Dr. Garr Chau
Supply chain and strategic planning manager
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; HSEQ Manager 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 (UCL).