Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0127N

Renewi PLC

03 August 2017

 

Appointment of Non-executive Director

Prof. Dr. Luc Sterckx

The Board of Renewi plc ('Renewi') is pleased to announce the appointment of Luc Sterckx to the Board as a Non-executive Director on 1 September 2017. He will also become a member of Renewi's Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Luc started his career at Exxon Chemicals, then became the CEO of Indaver before joining the executive committee of PetroFina in which capacity he served as Managing Director of Fina Holding Deutschland and as Group Senior Vice President for SHEQ matters worldwide.   He was then appointed CEO of Oleon where he led a successful management buyout.  Luc was subsequently appointed as CEO of SPE-Luminus in 2005, the second largest power & gas company in Belgium, created as a result of a multi-party merger. During his time at SPE-Luminus Luc was instrumental in integrating the companies which had substantially different cultures and history into one optimised group.

Luc is an INSEAD certified international director and a specialist in Internal Governance. He currently holds a number of non-executive and advisory positions, specialising in the fields of energy & chemicals, renewables and corporate governance and is also involved in several start-ups. He is a part-time Professor at the University of Leuven, a Fellow of the International Academy of Management and a lay judge at the court of commerce of Antwerp.  Luc holds a MSc and a PhD in Chemical Engineering, as well as a post-graduate degree in Business Administration.

Commenting on Luc's appointment, Renewi plc Chairman, Colin Matthews CBE, stated:

"We are delighted to welcome Luc to the Board of Renewi.  He has significant experience and knowledge that will be valuable to Renewi, including successfully leading a range of international businesses in, and adjacent to, our sector.  His direct experience of post-merger integrations in the Benelux region will also be particularly helpful for Renewi at this stage of the company's evolution." 

There is no further information to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 of the FCA Listing Rules. 

For further information contact:

Renewi plc

Peter Dilnot - Chief Executive Officer Toby Woolrych - Chief Financial Officer	[phone]

Brunswick Group    

Carole Cable	[phone]
Fiona Micallef-Eynaud

About Renewi plc

Renewi plc (LSE:RWI), created in 2017 by the merger of Shanks Group plc (LSE: SKS) and Van Gansewinkel Groep B.V., is a leading waste-to-product business ideally positioned to be part of the solution to some  of the main environmental problems facing society today:  reducing waste, avoiding pollution and preventing the unnecessary use of finite natural resources.  With over 8,000 employees in Europe and North America, we have deep expertise and an unrivalled breadth of waste management products and services.

For us, waste is a state of mind, an opportunity. When we take away someone's waste we do something great with it. We give it as much new life as we can, by turning it into useful products and raw materials for our customers like recycled paper, metal, plastic and glass, woodchips, compost, energy, fuel and other products.

In the process, we protect the world from contamination, preserve our planet's finite resources, enable our customers to meet their sustainability goals, and provide our global customers with an unrivalled product range, combined with local service and attention.

Above all, our team is committed and passionate about our mission: waste no more. Renewi operates across five divisions:

·     Netherlands Commercial - Collecting, sorting, treating and recycling commercial and household waste in the Netherlands

·     Belgium Commercial - Collecting, sorting, treating and recycling commercial and household waste in Belgium

·     Hazardous Waste - Treating soil, water and packed chemical waste at our flagship ATM facility and conducting specialist industrial cleaning in the Netherlands

·     Monostreams - Managing a range of waste streams which focus on specific end markets such as glass, electronic goods, organics and minerals in Europe

·     Municipal - Operating long-term waste management contracts with local authorities in the UK and Canada

For more information please visit www.renewi.com Images are available to download at www.renewi.com/imagelibrary

 

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