^{Date:              11 December 2008
Embargo:       None}

New ESA Chairman

Mr Malcolm Ward, Chief Executive of Cory Environmental Ltd, succeeded Mr Richard Skehens, Managing Director of Grundon Waste Management Ltd, as ESA’s Chairman at ESA’s AGM and Annual Lunch on Friday 28 November.

Speaking to a capacity audience of 500 people, Mr Ward paid tribute to Mr Skehens’ negotiation of the new ESA-CIWM Futuresource trade show in London and undertook to try to sustain the momentum of discussion with CIWM about strengthening the sector’s representational voice.

ESA Chairman 2007-08 Richard Skehens with Chairman 2008-09 Malcolm Ward, at the ESA Annual Lunch 2008, London

 ENDS