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Trustees
Waste Watch merged with Keep Britain Tidy on the 1 August 2011. Our Board of Trustees (listed below) merged with Keep Britain Tidy's Board.
Our new combined Board of Trustees are all unpaid volunteers who are legally responsible for the charity. They meet regularly during the year to ensure Keep Britain Tidy abides by its charitable aims, delivers its mission, maintains a sound financial position and works within the law.
Former Waste Watch members of the Board of Trustees
Matthew was until 2009 Director and founder shareholder of London Recycling Ltd. He is also managing partner of a restaurant in Soho, the Soho Pizzeria.
He is a director of the Conservation Foundation, the Soho Community Environment Fund and chairs the Westminster Citizens Advice Licensing service.
Matthew is also a member of the Institute of Directors, the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Sylvia is a chartered accountant by training and has worked in financial services for many years, initially as an auditor and later as a regulator, investigating a wide variety of issues concerning financial services, businesses and individuals. Switching ‘sides’ she has been working as a regulatory compliance professional for the last few years.
Alongside her professional career Sylvia has been a long-time green activist. She has used her training to assist several organisations with their financial management.
Professor Ian Williams, BSc PGCE PhD CChem MRSC ILTM
Ian is professor of environmental science in the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton, having previously been the founder and head of the Centre for Waste Management at the University of Central Lancashire.
His research interests include waste minimisation and management, environmental chemistry and pollution, and public perceptions/behaviour with respect to environmental issues.
Ian has written over 80 peer-reviewed papers and two books and he has recently won two awards for his research activities (2006 CIWM James Jackson Award and 2010 ICE Baker Medal). Current research includes a carbon footprinting study for Southampton City Council and an EC Seventh Framework project on Zero Waste in Industrial Networks.
Matthew McDowell
Matt is Marketing Director for Toshiba (Northern Europe), the manufacturer of electronic and electrical products.
Before Toshiba he worked for the US technology company Ingram Micro (UK). As a product manager, Matt was very much part of the early 90s technology revolution and he took this experience with him when he moved into consumer marketing at Toshiba in 1999. Starting as a channel marketing manager, he is now responsible for the corporation’s marketing operation across Northern Europe, with a focus on the UK, France and Germany.
Matt is also a Board member of a charity called MeWe and a lifelong fan of Watford FC.
Mathew is Commercial Director of waste management company Severnside, based in south Wales. Severnside recovers around 1.9 million tonnes of paper and packaging annually from UK waste streams.
Mathew has worked for a variety of major companies, including P & O Transport, The Mirror Group, Cadbury's, and more recently as Sales Director at Biffa PLC, where he gained 22 years' experience in the waste industry.
