South Africa Conference & Workshop
Sandton Sun Hotel 1 – 4 March 2011

Presenter Biographies

FACILITATORS:

Dr Jeff Pedley - University of Greenwich

Resume:

Trained as a physical chemist at Kings College London, Dr Pedley worked for 18 years for Shell Research, based mainly at Shell’s Biosciences Lab in Sittingbourne with assignments to London, Amsterdam and The Hague. During this period he held 9 positions spanning research, oil exploration, HR and chemicals marketing, eventually becoming head of Analytical and Formulation Research at Sittingbourne. Research interests in Shell included: mass transfer and diffusion processes, agrochemical formulation technology, biopolymers and membrane separations. He also trained in reservoir engineering with particular interests in drilling/completion operations and enhanced oil recovery techniques.

After leaving Shell in 1994, Dr Pedley became Sales & Marketing Director of Bellingham & Stanley Ltd, a leading optical instrument manufacturer, based in the UK and USA. His responsibilities covered global sales and distribution of a range of optical instrumentation (±120 countries), which entailed close collaboration with numerous multi-national client companies, predominantly in the food and related industries. He left B & S in 2003 to become a self employed business consultant, specialising in business planning, sales and marketing and interim management.

Throughout his career, Dr Pedley has been involved with quality management and the implementation of quality systems: GLP, ISO 9001 and ISO 17025. It was the latter that led to him join Greenwich University in 2006. Based in the School of Science, his initial role was to develop analytical services for the business community and to design and implement a quality system within a particular analytical unit and to obtain accreditation to ISO 17025.

He is now a business development manager with particular focus on ‘low carbon projects’. He works closely with Prof Pat Harvey to develop the ‘bio-energy’ platform across the university, drawing together a broad range of disciplines and research interests and promoting the University accordingly. Recently he became the ‘Environmental Innovation Network Coordinator’, representing the University in a SEEDA region network of HEIs and industry. Current technical areas of interest include: biofuels from plants and algae, anaerobic digestion, distributed power systems involving CHP, energy from waste and supply chain issues within the biofuels industry.

He retains his interest in quality management, has become an on-line tutor in quality systems management. He remains responsible for the ongoing development and marketing of analytical services within the School of Science.