Programme

Ian Crummack has worked in the energy and waste sectors since 1991 after leaving the Army,where he qualified as a mechanical engineer. He has been extensively involved in setting up EfW and IPP (Independent Power Project) businesses, concentrating on the commercial, contractual and financial aspects. He now runs an independent engineering and commercial services company which works on establishing and executing EPC and O&M contracts from concept to delivery, with particular emphasis on making projects financeable.

Jacob Hayler is the Executive Director at the Environmental Services Association – the UK’s sectoral trade association for managers of waste and secondary resources. Jacob joined ESA from the City in 2005 as an Economist focused on helping to develop market-focused policies that combine environmental and economic sustainability. At various points during his time at ESA, Jacob retained responsibility for policy relating to finance, tax, carbon management, contracts and energy from waste. In January 2015 Jacob was appointed ESA’s Executive Director and he now retains responsibility for the day to day running of the Association.

Adrian Judge is a director at Tolvik, an independent provider of commercial due diligence and market analysis services to the European waste and bioenergy sectors, which he created in 2009. Adrian has worked in the waste sector for the last 18 years. Most recently Adrian helped in the formation of the Green Investment Bank as Managing Director leading the Waste and Bioenergy team. He started his career in the industry as General Manager for a regional business at Cory Environmental before moving on to become Group Strategic Director.

Tom J. Koltis is Executive Director, Corporate Development for Covanta, a world leader in providing sustainable waste and energy solutions. Annually, Covanta’s modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely process more than 20 million tonnes of waste from communities and businesses to generate electricity to power over one million homes. Tom is responsible for Covanta’s corporate development activities in Europe and is currently based out of London. He joined Covanta in 2006 as Associate General Counsel and was serving as Deputy General Counsel immediately prior to taking on the role of Executive Director, Corporate Development in September 2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Psychology from Williams College and a Juris Doctorate from Duke University. He is admitted to practice law in the state of New York, USA.

Matt is a Senior Vice President in the Green Investment Group, focusing on equity investments and project finance advisory across the renewables sector. Matt has been working in the infrastructure sector for 10 years, with experience covering renewable energy, power and utilities and PPP transactions, as both a principal investor and a financial advisor. Recent transaction highlights include leading the establishment of GIG’s partnership with Covanta Energy for the development of subsidy-free UK waste to energy projects, GIG’s acquisition of 50% of the Dublin Waste to Energy project, and the project financing of a number of greenfield merchant UK waste to energy projects.

Dr Thom Koller is ADBA’s Senior Policy Manager. Thom leads the development of ADBA’s policy and regulatory positions and manages the Association’s responses to consultations to promote the interests of the AD industry. He promotes use of biomethane as a transport fuel and supports members on Renewable Heat Incentive and Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation eligibility. Before joining ADBA he carried out international environmental policy and law research for an NGO. His PhD from the University of Birmingham focuses on environmental responsibility. During his doctoral research he taught British constitutional and administrative law.

Having worked on several renewable energy support schemes since 2012, Joe has an excellent understanding of how these schemes work and the impact they have on industry. At present, Joe is the policy lead for waste derived fuels within the Low Carbon Fuels team at the Department for Transport and was heavily involved in the 2018 amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations. Prior to joining the Department for Transport in 2016, Joe worked in the Renewables Obligation team at Ofgem for four years with a specific focus on biomass fuels (including waste).

Mark is an experienced technical advisor and Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience. For the last 10 years he has specialised in waste to energy infrastructure development. Specific areas of waste infrastructure expertise are energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. Mark has delivered both EfW and AD plants from the inception stage through each phase of development and procurement through to construction. Mark also has an international profile, advising the EC on the development of Waste to Energy, advising the Chinese government on the challenges around gasification and providing expert witness services on international EfW infrastructure disputes.

Matt is a Senior Vice President in the Green Investment Group, focusing on equity investments and project finance advisory across the renewables sector. Matt has been working in the infrastructure sector for 10 years, with experience covering renewable energy, power and utilities and PPP transactions, as both a principal investor and a financial advisor. Recent transaction highlights include leading the establishment of GIG’s partnership with Covanta Energy for the development of subsidy-free UK waste to energy projects, GIG’s acquisition of 50% of the Dublin Waste to Energy project, and the project financing of a number of greenfield merchant UK waste to energy projects.

Harriet is a Senior Consultant at Eunomia, the largest strategic waste consultancy in the UK working across Europe and beyond. Harriet has 10 years’ experience working across the resource, waste and energy sectors. Harriet focuses mainly on private sector clients seeking commercial and market diligence but also providing strategic and procurement advice to public sector clients. Harriet's view of the markets is technically and commercially grounded. She is lead author of the Residual Waste Infrastructure Review, and manages Eunomia’s work on infrastructure and RDF exports, including Eunomia's Secretariat role of the UK RDF Industry Group.

Jacob Hayler is the Executive Director at the Environmental Services Association – the UK’s sectoral trade association for managers of waste and secondary resources. Jacob joined ESA from the City in 2005 as an Economist focused on helping to develop market-focused policies that combine environmental and economic sustainability. At various points during his time at ESA, Jacob retained responsibility for policy relating to finance, tax, carbon management, contracts and energy from waste. In January 2015 Jacob was appointed ESA’s Executive Director and he now retains responsibility for the day to day running of the Association.

