetics business unit (firstly as global planning manager) before moving into current his responsibilities.

Martin Stork

Vice President Global Technology

Gulf Oil International Group

Bio
Dr. Martin Stork, Vice President Global Technology at Gulf Oil International Group, based in Dubai. He brings extensive expertise in lubricant technologies and automotive fluids, with a background spanning research and development, product development, and strategic OEM relationship management within the global energy sector. Prior to joining Gulf, he held several senior technical leadership positions at FUCHS Lubricants Germany and PETRONAS Lubricants International and Castrol in Germany. His responsibilities covered the development of engine oils, e-mobility fluids, thermal fluids and transmission oils, same as recently also industrial fluids and greases. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Tribology, combining deep technical knowledge with proven leadership in the automotive and lubricants industry.

Mike Aryaee

Managing Director

Kemipex

Bio
Mike Aryaee is the Managing Director of Kemipex and a board member of Vestcorp Holding, where he is also a major shareholder. With over 20 years of management experience in the chemical and lubricant additives industry, he plays a critical role in driving the group’s business and leading it towards its strategic direction and sustained growth. Operating as a privately held, family-owned enterprise with a business legacy spanning over six decades, the group has expanded significantly at a global level, with commercial activities and customer relationships across all continents. The group has achieved notable success in the lubricant sector as a supplier of specialty additives and components. One of its flagship brands, LUBIMAX, is widely recognized for its performance and reliability within the lubricants value chain. Mike holds a Master of International Business and an MBA from the University of Wollongong, a recognized Australian university. His deep understanding of chemical raw-material markets and global trade dynamics supports his contribution to industry platforms, including his role on the Lube Expo Dubai Advisory Board.

Terry Dicken

Chairman

ELGI

Bio
Terry Dicken is a Chartered chemist and holds a BSc (Hons) degree in applied chemistry and an MSc in Instrumental chemical analysis. He has worked in the lubricants industry for over 50 years, in research and development, technical services & marketing and technology transfer. Currently, he is Managing Director of Global Lubricants Ltd, a speciality lubricants company he founded in the UK in 1997, but also works as an independent consultant for several companies on REACH compliance, product development and manufacturing plant construction. He has published many papers on lubrication and is a regular speaker at international conferences. Terry has been Chairman of ELGI (European Lubricating Grease Institute) since 1998 and is also Chairman of the Institute of Energy’s cutting fluids test methods panel, STC5, a role he has fulfilled since the early 80s, and he established and was first Chairman of ASTM – M committee for aviation greases.

Perry Peters

CEO

Matrix Specialty Lubricants

Bio
After his graduation as a Marine Engineer in 1986 Perry started his career directly in the lubricants industry. During the first 16 years he has been account manager at Shell, Business Development Manager at Castrol, Business Development Director at Petro Canada and founded 20 years ago Matrix Specialty Lubricants where he until today is active as the Technical Director and CEO. Currently Perry also is a co-chairman of the Food Grade Lubricants Working group of the ELGI. Perry is a real Pioneer, he loves to developing new opportunities, markets and products.

Joris van der List

Technology Manager & Global Sustainability Lead

Q8Oils

Bio
Joris van der List is the Technology Manager at Q8Oils, leading the technology department and overseeing the global management of lubricants across the energy, metalworking fluids (MWF), automotive, and general industry sectors. With an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Twente and over 20 years of experience in the lubricants industry, Joris has a strong background in product development, innovation management, and sustainability. As the global lead on sustainability at Q8Oils, Joris plays a key role in driving industry progress, serving as a member of the ATIEL & UEIL Joint Sustainability Committee, chairing the Sustainability Downstream Workgroup, and sitting on the board of VSN, the Dutch Lubricants Association.

Vladimir Totolin

R&D Project Manager

Freudenberg Group

Bio
Dr. Vladimir Totolin is currently working as a R&D Project Manager at Freudenberg Group (Weinheim, Germany). He leads highly interdisciplinary projects addressing a wide range of issues regarding surface/interface mechanisms of specialty lubricants with various materials and coatings relevant for industrial applications. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States) in 2010. His research focuses on advanced lubrication for energy efficiency, coatings, surface & interface phenomena relevant for tribology. He has published 2 books and over 20 peer-reviewed journal papers, and several conference proceedings. He is also serving as an Independent Expert for the European Commission, assisting in research and innovation assignments including evaluation of proposals falling within the Horizon 2020 & Horizon Europe Programs. He has held multiple R&D positions in the United States, Austria, Spain, Slovenia, and Germany.

