Panel of assessors
Alistair Bird - Metoc plc
Alistair is responsible for the environmental, site investigation and marine installation management services which Metoc delivers to project developers and regulators. He is a Chartered Engineer with 30 years of experience in the energy sector and consults on the impact that environmental considerations have on planning and delivery of major projects.
Eddie Bingham - InterfaceFLOR
Eddie Bingham is the Engineering Director of InterfaceFLOR in Europe, a division of US-based Interface Inc, a global leader in the manufacture of environmentally responsible modular floor coverings. With a career at InterfaceFLOR spanning nearly 30 years, Eddie has been involved with the company's environmental journey from the start in 1994, a journey now known as Mission Zero. Eddie holds a BEng honours degree in Engineering and his areas of specialisation are energy, conservation and renewable technologies.
Richard Burns - Veolia Water UK plc
A chemist by training, an environmental manger by persuasion, Richard studied chemistry at UMIST before becoming a Senior Pollution Officer with Yorkshire Water Authority. He pursued his career in environment, safety and sustainability with global printing, pharmaceutical and gas companies before joining the world’s leading water company, Veolia Water in 2001.
Richard Busby - E.ON UK plc
As the Environment Manager for E.ON’s Generation activities in the UK, Richard is responsible for the environmental performance of 25 fossil fuel and 15 renewable energy sites across the country. He is currently leading cross-industry work to encourage the re-use of ash from coal-fired power stations.
Adrian Cole - AEA Technology plc
Adrian is responsible for the effective performance of AEA Technology’s projects in the resource efficiency practice area and ensures that the projects achieve their goals for quality, costs and timely completion. As a skilled Project Director and Programme Manager, he is responsible for AEA’s delivery of WRAP’s new Business Resource Efficiency programme services, which builds on his previous role as manager of the Envirowise programme.
Geoff Dollard - AEA Technology plc
Geoff is AEA’s Practice Leader for air and environmental quality. He has over 30 years of experience in research programmes on the environmental impacts of pollutants. Prior to joining AEA, Geoff had a university research career in the UK and Norway carrying out specialist work relating to acidification. On joining AEA, he developed work on broader studies of atmospheric pollution, directing several international collaborative projects. Geoff has been a member of several national expert groups and led the development of AEA’s air quality business.
Cathy Durston - Met Office
Cathy heads up the Met Office's commercial team which provides a range of weather and climate services to commercial customers in the UK and internationally. Cathy's background is in energy, environmental and climate change consultancy having previously worked for AEA for 17 years. She graduated from Southampton University with a Chemistry degree and has also attained the Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing.
Martin Gibson - Earthly Gains Ltd
Martin has worked on environmental issues for over 20 years. He is director of Earthly Gains Ltd which helps businesses to benefit from improved resource efficiency. His previous roles include directing a company that focuses on the built environment and directing programmes that helped businesses to reduce costs through improved environmental performance.
Marcus Gover - WRAP
Marcus is WRAP’s Director of Market Development. He is responsible for leading WRAP’s work on the supply of, and demand for, resource effcient products nd materials. He has worked in the environment sector for over 20 years, in the UK and abroad.
Iain Gulland - WRAP
Iain is WRAP’s Director for Scotland, a member of the Scottish Government Zero Waste Think Tank and a member of the Scottish Liaison Group on Waste. Iain has 15 years of experience working in various roles in recycling and waste management.
Helen Hall - Renewable Energy Systems Ltd
Helen works for one of the world's leading wind farm developers as a Project Manager of onshore wind farms and also as its Group Environmental Manager. Her role ensures that environmental considerations and protection are foremost in the design of RES wind farms - from selecting sites through to construction and day-to-day operation.
Tim Pinder - EA Ltd
Tim runs his own environmental company having held a number of senior environmental management positions including Environment Director at the UK’s largest waste management company and Head of Environment at the UK’s largest building materials company. He is a Fellow of IEMA, a Chartered Environmental Scientist and is also a lead EMS assessor with UKAS.
Barry Smith - Simons Group Ltd
Working for Simons since 1999, Barry has been instrumental in establishing the environmental credentials of the Group through development of policies, procedures and training. Barry champions its activities and achievements through awards, case studies, presentations and the press. He represents Simons on many external groups. A Chartered Structural Engineer, Barry is also a founder member of the IStructE Sustainable Construction Panel.
Neil Varey - Imperial College London
Neil, Director of Commercial Projects for Imperial College, has occupied a number of senior positions within higher education and the environment service industry including Operations Director for the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College and heading an international environmental consultancy group for AEA Technology. With a background in geology, physics and engineering, his extensive experience spans operational, development and project management.
The panel of assessors consists of independent judges who bring expertise from a wide range of businesses. Following an initial compliance filter, they judge the entries at various stages, carry out site visits and interview key and general company personnel, enabling them to assess entries against common, stringent criteria. It is a process that distinguishes and sets the BCE Environmental Leadership Awards apart from other award schemes.