Ollie Folayan
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October 7, 1974
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (2023)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) (2025)
Ollie Folayan | |
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| Born | Oluwole Olawale Folayan October 7, 1974 |
| Occupations | Chemical Engineer, Academic |
| Employer | Costain Group |
| Awards | Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE) (2018) Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (2023) Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) (2025) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Sheffield (BEng) University of Leeds (PhD) |
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| Institutions | University of Dundee |
Oluwole Olawale Folayan MBE FREng FIChemE is a British chartered engineer and academic. He serves as Head of Process Engineering at Costain Group and is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee. He co-founded the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK), a non-profit organisation.
Folayan also serves as Deputy President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).[1]
Folayan graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1999 with a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Chemical Process Engineering with Fuel Technology.[2] He subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Fuels and Combustion from the University of Leeds in 2002.[3]
Career
Engineering
Folayan began his career as a research assistant at the Energy Research and Resources Institute at the University of Leeds before holding process engineering roles at international firms including Bechtel, SNC-Lavalin, Foster Wheeler, and Petrofac.[1] He later worked at TOTAL E&P UK on offshore gas projects and subsequently held senior engineering leadership roles at Optimus Plus Aberdeen and Costain Group.[4][5]
Academic
Folayan has held an Honorary Professorship at the School of Science and Engineering at the University of Dundee since 2024.[6] He previously held a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professorship from 2021 to 2024.[7]