Jarno Stet has worked for Westminster City Council since 2003, currently as Waste Services Manager looking after the City Council’s Waste and Recycling Collection, Street Cleansing and Ancillary Services and Waste Treatment Contracts which provide environmental services to a resident population of 250,000, 34,000 businesses as well as 1 million daily visitors, commuters and tourists. In 2016 Jarno worked on re-procuring the City Council’s waste treatment and recycling contracts. These high performing contracts manage in excess of 195,000 tonnes of waste and recyclable materials per annum through recycling, Anaerobic Digestion and Energy from Waste treatment. Jarno holds a double degree in facilities management in both the UK and the Netherlands.

Ian Crummack has worked in the energy and waste sectors since 1991 after leaving the Army,where he qualified as a mechanical engineer. He has been extensively involved in setting up EfW and IPP (Independent Power Project) businesses, concentrating on the commercial, contractual and financial aspects. He now runs an independent engineering and commercial services company which works on establishing and executing EPC and O&M contracts from concept to delivery, with particular emphasis on making projects financeable.

Mike Brown is Managing Director of Eunomia, the largest strategic waste consultancy in the UK working across Europe and beyond. Mike has nearly 30 years’ experience as an operator in the minerals, energy and waste sectors. For the past decade Mike has worked as owner-Director of Eunomia, focussing mainly on private sector clients seeking commercial and market diligence, but also for public sector clients looking to engage on level terms with their private counter-parts. Mike oversees Eunomia’s work on residual waste infrastructure and RDF exports, including Eunomia Secretariat role of the UK RDF Industry Group.

Stuart is currently responsible for delivering new solutions through to market intelligence, market modelling and forecasting & technologies. In addition to his SUEZ duties Stuart is a director for Recoup (plastics recycling charity), a director of Terracycle UK and a member of the Defra Advisory Committee on Packaging. Further he has provided expert advice to the EU on relevant elements of the circular economy and acted as a H2020 expert assessor. He is chair of the Environmental Services Association (ESA) Bioresources committee and member of the ESA renewable energy committee, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) Organic recycling steering group and gasification and Pyrolysis committee.

Mark Terrell is the Director at Andusia. With a long history of experience in the waste industry, Mark has worked at many sectors of the industry including RDF/SRF production, through to composting, AD, IVC, food waste, wood waste, and even sewage sludge. He is a materials Engineer (BEng), and began his career as a chemist in the chemical, cement and waste industry. He has a unique mix of technical expertise and commercial market knowledge of exporting RDF to both UK and European customers. He has excellent connections across the whole of Europe (Holland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Norway) and has had first hand experience in securing RDF & SRF supply contracts.

Dr Adam Read has been with SUEZ for 18 months where he is their External Affairs Director. He works with the CIWM, ESA and other UK trade bodies on topical issues and government engagement and represents the UK on ISWA’s Communications Working. He is actively supporting the ESA in developing a resource sector deal with BEIS and has been part of a SUEZ team assisting DEFRA as they prepared their Resources & Waste Plan. He sits on numerous working groups, is a regular speaker and author, and a frequent blogger and social media enthusiast. He has been in the sector for almost 25 years specialising in municipal strategy, services, contracts and consultation.

Chris Jones has worked in the waste industry for the last 30 years advising on and managing health, safety, welfare, quality, environmental and transport issues. Chris Jones is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Waste Management, has been involved with WISH from the concept stage in 2001, and was honoured to become its first elected chairman in 2008.

Stuart is currently responsible for delivering new solutions through to market intelligence, market modelling and forecasting & technologies. In addition to his SUEZ duties Stuart is a director for Recoup (plastics recycling charity), a director of Terracycle UK and a member of the Defra Advisory Committee on Packaging. Further he has provided expert advice to the EU on relevant elements of the circular economy and acted as a H2020 expert assessor. He is chair of the Environmental Services Association (ESA) Bioresources committee and member of the ESA renewable energy committee, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) Organic recycling steering group and gasification and Pyrolysis committee.

Margaret Bates is Professor of Sustainable Wastes Management at the University of Northampton. She has been involved in wastes management for 30 years and undertook her PhD on landfill microbiology. She is a Chartered Waste Manager, an International Wastes Manager and a Chartered Environmentalist. Margaret is chair of the CIWM Scientific and Technical Committee of CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management). She is on the advisory board of the All Party Sustainable Resource Management Group and has been appointed to the Scottish Expert Panel on Environmental Charging and Other Measures. Margaret has traveled the world looking at waste issues and has advised governments, businesses and NGO on sustainable resource and waste management.

Stephen is a recognised and well known expert within the waste management sector with experience at a senior level working for both private sector waste operators and consultants. Stephen joined the sector in 1999 following the completion of his Engineering Doctorate at Cranfield University. Stephen has worked in various operational, business development and commercial roles for SITA UK, Shanks Waste Management and Recydia – the waste division of Cementir Holdings. During this time Stephen has been part of the delivery of over £500m of waste treatment infrastructure and taken a leading role in supporting the development and sharing of knowledge within the sector. In 2014 Stephen jumped over the fence into consultancy working first with Ricardo Energy & Environment and then Amec Foster Wheeler which changed to Wood Plc in October 2017. Stephen has been responsible for developing relationships across the private sector and delivering a number of projects involving due diligence, technical advice and engineering across a number of technologies. Stephen is also a General Councillor and Trustee for CIWM.

Neville Hargreaves is Business Manager of Velocys' waste-to-jet-fuel project. Neville has over 30 years' experience in the oil, renewable energy and consulting industries, including 12 years with Exxon and 4 years with Bain and Company, the strategy consulting firm. He has led teams to deliver projects including many stakeholders across global public companies and government, brought over 70 new products to market, led two small businesses and launched a successful innovation programme for the UK government. He holds an MA in chemistry from Cambridge University and a PhD from University College London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.