Sterecycle has built an experienced management
board with a combination of waste management, engineering and finance
expertise :
Andy Hinton - Chairman and Investor
Chief Executive of Ailsa3 Ventures, a leading investor in UK environmental
businesses. Andy is also Chairman of Credential Environmental, the
UK's largest tyre recycling business. Andy was formerly CEO and majority
shareholder of White Rose Environmental, the UK's largest medical
waste business, which was turned around and successfully sold for
£36 Million in 2004. Formerly a Director of Yorkshire Environmental
and Yorkshire Water. BA from Leeds University and MBA from Bradford
University. Over 30 years involvement in the environmental sector.
Duncan Grierson - Chief Executive and Founder
Prior to founding Sterecycle, Duncan was Vice-President of Lake Capital,
a $1.3 Billion private equity firm based in Chicago focused on buy-and-build
in business services. He was previously Investment Director of TCVC
managing technology private equity funds of £150 Million in
London, Silicon Valley and Paris. Before moving into private equity
Duncan had trained as a corporate finance lawyer with Clifford Chance
in London and Frankfurt. BA/MA in law from Cambridge University and
MBA from INSEAD. 25 years involvement in waste management having co-founded
a successful inert landfill business before university.
Adrian
Howe – Chief Financial Officer
25 years accounting and finance experience. Previously CFO of Band-X
(IP telephony) which he successfully sold in 2007. Adrian has held
senior finance roles within the telecoms industry including European
CFO of Level 3 Communications Inc, Group Financial Controller of TeleWest
Plc and Financial Controller of British Telecom’s personal division.
Adrian qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in London. BA
in PPE from Oxford University.
Paul
Greenwell – Operations Director
Paul has 25 years operational experience in resource recovery and
recycling. Paul was latterly Regional Operations Director at Waste
Recycling Group, responsible for all of East of England operations
(Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, including 9 landfills and 7
transfer stations). Prior to WRG, Paul was Operations Director of
Solvent Resource Management, a chemical recycling business managing
4 recovery sites. Chartered Chemist CChem MRSC.
Alistair Shotliff - Development Director
Alistair has over 20 years waste management experience, latterly as
Projects Director with Waste Recycling Group where he successfully
led and won the Central Berkshire 25 year £600 Million PFI contract.
Previously Executive Director with Thames Waste Management. Previously
Landfill Acquisition and Estates Manager for Biffa. BSc Mining/Geology
Imperial College.
Michael Linse - Non-Executive Director
Michael is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he has spent
11 years. Head of the renewables team in the European SSG. Other “clean
tech” investments include Nordex (wind power) and Optimal Technologies
(energy efficiency). BA from Harvard University and MBA from Harvard
Business School.
Ron Kopas - Non-Executive Director
Previously Finance Director of Sterecycle. Before joining Sterecycle
in 2005, Ron had been a co-founding director of corporate finance
boutique KC Capital and an investment banker with UBS Warburg in London.
Before entering corporate finance Ron was Manager, Asian Markets,
for commodities trading firm Ronald A. Chisholm Ltd in China and Taiwan.
BA Dalhousie University, Canada. MBA from INSEAD.