Michael Williams

Background

About Michael Williams

An experienced technology manager and Chartered Chemical Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in the chemical process licensing industry. I’m currently technology manager for the LP Oxo technology at Johnson Matthey, I have responsibility for managing technical risk throughout the lifetime of a project from proposal and BEP production to customer support during detail engineering, commissioning and post contract. I support and drive research programmes from initial concept to commercialisation, managing a team to facilitate these activities. I am active in the generation and identification of patentable IP and also the monitoring of the IP landscape.Prior to my current role I was a process engineer in the Johnson Matthey licensing business with extensive experience in all aspects of process technology licensing with a particular focus on the butanediol, natural detergent alcohols and methanol technologies. I am an experienced team lead and have successfully led process teams to deliver multiple basic engineering packages to licensees for world scale chemical plants.