Our Young Members Board

Our Young Members Board (YMB) representatives are responsible for bringing the views of our Young Members from their specific area to the forefront of discussion.

Our YM representatives share best practice with each other across regions, industry divisions, specialist groups, consultative committees and overseas members. This fusion of views within the YMB forms a cohesive vision that represents all YMs at our main Trustee Board meetings. The YMB is an ideal support network for YMs because it covers a vast variety of areas.

Find out more about being a YMB representative.

This is a list of all positions in the YMB and the current representatives in post. Please make a note of your rep and work with them to strengthen the voice of our Young Members. If you are interested in any vacancies below please contact us at youngmembers@imeche.org

Young Members Board 2025-26

YMB Executive Team

Role Name
Chair Nicky Valentine
Immediate Past Chair Oliver Joris
Chair-Elect Jack Mitchell-Divers
Vice-Chair Jack Mason
Vice-Chair TBC
Trustee Board Representative Costas Yiangou

UK Regions and Branch representatives

Region Name
Eastern Kehinde Enifeni
East Midlands Amit Parmar
Greater London Zaigham Qureshi
Merseyside & North Wales Nathan Smith Bunday
Midlands Nikhil Chelorakandy
North-East Sam Williamson
North-West Laura Butterworth
Northern Ireland TBC
Republic of Ireland TBC
Scotland Catie Gray
South-East Joshua Oluwabumuyi
South Wales Benjamin Seaward
Thameswey Caleb McKenna
Wessex TBC
Western Ishan Raj
Yorkshire Arildo Domingos

Industries and Specialisms

Industry Name
Aerospace Shane Morris
Automobile Natalia Adamson
Construction & Building Services Roshni Wijesekera
Energy Environment and Sustainability Emmanuel Atiba
Fluid Machinery Eva Dewsbury
Management Ahmad Afiq Noor Zainee Shah
Manufacturing Michael Sobodu
Biomedical Engineering Mohamed Hassan
Mechatronics, Informatics & Controls Dinesh Sharma
Power Industries Himeth Kulamannage/Thomas Benham Crosswell
Powertrain Systems & Fuels Group Malcolm Marecki
Pressure Systems TBC
Process Industries Eva Dewsbury
Railway Alice Callaghan
Safety & Reliability Christopher Mathew/Zhuocheng Zhang
Structural Technology & Materials TBC
Thermofluids TBC
Tribology Eliane Gendreau

Consultative Committees

Committee Name
 International Young Members Committee Ken Chan
Culture & Inclusion (C&I) Michaela Haynes
Professional Development Standards Committee Liliana Ricketts & Naweed Shahid
Qualifications and Membership Board Joseph Roberts-Percy
Regional Strategy Board Jack Mason
Technical Strategy Board Emil Tschepp
 Trustee Board Under 30 Anuradha Kamble
Trustee Board Awards Committee Isabel Dodd
 Education Skills Strategy Board Ellie Smith
 Heritage Committee Samuel Smith
Student Chapter Lead Daniel Woodhead
Council Leadership Committee TBC

Co-opted

Name
Supun Fernando
  Nathan Moorey
Giles Richardson















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