Our Expert in the Fine Chemicals Market

Richard Wall is an independent consultant and has more than 35 years experience as an accomplished director in the fine chemicals market. He will be our expert and lead consultant on the fine chemicals market. With the expertise Richard brings to the team, IntES is able to offer a broad portfolio of services and make in depth strategic choices during projects.

Richard graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1983 as a chemical engineer. He started his career at Impala Platinum Refineries in South Africa and afterwards went on to work for National Starch & Chemical (Adhesives) and Doverstrand (SBR Rubber Latex) before working at DSM, a Dutch based life science and materials science business, for 23 years. At DSM, Richard Wall held several senior roles one of which being the CAPEX Director for their Composite Resins Business Unit. After DSM, Richard became the Manufacturing Director for Nuplex in Asia, which was later acquired by Allnex Ltd., a global coating resins and additives company. While working for Allnex, Richard was based in Singapore for several years and was the project director for a greenfield site project in China. . Throughout his career, Richard has lived and worked in the UK, mainland Europe, South Africa, China and South East Asia.

With years of experience and worldliness under his belt, Richard is now a seasoned project and manufacturing excellence consultant. Richard has strong interpersonal skills and with his extensive experience can deliver expert consultancy in manufacturing operations and capital projects. He is an experienced presenter having provided training in project management, lean manufacturing and manufacturing excellence. As well as that, Richard has been directing large capital investment projects and has managed a portfolio of smaller investment and strategic non-investment projects via a team of experienced project managers and engineers.

Richard will be:

  • Advising clients on project set up;
  • Leading front end loading scoping sessions;
  • Providing programme management;
  • Leading our IntES team providing EPCM services as project director on large capital projects;
  • Providing programme management;
  • Lean consultancy;
  • Leading value engineering sessions;
  • Consultancy services for ensuring alignment between the clients scope and engineering consultancies scope of work;
  • etc..

With the senior leadership of Richard, IntES will deliver their quality consultancy services on strategic and operational levels, during front end studies and during EPCM services to our clients.

Talk to our expert

Richard Wall

Fine Chemicals Consultant at IntES