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.

Ralf Schopwinkel is Director and shareholder of resource company, Geminor. Since 2005 he has focused on developing the company on the various European markets for RDF, SRF, recycled waste wood and hazardous waste. Geminor handles approximately 1.5 million tonnes and have offices in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Germany, France and the UK.

Stuart is currently responsible for a range of development activities in SUEZ UK, delivering commercial projects, business tools, techniques and information to meet the business and customer needs. Main activity themes include harnessing waste as a resource, energy and bio-fuels manufacture, sorting, extraction and value enhancement for waste mix resources, customer solutions, research and development under the increasing influence of carbon and resource scarcity. Stuart has over 25 years’ experience in the industry and has wide technical and commercial skills and experience in the field of waste and resource management, markets, strategy, technologies and the environment.

Mr. Thomas Obermeier, born in 1957, holds a Master of Engineering in Technical Environmental Protection and is Head of Business Development at EEW Energy from Waste GmbH, the leader in the German waste-to-energy business. He is also Honorary President of the German Waste Association DGAW, a publicly certified and sworn expert for waste management of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Berlin, and a committee member of the chamber of commerce in Berlin and the IFAT and terratec fairs. Mr. Obermeier's expertise draws on more than 30 years of work in the waste management and energy sector. Prior to EEW and his independent consultancy, he held posts as a managing director in different consulting and operating companies and worked in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and Africa.

David has been with ABN AMRO since 2017 helping to re-establish the UK Project Finance team, following six years with the UK Green Investment Bank. Whilst at ABN AMRO David has secured a number of mandates for lead arranger roles in the EfW sector including Earlsgate, Newhurst and Protos as well as participation in senior loans for Kemsley, Ferrybridge and KKR’s acquisition of Viridor.

As an engineer from “Mines Paris Tech” in France, Christophe CORD'HOMME began his career at the National Agency for Nuclear Waste Disposal (ANDRA). From 1988 to 1993, he served as project manager for ENTROPIE S.A. building thermal desalination plants and absorption chillers. Since 1993, he has been working for CNIM group, initially as commercial manager for waste and flue gas treatment. He worked at LAB between 2001 and 2007, first as sales director and then as project director, overseeing contracting. From 2009 to 2012, he held the position of Deputy General Manager of LAB S.A. As a member of the board of LAB, he became Development Director for the Environment and Renewable Energies sector of CNIM Group in 2011. He has been elected in 2019 as the vice-chair of the ISWA Working Group Energy Recovery and member of the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC).

Edmund Fleck was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1952. He has a Diploma in Physics from the RWTH Aachen in Germany and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA. From 1986 he carried out research on electrostatic precipitators for BBC Corporate Research in Dattwil, Switzerland. He has worked in the field of Waste-to-Energy since 1990, first for the ABB/ALSTOM Group in different roles (Technical Director, Sales Director) and locations (Zurich, Winterthur, Butzbach, Paris). In August 2002 he joined Martin GmbH in Munich. He is Managing Director of Martin GmbH fur Umwelt-und Energietechnik. He is also Managing Director of Kuttner Martin Technology GmbH in Munich. Edmund Fleck was President of ESWET, the European Suppliers of Waste to Energy Technology from 2003 to 2019, and is a member of the ISWA Working Group on Energy Recovery.

Ian joined the ADE as Director January 2020, having previously been Head of Biomass UK at RWE Supply and Trading and formerly a Director at RWE Innogy UK. His last job was as Commercial Director for a waste wood fired combined heat and power plant, which involved executing a new build heat network.

Tim joined Viridor in 2019 to drive innovative circular economy projects taking end of life wastes and finding new ways to turn them into usable products. Tim also works with the national and devolved governments and regulators to help ensure the regulatory environment drives increased local investment into the circular economy. Prior to joining Viridor Tim was the CEO of the Association for Decentralised Energy, where he worked with Government, regulators, devolved administrations and EU institutions to enable more energy users to directly benefit from in the transition to a low carbon economy). As part of this role, Tim oversaw two mergers with other trade associations and repositioned the organisation away from a technology focus to an outcome based approach to energy. Tim has a BSc and PhD in Ecology, and his study of fungi decomposing wood as a central part of the global carbon cycle spiked his interest and career in climate change and the environment. In his free time Tim enjoys cycling and generally getting in the great outdoors!

Ralf Schopwinkel is Director and shareholder of resource company, Geminor. Since 2005 he has focused on developing the company on the various European markets for RDF, SRF, recycled waste wood and hazardous waste. Geminor handles approximately 1.5 million tonnes and have offices in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Germany, France and the UK.

Martin has been with the Green Investment Group for over six years (previously the UK Green Investment Bank) leading the development and equity investments into waste & bioenergy projects in the UK and globally. Recently closed development projects include the Earls Gate Energy from Waste project, Newhurst Energy from Waste project and Kwinana Energy from Waste project in Australia.

