Jack Fletcher

Biography:

Jack Fletcher obtained his BSc(Eng)Chem and PhD degrees from the University of Cape Town in 1980 and 1984, respectively, the latter in acid catalysed light olefin oligomerization for distillate fuels.  He has since acted in the roles of Programme Manager III -V Semiconductor Materials Growth and Device Fabrication at South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial research (CSIR), Director Research and Development – Catalysts for the Süd-Chemie Group of Companies (now Clariant AG), the Director of the Catalysis Institute at the University of Cape Town (1999 - 2023).  Currently he leads the multinational, multidisciplinary GreenQUEST Project for the production and use of green-LPG for clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa.