CIWM has elected Dr Adam Read of SUEZ recycling and recovery as its incoming Junior Vice President.
Read, who was appointed External Affairs Director at SUEZ UK in August 2017, has been involved with CIWM for the past 20 years, as a chartered waste manager and CIWM Fellow, as well as a Trustee and the organisation’s representative on the International Solid Waste Association’s communications working group.
Previous to his role at SUEZ, Read was Practice Director in Waste Management and Resource Efficiency at sustainability consultancy firm Ricardo Energy & Environment, working with public and private sector clients. Alongside this he has held research fellowships at Brighton and Kingston universities and the role of Visiting Professor at the University of Northampton.
CIWM Chief Executive Dr Colin Church said of the announcement: “With over 20 years of service to the Institution, Adam is a fitting and welcome candidate and will bring a wealth of experience to the presidential team.”
Read will replace the current position holder Trevor Nicoll on 13 November at the inauguration of CIWM’s next President, Enda Kiernan, who is moving up from the Senior Vice President position and replacing Dr David Wilson.
Commenting on his appointment, Read said: “I am passionate about all things waste and resources and have been an advocate for the Institution both at home and abroad for many years, so I am delighted to join the presidential team.
“I believe I am the first of the original ‘new generation group’ from the late 1990s that has made it to top table and I believe I can bring a lot to the role including enthusiasm, an appetite for change and innovation, and a commercial perspective that will be key as the institution adjusts to the changing shape and demands of the sector and the professionals working in it.”
Read stated on Twitter that he would ‘be in the presidential hot seat from October 2020 for what will be a challenging 12 months as the sector adapts to Brexit’.
Over the past year, CIWM has been working to address poor waste management in developing countries with the publication of its ‘Making Waste Work’ toolkit, designed to provide low-income communities with the knowledge to implement ‘waste to wealth’ technologies. In March this year, CIWM also teamed up with WasteAid UK, a charity developing teachable solutions for communities with inadequate waste management infrastructure, writing a letter to UK government to call for increased overseas spending on waste management projects.
More information can be found on the CIWM website.
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