Dr. Eva-Maria Mautner

Head of Application Engineering

Klüber Lubrication

Morten Schakow

Technical Director

JIM-TEC

Bio

Morten Schakow is a lubrication specialist with nearly 20 years of experience working with lubrication technologies for the food and pharmaceutical industries. With an academic background spanning technical, commercial, and business disciplines, he began his career in 2005 supplying industrial oils and chemical maintenance products to the industrial sector.

Over the past two decades, Morten has specialized in food-grade lubrication, tribology

Morten currently serves as Technical Director at JIM-TEC and CEO of CIBUM Lubricants

Mattia Adani

President

UEIL

Bio
Mattia Adani is the President of UEIL – the European Union of the Lubricants Industry, the body representing at the European level the interests of the European lubricants industry. He began his professional career at McKinsey & Co., a global management consulting firm. Subsequently, he was a member of the Council of Experts and then a Director at the Italian Ministry of Economy, where he worked on the regulation and privatization of SOEs in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He was then Executive Director and Member of the Board at the InterAmerican Development Bank in Washington, DC. Mattia holds several positions within Italian Industry Association Confindustria. From 2016 to 2018 he was Senior Advisor in the cabinet of the Italian Ministry of Industry, advising on industrial policy and foreign investments attraction. Mattia holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, a degree in Production Engineering from the Ecole Centrale Paris, France, and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, United States. He is a member of Italy’s Order of Merit.

Dr. Dixit Parmar

Sustainability Manager

Lubrizol

Bio
Dixit has 10 years experience in the Chemical Industry and serves as the Sustainability Manager at Lubrizol, directly reporting to the Chief Sustainability Officer and acting as the primary global contact for all business units. His responsibilities include overseeing product-level sustainability by supporting the development of corporate-level strategies and ensuring their integration within business units. Dixit leads initiatives in Sustainable Solutions and continuously enhances Lubrizol’s Life Cycle Assessments to address current and future requirements. Additionally, he collaborates closely with the innovation team and business units to ensure the credibility of sustainability claims and to generate value for Lubrizol’s product designs. Dixit has a technical background, having completed a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Manchester, before going on to do post-doctoral studies at RWTH Aachen University. He started out his professional career as a Research Chemist, working on the development of new dispersants for lubricant formulations.

Dr. Rebecca Jüstel

Head of Technical Service EMEA | Oil Additives

Evonik

Bio
Dr. Rebecca Jüstel is Head of Technical Service EMEA at Evonik Oil Additives, based in Darmstadt, Germany. In her current role, Rebecca’s focuslies on the initiation and development of technical value-based formulations for existing and future applications and requirements for customers in the lubricant industry. She has started her career in the lubricants industry in 2015 at Evonik Oil Additives working on the development of new Viscosity Index Improvers (VII) followed by a position as Technical Service Manager. Rebecca holds a PhD in Polymer Chemistry from Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany.

Sönke Möhr

Director Global Sales And Marketing

Puraglobe

Trevor Gauntlett

Principal Consultant

Trevor Gauntlett Consulting

Bio

Trevor has been consulting and commentating on Lubricants matters since 2016. He consults mainly with chemicals companies, existing component suppliers (additives and base oils) and startups, offering market analysis and identifying opportunities for market entries and expansion in lubricants.

He began writing for Lubes’n’Greases EMEA in 2017 and has written regularly for several industry magazines since. He began podcasting on lubricants business matters in 2020. He is a regular conference speaker and on the advisory board for two conference series.

Trevor spent 18 years with Shell at the Lubricants/supplier interface, responsible for Lubricants component & formulation quality and regulatory HSE (e.g. REACH, the Biocides Directive, TSCA and OEM compliance). He also managed Shell’s Lubricants Quality System, taking it into the world of “big data,” covering thousands of products, formulations, components, QC tests, technical and HSE data. He provided the formulation and quality data packs for two divestments (Shell Metalworking Europe to Quaker Houghton in 2011 and the Cassida brands to Fuchs in 2012).

Over 12 years spanning academic research, working for the British chemicals company ICI & his early years at Shell he utilised big science (synchrotron radiation) to elucidate chemical structures, mainly of petrochemical and electro-catalysts under operating conditions.

His PhD and post-doctoral studies of petrochemical catalysts were highly relevant to the development of Lubricants base fluids (GTL and metallocene PAO) in the 21st century.

Maria Sole Signorini

Head Group Procurement

Petronas Lubricants International

Bio

Maria Sole Signorini is Head of Group Procurement at Petronas Lubricants International (PLI), based in Turin, Italy.

