John Quinn FCIWM
CIWM (NI) Chairman 2011 - 2013
CIWM General Councillor
CIWM (NI) Corporate Strategy Working Group

Chief Executive
Arc21
Walsh House, Fortwilliam Business Park
35, Dargan Rd, Belfast, BT3 9LZ

Telephone:        02890 726 333
E-Mail:                 info@arc21.org.uk

John is a Chartered Civil Engineer and Environmentalist who, after a period in the Private Sector, started his Local Government career in 1980 at Castlereagh Borough Council.
He became Director of Environmental Services at Antrim Borough Council in 1988, prior to appointment as the first Chief Executive of arc21, a partnership of 11 NI Councils, formally established in 2004.
Amongst other professional positions, he is currently a member of the NI Waste Programme Board tasked with oversight of Strategy, the Regional Waste Infrastructure Programme Board, and Senior Responsible Officer for all arc21 projects including the current multi-million Residual Waste Treatment procurement.
He has held office in the Institution of Civil Engineers, Municipal Engineers, TAG, and APSE.
He is a Fellow of CIWM, a General Councillor and past Executive Committee Member.
He currently sits on the CIWM Strategy SIG and a sub-group of the Advisory Committee on Packaging, amongst others. His professional achievements include conceiving the arc21 Strategy, the initial Antrim Council Waste Programme including kerbside and bring recycling, MRF, Green Business and Ecovillage initiatives, contributing to its ranking as one of the highest recyclers in the UK. He has also implemented a number of innovative change management projects. He is a previous winner of the CIWM Denis Eagle award and the ICE Ferguson Medal and has written a number of specialist technical papers.

Gordon Boyd MCIWM
Vice Chairman 2011 - 2012
CIWM (NI) Immediate Past Centre Chairman 2009 - 2011
CIWM Education, Training & Membership Committee Member
CIWM (NI) Conference Committee

Managing Director
GB Associates (Consulting)
2, Nelson Park, Groomsport, Co. Down, BT19 6LB

Telephone:        07710 106 363
E-Mail:                 gordon.boyd1@hotmail.com

Gordon T Boyd who, after a period in the Private Sector, started his Local Government career in 1982 at Belfast City Council. He progressed his career by becoming Contracts Manager of Environmental Services at Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1994, and then took early retirement in 2005 to concentrate on running his own business G. B. Associates (Consulting & Training) established in 1997.

Amongst other professional positions since retiring, he has held the position of Head of Technical Services for both Moyle and Craigavon Councils respectively.

In addition to being an active Corporate Member of CIWM, Gordon is the Centre's immediate past Chairman. He currently holds the position of Vice Chair of the NI Centre and visits HQ in Northampton reguarly as a member of the CIWM Education Training Committee. 
Until October of 2011 he also held the Chairmanship of the Institute of Municipal Transport.

His professional achievements include conceiving a four day week refuse collection service, and initiating the Newtownabbey Borough Council Waste Programme.
During his tenure he has also implemented a number of innovative change management projects.

Gordon is  a qualified trainer as well as an Assessor and Internal Verifier for WAMITAB

Allison Townley MCIWM
CIWM (NI) Honorary Centre Treasurer 2011 - 2012 (Co-Opted)
CIWM Scientific & Technical Committee Member
CIWM (NI) Corporate Strategy Working Group
CIWM (NI) Conference Committee

Hazardous Waste/TFS Section
NIEA
Land and Resource Management Unit
Klondyke Buildings, Gasworks Business Park, Cromac Street, Belfast

Telephone:         02890 569 313
E-Mail:                  allison.townley@doeni.gov.uk

 Allison has been involved in waste management from 1990 when she was appointed as the site chemist for a major blue chip company, Cleanaway Limited. She left there in 1997 when she started working with the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland as a consultant. Allison took up a full time post with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in 2001 where she now heads up the team responsible for Hazardous Waste and Transfrontier Shipments of Waste in Northern Ireland.
Allison was a previous Chair of the Northern Ireland Centre and a recipient of the President's award a number of years ago.

