The BMRA have said that Mr Hulse’s decision to leave centred on “personal family reasons”. The association is expected to recruit a successor to take up the post during the first few weeks of 2003. While director general, Mr Hulse is understood to have been living at the BMRA’s “country house” offices in the village of Brampton, Cambridgeshire, while his family were based much closer to London, where he previously worked.
David Hulse has been a key player in the metals recycling industry since joining the British Metals Federation in April 2001 (see letsrecycle.com story) and seeing through its merger with the British Secondary Metals Association to form the BMRA in July of that year. His experience working for the Ford Motor Company and also the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders was also seen as invaluable in the discussions at government level of the UK’s implementation of European end-of-life vehicles.
Commenting on Mr Hulse’s decision, BMRA president Caimin Rowntree said: “We are naturally very saddened at David’s departure, but fully sympathise with the reasons for his decision. He has worked tirelessly over a difficult 18 months to fuse together two former Trade Associations, and to provide a strong industry lead on a range of legislative issues. His expertise in the End-of-Life Vehicle arena in particular will be extremely difficult to replace. We are grateful to David for his sterling efforts on our behalf, and wish him well in the future.”
Mr Hulse will leave his position at the end of the year. During the transition period, part-time consultant Rick Wilcox – who headed the British Metals Federation before Mr Hulse’s tenure – will be taken on full-time. Mr Wilcox also chairs the Wood Recyclers’ Association, based at the same offices as the BMRA at Brampton, near Huntingdon.
For Mr Hulse’s successor, the position of the big metal recycling companies in the battle to secure their standing in the way the UK implements the ELV directive will be crucial to success.
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