Clement Bowman

Clement Bowman

Clement "Clem" Willis Bowman, C.M., PhD., P.Eng., HCIC, FCAE (born January 7, 1930 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian chemical engineer, the founding chairperson of the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority. Bowman is the developer of ProGrid Evaluation Methodology. He is a recipient of a number of awards including the Order of Canada.

Bowman graduated in chemical engineering in 1952 and later completed his PhD in 1961. After working several decades for Imperial Oil Limited, and also holding executive positions with the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Canadian Research Management Association, Bowman started his own consultancy. He helped organizations use "ProGrid" to make a broad range of decisions such as selecting research projects, choosing corporate strategies, and making decisions on proposals, grant applications and awards.