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Coming soon - our full list of 2025 Resource Conference Cymru speakers! Check back for more info |
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Jane Cherrington
Director - Climate, Local Partnerships LLP
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Jane has had a successful career as a waste and environmental management specialist with over 25 years of industry and public sector experience, so brings an extensive knowledge of waste strategy and environmental legislative change. Jane currently works for Local Partnerships providing technical and specialist support to the Welsh Government, DEFRA and Local Authorities on Policy reforms, infrastructure for hard to recycle materials and service change. Prior to joining Local Partnerships, Jane was previously the Head of Recycling Services for Cardiff Council, delivering a wide array of infrastructure and service change projects, as well as managing the frontline operations. Jane has considerable experience in shaping the strategic direction and policy of organisations, as well as delivering the infrastructure and processes to deliver change through project management.
As a full member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management as well as a Cymru Council Member, she is committed to continuous learning for herself and others, sharing my expertise but also building better relations and networks for fellow waste colleagues as we transform our industry from waste to resource management.
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Huw Irranca-Davies MS
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government
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Dr. Andy Rees OBE
Head of Waste Strategy, Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Division, Welsh Government
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Andy has 43 years experience of working in the environmental field, including spending the last 27 years in the area of waste strategy. Andy has been Head of Waste Strategy at the Welsh Government for the last 23 years and is responsible for waste and circular economy strategy policy. Andy was awarded an OBE by the Her Majesty the Queen for ‘services to the environment and recycling in Wales’ in the New Year Honours 2019. In May 2022 Andy was included in the inaugural ENDS “Power List” naming the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the last two years – as nominated by their colleagues, clients and competitors.
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Louise Bowe
Head of Packaging Impacts, INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment)
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Tim Walker
President, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) & Acting Chief Executive Officer, arc21
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I am a keen environmentalist and passionate believer in highlighting our place in the natural world. I am currently the Chief Executive of the arc21 local authority partnership in Northern Ireland, a role I have held since 2019. Prior to that, I headed up waste management at Belfast City Council for two decades. I am a member of the DEFRA Advisory Committee on Packaging (UK).
I have been a Trustee of Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) for several years and am currently the Senior Vice President for the CIWM: I will be taking on this role from late-June 2024. I sit on the Board of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and I am also a Visiting Research Fellow with Queen’s University Belfast looking at the Circular Economy.
I have several professional and academic qualifications.
I was thrilled to feature in the top 100 key players in Environment Ireland's Yearbook 2021, 2022 and 2023, and was recognised by ENDS Magazine as one of the Power 100 environmental professionals in 2022 and 2023. I was also listed amongst Resource.Co’s Top 100 professionals for 2023.
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Senior Representatives
Local Partnerships
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Dr. Alan Netherwood
Consultant, Netherwood Sustainable Futures & Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University, School of Geography & Planning
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Jane Hall
Director, Green Edge Applications Limited/ CIWM Welsh Centre Counsellor
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Jane Hall, is a Chartered Environmentalist and Chartered Waste Manager with over 20 years’ industrial, environmental and waste management experience. She has worked with both commercial organisations and regulators in a senior capacity, as a result, she employs this specialist skill-base to help companies manage resources efficiently and comply with environmental regulations.
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Ben Maizey
Key Account Manager, Dauson Environmental Group/ CIWM Welsh Centre Chair
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With over 18 years of experience in both the public and private sectors of the resource industry, Ben currently works as a Key Account Manager for Cardiff-based Dauson Environmental Group and is current chair of CIWM Cymru Wales Centre. Recognising the need for accessible information and updates within the recycling industry, Ben founded "Recycle Link Wales," a free industry tool aimed at providing information and updates on Wales' recycling landscape. Ben can be followed and engaged with at @RecycleWales.
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