Viridor appoints new business development director
Mr Ellard will lead Viridor’s business development team, working in areas such as the winning of large contracts, the development of waste treatment infrastructure and overseeing future acquisitions. He has worked in Viridors development and technical department since 1995, where his duties have included the successful completion and integration of a number of new business acquisitions and the delivery of planning consents, environmental permits and contract requirements for recycling and waste treatment facilities. He has over twenty years’ experience within the waste and recycling sector.
Viridor’s current development and technical director, Barrie Hurley, stepped down from the Viridor Board on 31 December 2011. Mr Hurley has been affecting a handover of duties and responsibilities over recent months, a period during which Viridor was confirmed as preferred bidder for the South London Waste Partnership and Glasgow projects and completed two acquisitions. He will continue to work for Viridor on a part-time basis and will remain a director of Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Ltd.
Colin Drummond, Viridor chief executive said: “I would also like to thank Barrie personally and on behalf of the company for his immense contribution to Viridor’s success over the past fifteen years. He has won respect and made many friends throughout our company and the industry, and we are delighted that he will continue to play an important role for Viridor going forward.”
Diana Linskey honoured in New Years Honours List
Diana Linskey, the former deputy director with responsibility for waste at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has received an OBE in the 2012 New Years Honours List.
Ms Linskey helped to develop the Review of Waste Policy in England (see letsrecycle.com story) , before her retirement at the end of March 2011 (see letsrecycle.com story).
She was honoured alongside former recycling minister and Labour MP for Lewisham Deptford in South London, Joan Ruddock, who was named as a Dame.
Ms Ruddock was responsible for the 2003 Household Waste Recycling Act, which required councils to collect at least two recyclable materials from residents at the kerbside by the end of 2010 (see letsrecycle.com story)and was recycling minister at Defra from July 2007-October 2008, before moving to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Key appointment for Keenan Recycling
Aberdeenshire-based organics recycling firm, Keenan Recycling, has appointed a key member of staff to its business development division.
Stuart Youngson will take on an account executive role for the New Deer based firm to assist with the continuous growth of the commercial food waste service. Keenan Recycling, which currently employs 30 members staff, treats food and garden waste from local Scottish authorities and North-east businesses into British Standard Industry (BSI) accredited compost. Its 5m facility is the largest vertical composting unit site in the world, jointly with a site in Canada. The firm currently processes in excess of 70,000 tonnes of organic waste per year.
Mr Youngson is a graduate of English Literature from Aberdeen University and also has a Masters in management studies from Robert Gordon University. He has spent the last four years of his career in business development working in the UK and abroad.
Managing director of Keenan Recycling, Grant Keenan, said: Stuart is a great addition to the Keenan team as he has a passion for what the company does and great business development experience.
Three experts appointed to grow AEAs waste business
Environmental consultancy AEA has made three senior appointments to its Waste Management & Resource Efficiency Practice to position it for a challenging market in 2012.
Brian Mayne joins as technical director and will support the companys growth in waste related work in Wales as well as its procurement activities and training. Brian joins from Hyder Consulting, and has over 25 years of waste management experience in the public and private sectors.
Phil White has meanwhile been appointed as one of AEAs new technical directors to support its on-going work for the Environment Agency and WRAP and lead on its lifecycle modelling and private sector procurement work. Mr White joins AEA from RPS Group where spent over 5 years. Mr White was associate director in RPS waste team where he managed and directed projects for a wide range of public and private sector clients. During this time he was a longstanding technical advisor to the joint Agency and WRAP end of waste quality protocols programme.
In addition, AEA has also this month (January 2012) appointed Victoria Cox as a senior consultant specialising in econometric modelling, policy impact assessments and cost benefit analysis. She had spent 6 years with Defra as an assistant economist and more recently as an economic advisor focusing on land use, rural issues and waste management policy.
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