Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham, Vince mentors and sponsors 1000s spanning the whole career lifecycle from school to executive/board, and made it his mission in life to inspire future generations and particularly women and other underrepresented groups into STEM, Engineering, Tech, and Energy careers.
He won the prestigious Chairman’s Award as global General Manager of the year at Suez for outstanding performance, and recently the Davidson Medal 2024 from the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) for global leadership in mentoring, the TechWomen100 2024 Award for Gender Balance and the Men as Allies 2024 Award from the Women’s Engineering Society.
Vince is a Trustee/Non-Executive Board member and Ambassador for various organisations including Male Allies UK, the Women in Engineering Society, Female Leaders in STEM Subjects, POWERful Women, MyBigCareer, a charity providing career guidance to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and the South Shropshire Multi-Academy Trust. Vince is a member of the Progressiya initiative and mentors’ top businesswomen from Ukraine, and is a mentor for the Cajigo group where he inspires women in tech, the Prague Training Academy where he mentors businesswomen in Eastern Europe and also for Elevate Women in Tech and Reed Women in Tech.