In her current role Maria Sole is responsible for the sourcing strategy and procurement of raw materials as well as procurement of indirect materials and services for PLI Group worldwide.

She has started her career in the lubricants industry in 2001 covering sales and procurement positions and she has joined PLI in 2008 from Petronas acquisition of FL Selenia.

Maria Sole holds a degree in Language and Communication from University of Languages and Communication in Milan (Italy).

Bernard Fisic

Managing Director

Setral Chemie GmbH

Bio

Bernard Fisic is Managing Director at Setral, a German-French producer for specialty lubricants.

Setral was founded in 1969 and is specialized in greases, special oils, pastes, PFPE and food grade lubricants and has a global presence in more than 90 countries.

Bernard has led Setral since 2018 and he brings more than 20 years of experience in specialty lubricants. He holds a diploma in business administration and is a Senator at Senate of Economy German.

About Setral:

setral^® develops and produces high-performance and special lubricants for industrial applications. Well-known customers worldwide benefit from our fifty years of experience. With partnerships in over 80 countries we are represented worldwide. The use of the most modern laboratory facilities, excellently trained staff and a high-end production line make us an innovative and strong partner. Our broad product range of high-performance and special lubricants offers the answer to most questions in the field of lubrication technology.

Rafe Britton

Technical Specialist

Lubrication Expert

Bio

As a Technical Specialist at Lubrication Expert, I leverage my 14 years of mechanical engineering experience and my credentials in machinery lubrication to provide independent and unbiased guidance to mid-sized industrial businesses. My mission is to help them improve their equipment uptime, reduce their environmental footprint, and achieve their corporate sustainability goals.

I also share my knowledge and insights through various platforms, such as my YouTube channel, podcast, magazine articles, and technical committees. I’m passionate about educating the industry on the importance and benefits of lubrication best practices, contamination control, energy efficiency, and root cause failure analysis. By doing so, I aim to bridge the gap between lubricant suppliers and operators, and empower reliability engineers to implement effective lubrication programs.

Laurent Barnagaud

Senior Marketing Manager, Afton Chemical EMEAI

Afton Chemical

Bio

Laurent is chemical engineer by education. He has spent more than 20 years in the lubricant industry, starting his career at Shell Lubricants, where he held regional and global roles in Sales and Marketing. Laurent moved to Quaker Houghton, a leader in metalworking fluids and specialty lubricants, as Global Marketing Manager. He joined Afton in 2021 and is now the Regional Senior Marketing Manager for EMEAI.

Pierre Belot

Lubricating Grease Specialist

TotalEnergies

Bio

I graduated in 1990 from the Polytechnics School in Mons, Belgium, as a chemical engineer completed with a License in Businees Administration at the Henley College of Management (UK).

I started my career in 1991 in the patent department of the Belgian glass producer Glaverbel (Asahi Glass) collaborating in patent infringement lawsuits. In 1995 I joined Fina Research as Lubricating Grease development engineer and took over the TotalFinaElf Development team in 2001. In 2004 I joined the newly created Grease Department at TOTAL Headquarters as Product engineer for Automotive industry and Key Account Manager for the bearing manufacturers.  

In 2008 I was appointed Products Technical Manager at Imperator, Total grease plant in France in charge of the laboratory and product development.

In 2017 I was back in the TotalEnergies Grease Team as Key Account Manager for the bearing manufacturers and awarded the title of Lubricating Grease Specialist for TotalEnergies.

In 2023 I will have served 28 years in the lubricating grease industry.

I participated to many ELGI’s (16) since the Berlin one and to the early days of the TMWG in the ELGI’s office from 1996 on.

Damien Gueguen

Head of Metalworking Fluid Division

TotalEnergies

Bio

Damien Is Head of Metalworking Fluid Division in TotalEnergies Lubrifiants based in Paris France. He has 25 years of experience in the Lubricant & Specialties industry from R&D to technical, commercial and management positions. His main activity is to lead the worldwide commercial and technical developments of innovative metalworking fluid solutions for the industry.

Inga Hermann

Sales Manager & Sustainability Lead

Ergon

Bio

Inga has been working in the lubrication industry for more than 28 years and has a unique wealth of experience in the areas of professional and strategic sales, key account management and evaluation of sustainability concepts for the lubrication industry.
For more than two decades, she worked for Shell Deutschland GmbH as a technical key account manager for industrial lubricants before she decided to join VSI – German Lubricants Manufacturing Industry Association as Head of the Lubricants Department, where she was responsible for establishing a European sustainability standard for the lubricants industry.
Since January 2024 Inga Herrmann joined Ergon International Inc as Sales Manager and Sustainability Lead.
Inga is the shepherd of the carbon footprint working group of the joint ATIEL/UEIL Sustainability Committee in Europe, member of the ALIA Sustainability Sub Committee in ASIA as well as STLE Sustainability Committee in North America.

