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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
Huw Irranca-Davies was born and raised in Gowerton at the gateway to the Gower peninsula – the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the UK. Gowerton at the time was a mixture of steel and heavy industry and agriculture, bridging the countryside and the urban and industrial, and this has shaped his life-long approach to politics and policy.
Huw worked for many years in public and private sector leisure management and as a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education before entering politics. In February 2002 he was elected as the Labour MP for Ogmore in a parliamentary by-election, a seat which he held until 2016 when he chose to stand as the Assembly Member for Ogmore at the National Assembly for Wales. For Huw this was a conscious mark of confidence in the young and strengthening democratic institutions in Wales. He was duly elected to the Assembly (now Senedd Cymru) in 2016.
In Westminster Huw served in several roles including as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ministers in DWP, Northern Ireland and DCMS; as a Government Whip; as the Under-Secretary of State for Wales; and as Environment Minister in Defra.
From 2010 he served as Shadow Energy Minister, and then as Shadow Minister for Food, Farming and Rural Affairs. In May 2015, he was elected as the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, a position held until May 2016 when he was elected to the National Assembly of Wales – now Senedd Cymru.
In the Fifth Senedd he initially served as the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee before becoming the Minister for Social Services and Children, then at the request of the First Minister became Chair of the Regional Investment Wales Steering Group, the European Advisory Group and the PMC committee overseeing the spending of EU funding streams in Wales.
Up to his appointment as Cabinet Secretary, Huw was Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee and a member of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee. Amongst other responsibilities, he was also Chair of the Strategic Forum for Regional Investment in Wales and the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform. Huw was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs on 21 March 2024.
Huw was appointed Deputy First Minister on 11 September 2024, in addition to retaining responsibility for Climate Change and Rural Affairs matters.
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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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Dr. Alan Netherwood is a climate change specialist, providing expert input at UK, Wales, regional and local levels over the last 17 years through his consultancy Netherwood Sustainable Futures. Alan is also an Honorary Research Fellow in Cardiff University specialising in climate change governance and is widely published on this issue. Much of Alan’s work focuses on climate leadership – he has been working with Welsh Local Government Association to support local authority leaders, managers and elected members on decarbonisation and climate risk . Alan is the author of the Climate Change Risk Assessment 3 for Wales and worked with the UK Climate Change Committee on the UK Assessment in 2022. He has undertaken climate risk assessment for Pembrokeshire PSB and Cwm Taf Morgannwg PSB and is currently supporting Powys PSB on their CCRA. Recent work has advised PHW and Ynys Mon Council on strategic approaches to climate change. Current work is supporting CADW, Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales, National Trust and others on the next Historic Environment Adaptation Plan and undertaking a CCRA of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Trail for Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Alan brings experience of working on climate risk from a wide range of clients over the last 17 years including work with Bluestone National Park Resort, Ministry of Defence, NRW and RNLI amongst others.
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Senior Representatives
Welsh Government
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Senior Representatives
WRAP Cymru
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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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