Alison Curtis BSC (Hons) MCIWM
CIWM (NI) Honorary Centre Secretary  2011 - 2012 (Co-Opted)

Waste Services Manager
North Down Borough Council
Balloo Transfer Station, Balloo Industrial Estate, Bangor, Co.Down BT

Telephone:       02891 270 371
E-Mail:                alison.curtis@northdown.gov.uk

Alison has been working in waste management in both the public and private sector in Northern Ireland for ten years. She currently works in North Down Borough Council as the Waste Services Manager, managing 2 Recycling Centres and tasked with increasing recycling rates in the kerbside collection schemes. She previously worked for Castlereagh Borough Council in the Waste Management Section on Education Awareness programme and was part of the team that introduced a successful kerbside recycling scheme.
Alison obtained 10 months experience in RPS Bowman Bishaw Gorham (an Australian Consulting Scientist firm) as a Senior Environmental Scientist where she worked on Waste Management and contaminated land projects.
Before her work in Local Government, she had four years experience in Environmental Sections of Kirk McClure Morton, 2 of which were in a Waste Management Department and 2½ of which were in the Marine and Environmental Department.
She became a full member of CIWM in 2008 and has been secretary since 2010. She is currently co-opted onto the NI Centre Council for 2011.

Alan McVicker MCIWM
CIWM (NI) Corporate Strategy Working Group

Chief Executive
Programme Delivery Support Unit
8th Floor, Goodwood House, May Street, Belfast BT1 4NN

Telephone:         02890 727 650
E-Mail:                  alanmcvicker@wastepdsu.org

Alan is the Director of the Waste Programme Delivery Support Unit (PDSU). Appointed in January 2008, he is responsible for managing all PDSU activities in support of Northern Ireland's three Waste Management Groups and Central Government. Central and Local Government are working together to deliver Northern Ireland's Waste Management Strategy, a key strand of which is to deliver waste infrastructure to meet stringent diversion targets set down in the EU Landfill Directive. The waste PDSU has a key role to play in this process.
It's a challenging role but he brings to it extensive experience gained within the UK waste and resource management sector, primarily during a successful career with Shanks Waste Management, the largest independent waste company in the UK.
After graduating from Heriot-Watt and Paisley Universities, he worked as Commercial Manager and General Manager at Shanks, before taking on the role of Regional Director Scotland with the company in early 2004. He was responsible for a diverse range of waste management activities, including hazardous waste facilities, a solvent recovery plant, several large MRFs and a large C & I waste collection fleet. In addition to this he was directly involved in the successful delivery of two long-term, integrated PPP waste projects. In late 2006, Alan entered the consultancy world and was immediately recruited by IKM Consulting as Head of their Waste Management practice until his services were sought by PDSU in late 2007.
He heads a dedicated team of professionals delivering expertise and advice to Central Government and the three Waste Management Groups in the Province in the key areas of planning, procurement and PR/communications.
A full member of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), he has demonstrated a passion for excellence in all his roles. He was co-opted onto the NI Centre Council in 2010 and would like to continue to support the work of the Centre Council by standing for election in 2011.

Peter Johnston FCIWM

Chairman
McCreath Taylor (NI) LImited
5, Flush Park, Knockmore Road, Lisburn, BT28 2DX

Telephone:          02892 662 756
E-Mail:                   djesni@aol.com

McCreath Taylor can now boast of over 100 years of supplying Environmental and Municipal Equipment to the Waste Management Industry. The present owners Peter and his son David Johnston, since their takeover of the company in 1999, have overseen the rapid growth of their self drive hire vehicle fleet whilst ensuring that sales and service has continued to flourish. Based in Lisburn, the hub of the roads network in Northern Ireland, they are ideally located for rapid response throughout the Province and many parts of the Republic of Ireland

Keith Patterson MCIWM
CIWM (NI) New Generation Group Co-ordinator

Recycling and Collections Advisor - Northern Ireland
WRAP
The Mount Business & Conference Centre
2, Woodstock Link, Belfast, BT6 8DD

Telephone:        02890 730 183
E-Mail:                 keith.patterson@wrap.org.uk

For the last six years Keith has been the Waste & Resources Action Programme's (WRAP) Recycling & Collections Adviser and WRAP's main point of contact for local government support in Northern Ireland.
A Chartered Waste Manager, Keith's ten-year career in both the public and private sectors has included environmental consultancy on a range of waste management projects, waste prevention and recycling advice to local businesses and management of local government waste and recycling collections.
Keith also holds an MBA and a Masters in Environmental Management.

