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.

Young Members Board 2024-25

YMB Executive Team

Role Name
Chair Oliver Joris
Immediate Past Chair Emil Tschepp
Chair-Elect Nicky Valentine
Vice-Chair Jack Mitchell-Divers
Vice-Chair Jake Brown
Trustee Board Representative Costas Yiangou

UK Regions and Branch representatives

Region Name
Eastern Thisen Bird
East Midlands Amit Parmar
Greater London Michael Sobodu
Merseyside & North Wales Grant Leach
Midlands Nikhil Chelorakandy
North-East Nathan Moorey
North-West Dominik Luczak
Northern Ireland James Connolly
Republic of Ireland Neha Agarwal
Scotland Jack Mitchell-Divers
South-East Ben Carter
South Wales Ikechukwu Onuorah
Thameswey Tobias Smith
Wessex Matthew Fowler
Western Jack Mason
Yorkshire Harry Pill

Industries and Specialisms

Industry Name
Aerospace Stephen McLaughlin
Automobile Oliver Joris
Construction & Building Services Roshni Wijesekera
Energy Environment and Sustainability Daniel Shepherd
Fluid Machinery Will Hawthorne
Manufacturing Michael Sobodu
Biomedical Engineering Samuel Vennin
Mechatronics, Informatics & Controls Dinesh Sharma
Power Industries Hassan Joudi
Powertrain Systems & Fuels Group Malcolm Marecki
Pressure Systems Yu Ling Khoo
Process Industries Stephen Soleye
Railway Tom Scott
Safety & Reliability Christopher Mathew/Zhuocheng Zhang
Structural Technology & Materials Akram Zitoun
Thermofluids Matteo de Giovanetti
Tribology David MacmIllan

Consultative Committees

Committee Name
 International Young Members Committee Steven Hoo
Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Ladi Ariyo
Professional Development Standards Committee Liliana Ricketts & Naweed Shahid
Qualifications and Membership Board Supun Fernando
Regional Strategy Board Ethan Spall
Technical Strategy Board David Pearce
 Trustee Board Joshua Thomson Smith 
Trustee Board Awards Committee Jake Brown
 Education Skills Strategy Board Fi Westcough
 Heritage Committee Samuel Smith
Talking Together Lead Mahnoor Akhter
Student Chapter Lead Valentin Kokorin

Co-opted

Name
 Natalia Adamson
Alice Callaghan
Giles Richardson
Pablo De Felipe Schepers
 Ellie Smith
  Ben Mills Wallace

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