Dr Ivor Kirman, President of the Nickel Institute, has announced that Dr Wouter Ghyoot will be joining the Nickel Institute on 13 September as European Manager, Environmental and Health Science Issues. He is on a two-year secondment from Umicore. Wouter will initially be based in the Nickel Institute London Office for a period of training, but will subsequently be based in Brussels. He reports to Bill Molloy, Nickel Institute Managing Director, Europe. Dr Ghyoot has a PhD in Environmental Technology from the University of Gent. For the past four years he has been Project Leader Environmental Technology at Umicore Research, Olen.