Mike McCabe

Lubricants Industry Professional

Bio

Mike has worked in the lubricants industry for over 30 years and is currently Marketing Director at Valvoline, responsible for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He started his career at Castrol and worked at worked at Lubrizol for 23 years before moving to Valvoline in April 2021.

He has held a variety of roles spanning lubricant development, technical support, business management and marketing. From 2010 to 2014 Mike led Lubrizol’s marketing group in Asia Pacific, initially based in Beijing, China and later in Singapore.

Mike has a degree in Physics from Reading University and a MBA from Nottingham University.

Siddharth Sachdeva

Managing Director

Trinity Lubes & Greases

Bio

Siddharth Sachdeva is the drive behind the advances in technology usage at Siddharth Grease & Lubes in India and Trinity Lubes & Greases, a new State-of-the-Art facility in the UAE.  From these two companies, lubricants and greases are manufactured, then exported around the world. The Technology Centre, built at their Indian plant; have developed new and exciting products and SGL holds many patents that are used by the world’s biggest lubricant brands.

The Technology Centre has had great success in producing and testing products not only in the lab, but also field trials, that work harder for longer. Helping to not only to reduce waste but also the cost of ownership. Focusing not just on environmental sustainability but economic as well. 

Valentina Serra-Holm

Vice President

Perstorp

Bio

Valentina is a driven and strategic professional, with over twenty years’ experience in the oil and lubricant industry, boasting several senior technical and commercial roles.

She is passionate about building bridges between the technical and the commercial sides of businesses, and creating solution-based business approaches.

Valentina is the Vice President for Engineered Fluids at Perstorp, a world leader in sustainable building blocks for polyol esters. In her role Valentina holds the global responsibility for the lubricant industry segment.

Valentina also serves as Honorary President of UEIL (the Union of the European Lubricants Industry), an association which represents the interests of the lubricants industry in Europe, with a special focus on SMEs and independent companies that produce lubricants and metal processing fluids essential for the automotive and industrial sectors.

She is the author of numerous technical publications, patents, and international presentations in the field of specialty oils and lubricants.

Kiko Franchini

Executive Customer Centricity Manager

Infineum International Ltd

Bio

In his role as Executive Customer Centricity Manager, Kiko is accountable for the Customer Centricity Transition to put the customer at the heart of everything Infineum does. This is a key component of the broader Infineum strategic transformation initiatives to achieve our mission: create a sustainable future through innovative chemistry.

Kiko started his career with Fiat Lubrificanti, now Petronas Lubricants International, responsible for the technical services and OEM relationships. In his 23 years with Infineum, Kiko has covered many commercial leadership roles spanning from global business management to regional/segment marketing responsibilities. He has also had extensive experience in corporate positions such as enterprise and operational risk management, customer performance and corporate communications. He has been able to expand his professional experience through expatriate assignments in UK and Asia Pacific, returning from Singapore mid-2021.

Throughout his career, he has supported the Additives industry with roles on various industry bodies and associations as an advisor and senior member. He is passionate about golf, tennis and skiing and currently chairs a well know charity association in his home town of Genoa.

Christophe Lacroix

Chief Innovation & Sustainability Officer

Motul

Bio

Christophe Lacroix is Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer at Motul; His focus now is to draw the pathway of a brand with a historical heritage towards the energy transition. Christophe was previously the Chief Operations Officer at Motul for the last five years.

Christophe has an extensive experience in the chemical industry, polymer businesses and white biotechnology where he held various technical and business positions.

Christophe holds a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and an Executive MBA from HEC Paris. He is also member of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance coaching startups in the blue economy space.

Tanja Ilic

Managing Director

Nanol Technolgies

Bio

Tanja is the Managing Director for the scale up company Nanol Technologies; sustainable lubricant additive company based out of Sweden and Finland. Nanol is part of the #beyond1000solutions focusing on a sustainable future for lubricants and circular economy. Her focus is working with customer in the lubricants industry and associated industries.

Tanja has a broad background from different industries and her roles have been in in turn around and change missions, the positions she has held were global and international positions as the Managing director and/or sales responsible. She has also worked as a management consultant in the Middle East as well as in the USA.

She is used to work in a true global network from different industries. Her work is with numerous global, national, and independent companies within her earlier industries. She has a unique global network.
Earlier in her career Tanja worked as a sales director within the Energy Exchange, to mention the Nordic Power exchange; Nord Pool and she also held a position as a board member of the German European Energy Exchange AG.
Tanja has an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics.

Thomas Fröst

President

SKF Industrial Technologies

Bio

Thomas Fröst is President of SKF Industrial Technologies and member of SKF Group Management. He has over 20 years of management experience in SKF within different business areas, e.g. heading up SKF’s Asian Seals unit based in Shanghai between 2004-2007 and various senior positions within industrial marketing, product development and sales.

The Industrial Technologies unit consists of different business area, including lubrication management, seals, special bearing (magnetic & split bearings) and others. Next to being strong businesses with leading positions in their respective fields, SKF’s strategic reason to develop these business is to leverage their contribution to creating “a world of reliable rotation”.

SKF is committed to ambitious climate goals and zero net greenhouse gas emissions throughout the full supply chain. Industrial Technologies offers many solutions to support these goals and contribute to a circular economy including offers such as SKF RecondOil. Thomas is enthusiastic to lead this change and together with all SKF people, motivated to make it happen.

Modestino De Feo

Lubricant Expert Technologist

Aramco Overseas

Bio

I’m a chemical engineer and I have a PhD in tribology and materials science. My career started as researcher at SKF and then I moved to TotalEnergies as a R&D project leader on Heavy Duty and Marine engine lubricants – Expertise in engine oil formulation and adequation with engine requirements. I also have several years of experience in low carbon energy for mobility applications, emissions and formulation in internal combustion engines.

Thomas Ruehle

Senior Technical Manager

BASF

Bio

Working for over 20 years in the field of tribology, Thomas started his career as a Project Manager Nanotechnology/Tribology for the Freudenberg Group. He then joined Lanxess as a Product Group Manager for Lubricant Additives.

In 2011 he transitioned to BASF SE as a Senior Technical Manager for lubricant components. Thomas has a PhD in physical

Konstantin Melnichuk

Vice President

Kline’s Energy Practice

Bio

Konstantin Melnichuk is a Vice President within the Energy Practice of Kline + Company, based out of Kline’s London office. He leads the market research division covering the Energy sector at Kline, managing an international team focused on the lubricants value chain and energy specialty markets.

He has over 15 years of experience in management consulting, specializing in areas such as new market entry, marketing strategy, market size and segmentation, competitive intelligence and commercial due diligence.

He has a specialist degree in Physics from Lomonosov Moscow State University and FT MBA from Manchester Business School.

Apu Gosalia

Sustainability Expert Adviser

Senator at Senate of Economy Partner at Fokus Zukunft

Bio

Apu has been responsible for pioneering work in this area and held the position of Vice President & Chief
Sustainability Officer at Fuchs SE for over 10 years.

Apu now acts as independent Sustainability Expert Adviser and Partner at Fokus Zukunft, providing sustainability consultancy to clients looking to achieve carbon reduction and
sustainability objectives across a wide array of applications.

He is also Senator at the Senate of Economy in Germany, where he chairs the Commission Sustainable Economy.

David Wright

Director-General

United Kingdom Lubricants Association

Bio

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.

Gunnar Meister

Principal Technologist, Global Base Oils Team Lead

Shell

Bio

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.

Prof. Boris Zhmud

Technical Advisor

KATA Circular Pte Ltd.

Bio

Dr. Boris Zhmud holds a PhD in Surface Chemistry and is Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry at Lund University. Boris has over 25 years of experience in the field of engine tribology, lubricants and lubrication engineering documented by over 80 publications and several patents. Boris worked at the executive level with AB Nynas Petroleum, E-ION s.a., BIZOL and Tribonex, and is also a member of the professional institutions: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). At KATA, he focuses on the development of high-quality sustainable lubricants and fuels from waste plastic and biomass.

Dr. Richard Baker

Director

Tribotonic

Bio

Richard is the Director of TriboTonic Ltd which was established over 3 years ago to support tribology and petroleum companies across Europe through instrument sales, servicing and strategic industry expertise.

Prior to setting up TriboTonic Ltd, Rich worked for 16 years at PCS Instruments where he fulfilled a variety of roles covering sales, marketing and business development. He was instrumental in the company’s growth becoming a World Leading provider of Tribology Equipment.

TriboTonic sells and supports PCS Instruments, Falex Tribology, IQT and Metaspec specimens across Europe. Rich has a strong engineering and mathematical background with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London. He additionally supports the industry in an advisory capacity sitting on various industry boards.

Giuseppina Pisaniello

Head of Additives & Specialties

Eni Energy Evolution Green/Traditional Refinery & Marketing