Chairman , Sayee Raghunathan
Welding and Metallurgical Engineering Consultant for Saudi Aramco
Mr. Sayee Raghunathan is an experienced, commercially focused technocrat, with specialization in the manufacturing and the energy sectors, as well as having experience across the entire product lifecycle and technology readiness spectrum. As a welding and metallurgical engineering consultant for Saudi Aramco, in Saudi Arabia he is engaged in, amongst other things, materials selection consultations, run-repair-replace evaluations for assets, and high-level studies and investigations. Until recently, he volunteered as a non-executive director of the American Welding Society (AWS), as the Chair of the Product Development Committee (PDC) and as a member of four other committees. Before Saudi Aramco, he worked as an Associate Director at TWI, Cambridge, UK and as a visiting professor for the Dalton Institute of Manchester University. He was awarded the Counselor status by the AWS in 2022, the Lidstone Medal in 2012 and is a Fellow of eight UK professional institutes including the Welding Institute, Nuclear Institute, Energy Institute, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Corrosion and IOM3. He actively volunteers for education, professional development and technology advancement causes.
