The North London Waste Authority has announced that Martin Capstick has been appointed to the role of managing director in succession to David Beadle who retired last year.
And, the Somerset Waste Partnership has appointed Mickey Green as its new managing director. He succeeds Steve Read, who departed at the end of May, after almost 10 years as the partnership’s MD, to take up the post of director of energy, waste and environment at West Sussex county council.
North London
Mr Capstick, who will join the authority from outside the waste sector, is currently regional transport strategies director at the Department for Transport working on the Northern Powerhouse and the Midlands Engine. He has previously worked on the HS2 project and environmental issues around aviation.
The North London Waste Authority explained that Mr Capstick “has been appointed by a panel of Members after an extensive recruitment campaign.”
Cllr Clyde Loakes, chair of NLWA said: “We are delighted to have found an exceptional candidate in Martin. He has extensive experience of working in a politically led environment and has overseen large and complex infrastructure programmes. He will be our second MD and I am confident he has the skills we need to take forward the next steps in our strategy.”
‘Delighted’
Mr Capstick said: “I am delighted to take on this role. With a background leading a range of public sector projects and policy issues, it’s very motivating to be the managing director of the Authority, making a real difference to the quality of life of north Londoners and to the sustainable use of resources. I look forward to working with the members and team at NLWA particularly to deliver the North London Heat and Power Project, to make further progress with residents on waste prevention and recycling, and to offer a great service to the public.”
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is made up of seven north London boroughs (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest) with a population of 1.9 million. The Authority is responsible for helping the seven north London boroughs dispose of the 850,000 tonnes of waste they collect every year.
Somerset
Mickey Green has been appointed as the new managing director of Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) following a nationwide recruitment process.
At present strategic manager for commissioning development at Somerset county council, he will start work with the partnership next month (October 2017).
Mr Green said: “This is a tremendous opportunity to build on SWP’s huge success so far. While our recycling rate of 52% is ahead of much of the UK, we are ambitious to go much further in enabling Somerset residents to reuse and recycle more and waste less.
“We have the opportunity to create a new generation of services that are practical, sustainable and great value for money.
“As well as developing new kerbside services taking extra materials for recycling and reducing rubbish collection frequency, SWP will soon be generating electricity from the increasingly small amount of waste that cannot be reused or recycled.”
Mr Green added: “Equally as importantly, we need to work in more innovative ways with partners, communities and the public to address the fact that, on average, half of what people put in their rubbish bin in Somerset could already be recycled at the kerbside.”
In various Somerset county roles, said the partnership, he has led the creation of Devon and Somerset’s Joint Trading Standards Service, the South West Heritage Trust and Somerset’s successful superfast broadband bid.
Strategic
And, the partnership added: “As a long-term contributor to SWP’s strategic management group, Mickey has played an active role in recent developments including the new energy-from-waste arrangements for Somerset’s rubbish.”
He previously worked at the Department for Communities and Local Government and qualified as a chartered accountant with leading professional services firm, KPMG.
The Somerset Waste Partnership is the executive arm of Somerset Waste Board whose 12 member councillors are selected from the six Somerset councils that are the partner authorities.
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North London Waste Authority
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