New Managing Director for BMRA

Archiv – The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) announced that Ian Hetherington, former Chief Executive of Skills for Logistics, will take over as director general in April 2009.
According to the BMRA, Mr Hetherington has more than 15 years’ experience of working with businesses and representing their needs to UK and EU government. In his previous role as chief executive of Skills for Logistics, he was responsible for the sector skills council for businesses involved in planning, moving, and handling goods – an industry worth £74 billion to the economy, employing approximately over 2 million people.
United Kingdom | The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) announced that Ian Hetherington, former Chief Executive of Skills for Logistics, will take over as director general in April 2009.
According to the BMRA, Mr Hetherington has more than 15 years’ experience of working with businesses and representing their needs to UK and EU government. In his previous role as chief executive of Skills for Logistics, he was responsible for the sector skills council for businesses involved in planning, moving, and handling goods – an industry worth £74 billion to the economy, employing approximately over 2 million people.
Commenting on the appointment, Michael Wright, President of the BMRA says: ’He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will help us to drive forward Agenda for Change, our programme of lobbying on regulatory issues, and is just the right person to build on the sterling work that has been done by Lindsay Millington over the last four years.’
Millington and Hetherington will work together in a planned handover phase before Hetherington officially takes on the role of director general in April. ’I’m looking forward to working with Lindsay and the BMRA membership,’ says Ian Hetherington. ’Metal recycling is worth £5 billion to the UK economy and is far and away our biggest and most successful recycling industry. It can do even more, given the right support from government. From April 1 will be focusing on ensuring that UK and European policymakers fully understand the massive contribution BMRA members make to recycling and CO2 reduction targets. I will be pressing government and regulators to be more active in tackling issues such as over-regulation, end-of-waste and illegal operators, and will encourage them to join with us in developing a co-ordinated industry-government strategy to meet future targets.’

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