Adam is a member of the Suez UK Management Board having joined them in 2017 after a successful career in academia, local government and environmental consultancy spanning over 30 years. His PhD focussed on UK waste management policy failures, and he was awarded an MBE in the Kings Birthday Honours List in June 2024 for his contribution to the evolution of the resources sector, in particular the growth of recycling and more recently commercial reuse and repair.
He has co-led SUEZ’s engagement with Government on policy reforms facing our sector, working extensively with the sector trade body the ESA and sitting on environmental think tanks including the Aldersgate Group, the Green Alliance’s Circular Economy Task Force and the CIWM Policy & Innovation Forum on future policy, regulation and best practice guidance. He continues to work with numerous brands on preparing for the changes in packaging formats and collection systems, many of them associated with the WRAP Plastic Pact. Adam was at the Pact’s original launch and SUEZ have been a member ever since contributing widely to working groups on black plastics, MRF capabilities, end markets, flexible packaging and chemical recycling.
He is a former President of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management championing the green skills demands of a sector transitioning to a circular economy which led to him sitting on the UK Government’s Green Jobs Delivery Group. He continues to mentor young professionals entering the sector and is working hard to improve the sector’s attractiveness as a career opportunity.