Joanne Moran BSc (Hons) MCIWM 
CIWM (NI) Conference Committee

Section Manager - EIA and Planning
SKM Enviros
1 Potters Quay, 5, Ravenhill Road, Belfast, BT6 8DN

Telephone:         02890 463 560
E-Mail:                  jmoran@globalskm.com

Jo has been working in the waste management industry in Northern Ireland for twelve years. She has worked for SKM Enviros (formerly Enviros Consulting) in Belfast since graduating in 1999 and currently manages teams of consultants in Belfast, Dublin and Edinburgh. Her work was initially in the strategic waste sector, working on the arc21 Waste Management Plan and a number of waste surveys for the DOE. Jo also works extensively for the private waste sector and has developed a particular interest in waste planning work, preparing Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for waste facilities across the country and advising in the areas of waste licensing and Pollution Prevention Control (PPC). Her experience covers planning and licence/permit applications for landfills, in-vessel and windrow composting, anaerobic digestion, Mechanical Biological Treatment and Materials Recycling Facilities. A further area of work and interest is the development of the renewable energy industry in Northern Ireland and the emerging links between this and the waste sector.
Jo currently represents CIWM on two DOE Waste Task Groups and has a keen interest in influencing policy and the decision making process. She finds her network of colleagues and contacts across the UK and Ireland is particularly useful in such groups, providing information on developments in the waste industry elsewhere, and how they may subsequently apply to the Northern Ireland context.
She has recently obtained an MA in Town and Country Planning and is working towards chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Lynsey Daly BSc (Hons) MCIWM
CIWM (NI) New Generation Group Co-ordinator (Co-opted)

Technical Officer (Policy & Operations)
 Arc21
Walsh House, Fortwilliam Business Park
35, Dargan Road, Belfast, BT3 9LZ
 
Telephone:        02890 726 333
E-Mail:                 lynsey.daly@arc21.org.uk

Lynsey has been working in waste management in both the public and private sector in Northern Ireland for six years. She previously worked for ARENA Network (the Environmental arm of Business in the Community) where she was seconded to the Waste Management Section in Castlereagh Borough Council. Through her work in ARENA Network, she developed Environmental Eco Bridges for SME's and carried out waste audits for Medium to Large Businesses and schools in Northern Ireland, developed Education Awareness programmes and developed household recycling schemes in the Borough of Castlereagh. Among other achievements during this time she gained an Advanced Environmental Auditing qualification from IEMA.
Lynsey now works with arc21 as their Technical Officer for Policy and Operations where she is responsible for procurement and management of waste related supplies and service contracts, such as co-mingled kerbside collection and processing, and bring bank collection. She works with Local Government, Stakeholders and Member Councils to develop Education and Awareness Strategies, and household recycling schemes. She is also involved in the development of strategies, policies and statutory requirements to ensure that the outputs achieved by the region will meet the needs of the national and EC target outlined in relevant legislation and policy, such as the Waste Management Plan and Strategy. She works as part of a small team to achieve big goals.
Lynsey became a full member of CIWM in March 2010 and currently represents the Northern Ireland Council in the New Generation Group which she is keen to develop to allow new members the opportunity to network and develop their skills.