Tim joined Viridor in 2019 to drive innovative circular economy projects taking end of life wastes and finding new ways to turn them into usable products. Tim also works with the national and devolved governments and regulators to help ensure the regulatory environment drives increased local investment into the circular economy. Prior to joining Viridor Tim was the CEO of the Association for Decentralised Energy, where he worked with Government, regulators, devolved administrations and EU institutions to enable more energy users to directly benefit from in the transition to a low carbon economy). As part of this role, Tim oversaw two mergers with other trade associations and repositioned the organisation away from a technology focus to an outcome based approach to energy. Tim has a BSc and PhD in Ecology, and his study of fungi decomposing wood as a central part of the global carbon cycle spiked his interest and career in climate change and the environment. In his free time Tim enjoys cycling and generally getting in the great outdoors!

Tim is based at the British Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria and runs the Dept. for International Trade’s CEE energy campaign, which aims to engage UK companies with the wealth of opportunities across the region, including in waste management/EfW. He has lived and worked in Bulgaria for twenty years, is well aware of the challenges and opportunities of doing business here and ready to help UK companies to succeed in market.

Stuart is currently responsible for a range of development activities in SUEZ UK, delivering commercial projects, business tools, techniques and information to meet the business and customer needs. Main activity themes include harnessing waste as a resource, energy and bio-fuels manufacture, sorting, extraction and value enhancement for waste mix resources, customer solutions, research and development under the increasing influence of carbon and resource scarcity. Stuart has over 25 years’ experience in the industry and has wide technical and commercial skills and experience in the field of waste and resource management, markets, strategy, technologies and the environment.

Tim joined Viridor in 2019 to drive innovative circular economy projects taking end of life wastes and finding new ways to turn them into usable products. Tim also works with the national and devolved governments and regulators to help ensure the regulatory environment drives increased local investment into the circular economy. Prior to joining Viridor Tim was the CEO of the Association for Decentralised Energy, where he worked with Government, regulators, devolved administrations and EU institutions to enable more energy users to directly benefit from in the transition to a low carbon economy). As part of this role, Tim oversaw two mergers with other trade associations and repositioned the organisation away from a technology focus to an outcome based approach to energy. Tim has a BSc and PhD in Ecology, and his study of fungi decomposing wood as a central part of the global carbon cycle spiked his interest and career in climate change and the environment. In his free time Tim enjoys cycling and generally getting in the great outdoors!

Myles Kitcher is Executive Director of Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, and a new area of the business which combines the well-established Peel Environmental, Peel Energy and Peel Water teams. With over 20 years’ experience in the energy and waste industries, Myles has a career spanning local government, public sector and private enterprise. Myles will lead Peel NRE to help the country drive forward a green post-pandemic recovery with a stronger focus on Peel L&P’s natural resources and energy development activity. Specialisms under his executive leadership include waste to value, district heating, renewable energy (onshore wind and solar), materials management including soil washing and recycled aggregates, asset management including quarries, water and electric vehicle charging. Myles is also behind Protos – Peel L&P’s flagship destination for energy, innovation and industry near Ellesmere Port, north west England and the soon-to-be-home of the UK’s first plastic to hydrogen facility. Myles is working with sector leaders to explore how indigenous energy sources can underpin industrial activity in the North and how to set an innovative blueprint for the rest of the UK. His work plays a key role in helping the country to achieve clean growth targets as well as supporting regional climate emergency goals.

Dr Adam Read has been with SUEZ for 18 months Dr Adam Read has been External Affairs Director at SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK for just over 2 years after a successful career in academia, local government and consultancy. For the last 18 months he has been directly involved with UK Government through the development of the new Resources & Waste Strategy and associated consultations, and acting as lead author on the SUEZ evidence submissions. He has worked on energy recovery projects for more than 20 years, as a consultant, client, contractor and community engagement specialist, and developing planning guidance for Welsh Government. Adam sits on numerous industry technical working groups, is a regular speaker and facilitator, a technical report and article author, and a frequent blogger and social media enthusiast. He has been in the sector for almost 25 years specialising in municipal waste management strategy, recycling services, residual waste treatment contracts and consultation, and continues to support UK service innovation. He is a Fellow of the CIWM, the RSA and the Royal Geographical Society and is the CIWM ‘s incoming President, taking up the reigns in November 2020.

Dr Adam Read has been with SUEZ for 18 months Dr Adam Read has been External Affairs Director at SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK for just over 2 years after a successful career in academia, local government and consultancy. For the last 18 months he has been directly involved with UK Government through the development of the new Resources & Waste Strategy and associated consultations, and acting as lead author on the SUEZ evidence submissions. He has worked on energy recovery projects for more than 20 years, as a consultant, client, contractor and community engagement specialist, and developing planning guidance for Welsh Government. Adam sits on numerous industry technical working groups, is a regular speaker and facilitator, a technical report and article author, and a frequent blogger and social media enthusiast. He has been in the sector for almost 25 years specialising in municipal waste management strategy, recycling services, residual waste treatment contracts and consultation, and continues to support UK service innovation. He is a Fellow of the CIWM, the RSA and the Royal Geographical Society and is the CIWM ‘s incoming President, taking up the reigns in November 2020.