Rima Lahiri | AIChE

Rima Lahiri

Process Safety and Risk Analysis, Global PSM Leader
The Chemours Company

Rima Lahiri is a dedicated process safety and risk management expert with a distinguished career spanning the nuclear, oil and gas, and chemical manufacturing industries. Currently serving as the Global PSM Leader at Chemours, she brings more than a decade of cross-sector experience in leading high-impact safety initiatives and embedding risk-based process safety frameworks across complex industrial operations

Rima’s technical expertise is anchored in advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), which she has applied extensively to model dispersion, explosion dynamics, and thermal hazards in high-risk environments. Her deep knowledge of process hazard analysis (PHA), consequence modeling, and quantitative risk assessment (QRA) has been instrumental in enhancing safety performance, optimizing facility siting, and informing emergency response strategies.

Throughout her career, Rima has contributed to safety improvements in high-risk environments by collaborating across disciplines, leading technical assessments, and helping teams navigate complex hazard scenarios. Her involvement in shaping the 60th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium at the 22nd GCPS reflects her ongoing commitment to learning, knowledge-sharing, and advancing practical, cross-industry approaches to process safety.