Ian Hibbitt - Business Development Manager for Industrial Decarbonisation and Applications, BOC UK & Ireland

Ian’s work on the commercialisation of technologies in the metal, glass, chemistry, steel and energy markets focusses on the decarbonisation of industry and industrial processes using hydrogen and industrial gases. He has more than 20 years’ experience working for BOC.

BOC, a Linde company, is the UK and Ireland’s largest provider of industrial gases and is leading the drive to a greener future. BOC helps its customers to decarbonise operations using a range of proven technologies to reduce carbon emissions.

Ian is an active member of the BEIS Sector development working group, BEIS HAC research and innovation working group, Hydrogen UK Industry and Jobs and Skills working groups, BLA Hydrogen project steering group and the HFCA combustion working group. He has also been a member of a number of EPSRC supervisory boards largely related to carbon capture through post combustion capture and oxyfuel technologies.

He is also a consultant to Linde engineering and Reliance industries for the world’s largest gasification complex in India.