Tony has worked in local government for some 25 years, principally within the wastes collection and street cleansing service areas for Bury and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Councils. Tony's current role of Head of Environmental Services has seen him diversify, in addition to wastes collection, recycling and street cleansing, into the management of building cleaning, grounds maintenance, neighbourhood health, facilities management and also waste disposal for the Council.

Tony passed his Institute of Waste Management Diploma in 1992 at Liverpool, and is also a corporate member of the Chartered Institute of Management, having successfully gained numerous management qualifications at graduate and post-graduate levels. Tony is also an advisor to the Local Government Association on waste related matters.

Telephone: 01254 585 054

Matthew Heath MCIWM
Matthew is an independent waste consultant who specialises in advising local authorities on the design, operation and procurement of waste collection, recycling and street cleansing services.

He is a Chartered Waste Manager with over thirteen years experience working on a broad range of issues within the waste management industry. Matthew has developed specialist knowledge and gained extensive experience of designing collection systems, conducting comprehensive service reviews and project-managing procurement exercises for a variety of municipal refuse, recycling and street cleansing services.

He has been responsible for managing numerous projects throughout the UK and has worked with a range of different authorities at District, Borough, Unitary, Metropolitan and County levels.

matthew@mpheath.co.uk
M: 07941 398 436

David Smith MCIWM 
(Co-opted )
(Centre Honorary Secretary)    

Sian Fisher MCIWM
Member of Healthcare Waste Special Interest Group

Sian established a waste management and IT consultancy business, providing waste management advice and training services to the NHS and private healthcare sectors. She previously worked as the Waste Minimisation Officer for Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Consultancy Services Manager for White Rose Environmental, as well as a short stint as a consultant to the World Health Organization in Kosovo. Sian is an active member of the CIWM Special Interest Group on Healthcare Wastes.

Sian has an MSc in Waste Management and played a lead role in establishing the NW New Generation Group.

sian@catalystwaste.co.uk

Peter Greifenberg FCIWM
(Co-Opted) - Auditor

Peter is a waste management consultant specialising in strategy and policy. He has a BSc Special Honours degree in Geology. Peter has 25 years experience in waste and environmental management as a consultancy, with the Environment Agency as an Area Manager in the NW region, with Cheshire County Council as its Chief Waste Regulation Officer and with South West Water in trade effluent control. He set up his own Consultancy Griffin Hills Associates in 2001 and is based at Ribchester in Lancashire.

PeterGreifenberg@aol.com

Hugh Hoather FCIWM
General Councillor

Hugh has been actively involved in the waste industry in both the public and private sector for 33 years and has been a member of the Centre Council since 1983. He was County Waste Disposal Officer for Cheshire County Council for 25 years before taking up the role of Managing Director of 3C Waste. For the past three years he has been ESA's Chairman of the North West Regional Meetings. He has a first class honours degree in Chemistry, holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration, is a Chartered Chemist and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.

Hugh.Hoather@talk21.com

Jane Hawkes MCIWM
(Co-Opted)

Until recently, Jane was employed as a Performance Specialist (environment) for the Audit Commission covering the Northern region. She has carried out inspections in a variety of authorities in the northern region covering District, Metropolitan and County Councils. Many inspections have been in technical areas, and mostly concentrating on waste related areas. Prior to this she had worked in local government since 1979, initially in motorway design and construction, then managing highway maintenance. She held the position of waste management service head at Lancashire County Council between 1991 and 2000.

Jane is a Chartered Civil Engineer and also a Chartered Waste Manager.

jane.hawkes@gmwda.gov.uk

Julie Irving MCIWM
(Treasurer)

 Rob Kitchen MCIWM

Rob is currently the Waste Development Manager for South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) having worked in the waste management industry for over 22 years and been a member of the CIWM for over 13 years.

Rob began his career with Lancaster City Council, where he worked as Assistant operations Manager with responsibility for waste, recycling and street cleansing services. He gained a wealth of operational knowledge and experience, and was instrumental in the introduction of an alternate weekly collection service and a zoning system for refuse and street cleansing services.

