Kim is a chartered engineer with a first-class MEng (Hons) degree in Chemical and Materials Engineering. 

She has 12 years industrial experience working at a rolling mill and in several laboratories, specialising in corrosion resistant alloys, steel alloys and aluminium alloys.  Kim has implemented product development projects for wrought aluminium alloys, provided metallurgical consultation and conducted failure investigations.  She has sour service experience, foundry experience, skills in destructive testing and non-destructive testing techniques, particularly replication, strain gauge measurements, and power line assessment. 

Prior to joining Brookes Bell, Kim was responsible for ensuring laboratory tests were performed to international standards including ISO, NACE, ASTM and API.  As a senior metallurgist at the rolling mill, she was responsible for ensuring that the wrought aluminium alloys were manufactured to specifications stipulated by the customer, and international standards including EN, ASME, ASTM etc.  She has also jointly patented a new rolling method for the manufacture of wrought aluminium alloys.