EXECUTIVE BIO

DR. GARR CHAU

TITLE: HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN

INDUSTRY: OIL & ENERGY

LOCATION: PRESTON, UK

Garr Chau is currently the Head of the Bitumen Supply Chain for TotalEnergies Marketing UK Ltd, where he’s responsible for: primary supply via ship and rail import; stock management and quality control of the 3 terminal locations; and ensuring the safe and cost efficient distribution of finished products to TotalEnergies’ bitumen, PMB and emulsion customers.

During his 17-year career at TotalEnergies, Garr has (amongst other roles) served as: a Chemical Engineer at the Lindsey Oil Refinery, responsible for energy optimisation of the combined heat and power (CHP) unit, steam methane reformer (SMR) unit, fired heaters and boilers; Operations Manager of the long distance pipeline and aviation assets; JV Director of the HOSL terminal operation;

1955

Year founded 250+

Number of employees responsible for safety and mitigating the environmental impact of the bitumen business.

Garr earned both a PhD and MEng in Process Engineering from University College London

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