CIWM names Barry Dennis as president

Waste and recycling organisation the Chartered Institution for Wastes Management has named waste industry stalwart Barry Dennis as its new president.

Mr Dennis, 64, is the current director-general of the Environmental Services Association (ESA) and intends to develop further working relations between the two organisations – the ESA represents the private sector while CIWM represents individual professionals involved in private and public sector waste and recycling.

Holding the event at the Long Room was a first for the CIWM, which has traditionally held the event at Westminster. Mr Dennis said: “The reason I wanted to go there, is I had been a playing member of a MCC for over 40 years and Lord's has always been very special to me.

“And, for many years, I used to collect the waste from Lords as well and I also met my wife at Lords in 1978. The Long Room is also such a super place to have a dinner and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dine there.”

The appointment caps a busy year for Mr Dennis, who was appointed the head of the ESA in April when he assumed the newly-created role of director-general (see letsrecycle.com story).

Commenting on his appointment to the role of president, Mr Dennis said: “Becoming president of the CIWM is a huge and welcome honour, it entails what we make it entail to an extent. We have formed a strong link between the ESA and CIWM as well as other organisations with the industry. That has proven particularly with the Futuresource conference and exhibition.”

“It is an ideal opportunity to work with the ESA where there are common goals between the two organisations to bring it together and drive forward. Essentially, where we have common goals we need to work together,” added Mr Dennis.

Activities

Mr Dennis has worked in the waste management industry since 1964. He joined the Deards group of companies following school and progressed to the main board where he was responsible for the subsidiary involved in waste management.

During his career, Mr Dennis has been involved in a diverse range of activities across waste management, from operating landfills and incinerators to a large vehicle fleet involved in waste collection for both the public and private sectors.

Also elected at the CIWM ceremony was Derek Greedy, principal waste management advisor at Warwickshire county council, who assumed Mr Dennis' previous position of senior vice president. And, John Skidmore, director for energy from waste for Hull and East Riding councils, was named junior vice president.

Out-going president Terry March presented the ‘President's prize for outstanding contribution to CIWM' to his wife Mary March, for her work in the South West branch of the CIWM.