Headworks International Promotes Afnan Din to Vice President

Headworks International (USA) have announced the promotion of Afnan Din to Vice President. Afnan joined Headworks BIO Inc. in 2010 as Vice President and Process Manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) division with over 10 years of experience in the water industry in both Europe and the Middle East.

Prior to joining Headworks BIO, Afnan worked for two of the largest and most well respected engineering consultants in the industry, MWH in the United Kingdom where he joined as a process engineer and then subsequently at Halcrow in Dubai where he was primarily responsible for developing Halcrow's process capability and process team in the region. During this time he gained significant experience in several advanced water and wastewater technologies, including working on the design and commissioning of MBR, MBBR, and ozone treatment plants.

Michele LaNoue, President and CEO of Headworks International, stated that "having Afnan's expertise in the Middle East has been a valuable asset for Headworks. He was responsible for securing our first contracts for Headworks BIO in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt and he has developed a healthy pipeline of projects in the region and beyond into Europe and the Far East. We are delighted to have him join the corporate executive team where he will certainly contribute his unique perspectives to the Company's growth."

Headworks BIO's business has grown significantly as Afnan also secured contracts in the Far East and acquired important key projects such as rehabilitating a failed membrane bio reactor wastewater treatment plant in Egypt by replacing the membranes with Headworks' MBBR system. Another project involved retrofitting an existing activated sludge carousel plant with Headworks' MBBR process which resulted in increasing the plant's capacity by 40% and improving the performance all within the same footprint.

He is also involved in developing new technologies for Headworks and has advanced Headworks overall process capability.

Afnan graduated from University College London in 2001 with a BEng in Chemical Engineering, is a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), and a Charted Engineer with Institute of Water and Environmental Management.