 Andrew Cassells MCIWM
CIWM (NI) Corporate Strategy Working Group

Director of Operations
Magherafelt District Council
50 Ballyronan Road, Magherafelt, Co.Londonderry, BT45 6EN

Telephone:         02879 397 979
E-Mail:                  andrew.cassells@magherafelt.gov.uk

Andrew is currently Director of Operations with Magherafelt District Council where his responsibilities include the full remit of waste management activities from collection to treatment and disposal. Magherafelt achieved recycling/composting rate of over 50% for its household waste in 2009/2010 and is set to improve on this figure in the current year. Andrew has worked in waste management since 1993 in both the public and private sectors. Whilst his first degree is in Mining Engineering he was awarded an MSc from the University of Stirling in Sustainable Development in 2008. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Environmentalist. His strong belief is that 'end of pipe' solutions are inappropriate for the management of waste in the 21^st century and that each 'layer' of the waste hierarchy should be exhausted as economically as possibly before the following 'layer' is considered. In addition, he considers that innovative thinking and the application of cross industry technologies have an important part to play. Within the Northern Irish context, which consists predominantly of small (in the UK sense) rural based Councils, he remains unconvinced that 'big is beautiful' and is more inclined towards a 'mixed economy' model which encourages waste treatment as close to the point of production as possible. Having been a Member of the Institution since 1996 Andrew brings to the NI Centre significant experience gained from both the public and private sectors. His predominant focus is on the people centred advancement of waste management in a sustainable development context.

 Barry Patience MSc MCIWM
CIWM (NI) Corporate Strategy Working Group

Waste and Environmental Manager
Banbridge District Council
Civic Buildings, Downshire Road, Banbridge, BT32 3JY

Telephone:         02840 660 600
E-Mail:                  barry.patience@banbridge.gov.uk

Barry graduated with a BSc in Social Policy (1995) then volunteered full time in the Citizens Advice Bureau until gaining my first job in Community Development six months later. He joined Belfast City Council (1999) working within the waste section encouraging community groups in 'hard to reach' categories to engage with issues such as litter/recycling. He then went on to joined Banbridge District Council (2005) where he was responsible for recycling via kerbside sort contract and community recycling centres.
Barry's work now encompasses the continuation of ISO14001 Council-wide and he is involved in all levels of waste management; writing tenders, job specifications, internal/external auditing, establishing and managing contracts while planning for efficiencies and future improvements. Since 2008 his remit has included the establishment and management of Restore - a project that diverts waste from landfill, offers safe household furniture and electrical items to the public while training people who are long term unemployed, have health issues or wish to volunteer.
He has enhanced his understanding of the waste industry via his MSc for Environmental Management and as a result of mentoring, advice and support gained from members of the CIWM.
If elected he will continue to develop, strive to pass experience on to others and encourage those in the industry who aren't members to join.
He sees himself continually learning and developing his talents and skills to help improve efficiencies and reduce the impact of waste on society - an ever-changing field - as a member of CIWM in whichever role or part he is able to play.

 Eric Randall MBE MCIWM

Director of Recycling
Bryson Recycling
Central Park, Belfast Road, Mallusk, BT36 4FS

Telephone:          02890 848 494
E-Mail:                   eric@brysonrecycling.co.uk

 Eric has been involved in recycling industry for 20 years, initially with Bradford Waste Chasers and then with Bryson since 1992. Eric started his career with Bryson by establishing a Province-wide collection service for aluminium cans. In 1998 he undertook market research and attracted significant funding for a pilot kerbside recycling programme.
Bryson Recycling employs 230 staff, servicing 200,000 households on a kerbsort collection service to eight local authorities, and a MRF for 250,000 households in arc21. It also operates a Reuse business for electrical goods and services over 600 businesses and schools.
Through his career Eric has become very knowledgeable about kerbside and MRF recycling activities and has helped the company gain ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards, gold standard award for EFQM and Investors In People. Eric believes that the quality of recyclable materials is key to the long term sustainability of recycling and that the economic benefits derived from reprocessing should be viewed as a strategic economic area of growth for NI. Eric is currently Director of Bryson Recycling.
Eric is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management and has been awarded MBE in 2006 for "Services to Waste Management". Eric was a board member of the NI Waste Management Advisory Board for three years as well as a board member of NI Waste Management Advisory Group for two years. He has 20 years involvement in Community Recycling Network and 18 years with Bryson Recycling. Eric has a Degree in Environmental Sciences, Bradford University and a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.