Directorate Change

RNS Number : 4618H

Renewi PLC

13 March 2018

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Jolande Sap

The Board of Renewi plc ('Renewi') is pleased to announce the appointment of Jolande Sap to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2018. She will also become a member of Renewi's Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Between 2008 and 2012, Jolande represented the Dutch Green Party, GroenLinks, in the lower house of the Dutch parliament, during the last two years of which she was party leader. Before that she worked as an economist in the fields of science, policy and business. Between 1996 and 2003 Jolande worked at the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment and amongst other responsibilities headed the Incomes Policy Department, before being appointed a director of LEEFtijd, a consultancy for sustainable employment issues, until 2008.

Jolande is currently on the Board of the Netherlands National Green Fund, a member of the Supervisory Boards of KPMG (Netherlands), Royal KPN N.V. and the Springtij Forum. She chairs the Supervisory Boards of the Netherlands Public Health Federation, Arkin - a mental health care institution and Fairfood International. She is also involved in a number of social initiatives, including chairing the Board of the Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week.

Jolande graduated from the Tilburg University in economics having specialised in political economy and philosophy. She retains a strong interest in social-economic issues including lifelong learning and sustainability.

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

"We are delighted to have secured the appointment of Jolande. Operating in a highly regulated sector and with increasing Governmental focus on recycling policy and the Circular Economy Jolande's experience will provide the Renewi Board with an additional and valuable perspective." 

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

For further information:

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About Renewi plc

Renewi, created in 2017 by the merger of Shanks Group plc 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.

We are listed on the London Stock Exchange and are a constituent of the FTSE250 index. With over 8,000 employees in Europe and North America, we have deep expertise and an extensive 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 then give it new life. We transform a wide range of used materials 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 finite natural resources, and enable customers to meet their sustainability goals. With our deep international expertise we also provide our customers with an extensive 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.renewiplc.com
Images are available to download at: www.renewiplc.com/imagelibrary 

 

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