For the last 6 years, Rob has been the Waste Development Manager with South Lakeland District Council. He was responsible for the introduction of an alternate weekly collection service to all households within the District, which has enabled the Council to improve its recycling performance from 8% to 50%. He is currently the Council's lead officer for the joint procurement of waste, recycling and street cleansing services with Barrow Borough Council. Rob is also the Council's lead officer for the Cumbria Strategic Waste Partnership and has contributed to the development and implementation of the Cumbria waste strategy, which has included the procurement of a long term strategic partner for waste treatment and disposal.

r.kitchen@southlakeland.gov.uk

 Elaine Lockley FCIWM

Elaine is a Director of Phaedra Training & Consultancy Limited & currently chairs the North West Centre Council. She has contributed to a number of CIWM guidance documents and is a co-opted member of CIWM's Membership, Education and Training Committee.

Elaine has worked in the waste management sector for over 20 years, mainly in education, training and consultancy. She is a qualified NVQ assessor and internal verifier and has recently taken up the role of external verifier for WAMITAB. She currently leads the team responsible for the quality assurance and continuous development of WRAP's Recycling Managers' Training Programme. She also contributes to the development, delivery and quality assurance of other training courses in recycling and waste management.

Before moving into the private sector Elaine was a Senior Lecturer in waste management at the University of Central Lancashire and was an external examiner to the University of Eindhoven and the University of Salford. She has an MPhil in Public Participation in Waste Management. She has worked with many local authorities providing support in the development of municipal waste management strategies and communications plans to encourage participation in recycling and waste prevention activities.

elaine@nwrac.fsnet.co.uk

 Dan Murphy MCIWM

Dan is a Bid Manager with Waste Recycling Group Ltd, co-ordinating the delivery of PFI waste infrastructure projects across the UK.

He is a Chartered Waste Manager with over ten years experience encompassing municipal, hazardous and clinical waste management in both the public and private sector. Prior to his current role Dan was active in the field of resource efficiency and was instrumental in the launch of the WSP Integrated Resource Management team, having previously been the NW Regional Coordinator for the NISP Programme - a free business opportunity programme focusing on diversion of waste from landfill through identification of synergies across industry.

Dan holds a degree in Chemical and Process Engineering and is a member of the Resource Recovery Forum (RRF) Advisory Committee.

dan.murphy@fccprojects.co.uk

 Jenny Robinson MCIWM

Brian Carter FCIWM
Past President

Jenny Watts MCIWM
(Co-opted)

Avril Banks MCIWM
(Co-Opted)

Avril has worked in the waste industry for 10 years. Originally with 3C Waste on landfill then Project Manager for the Waste And Recycling Program and setting up the waste advisory service providing guidance to industry on recycling and waste minimisation.

She then moved into consultancy, where she was involved with strategic waste planning, contract development and new technology assessment. Searching for ways of achieving UK and European targets she discovered Mechanical Biological Treatment and seeing this as a practical and proven approach she joined Herhof Environmental.

Avril is now responsible for the delivery of NISP the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme, in the North West, South West and London regions. NISP is a BREW funded programme which promotes resource through business collaboration to create efficiency in business.

 Dr. Karl S. Williams MCIWM

Karl is the Head of the University's Centre for Waste Management providing a regional portfolio of services including Academic Training and Education, Research, Knowledge Transfer and Business Support for all types of commerce, industry and public authorities. The Centre also has a significant involvement on the Construction Knowledge Exchange with a particular focus on construction waste.

Karl is not only a Chartered Waste Manager, but also a Chartered Engineer: Engineering Council UK (CEng), Member of the Institute Materials Minerals and Mining (MIMMM), Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (AMIEMA), Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and accredited as a teacher in Higher Education (SEEDA).

kswilliams@uclan.ac.uk

 Amanda Norris MCIWM
(Co-Opted)
NGG Co-ordinator