Dr Adekola Lawal
CCUS Delivery Lead, Atkins

Dr Adekola Lawal works at Atkins as the CCUS Delivery Lead supporting a wide range of clients in setting and achieving their Net Zero targets. Ade is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and a subject matter expert in decarbonization technologies – particularly those used carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen value chains. Ade has extensive experience in process engineering, project execution, technical consultancy and research across the energy industry. 

Ade began his career as a CCUS Consultant in Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP) after completing his doctoral research at Cranfield on the topic. He has since worked across a number of geographies including US, UK, Europe, Middle East, West Africa and South Korea and is currently based in Nottingham, UK.

Ade has authored 22 journal and conference papers and authored 2 book chapters on CCUS. He sits on the BEIS Power CCUS and Industrial Carbon Capture Expert groups and is an active member of the Coalition for Negative Emissions.