The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management has announced that its chief executive, Dr Colin Church, is leaving just two years after taking on the post. He will leave at the end of September 2018.
Dr Church, a former top waste official at Defra – joined CIWM in October 2016 – and is understood to be moving to a new position in the environmental arena as a chief executive. Sarah Poulter, presently group director of membership and funding, will take on the role of interim CEO.
Dr Colin Church, current chief executive of CIWM
At the CIWM he has overseen a radical restructuring of the Institution which has been running at a financial loss over recent years although it hopes to return to profit in 2018.
Other staff members are also understood to be leaving or have left the Institution with voluntary redundancy among the packages on offer.
Announcement
When contacted about the potential departure of Dr Church, a spokesperson for CIWM said that an announcement is expected to be made shortly and there was no comment at the present time.
And, an announcement on the future of Resource & Waste UK, the 18-month-old partnership between the Institution and the Environmental Services Association (ESA), is due imminently.
Dr Colin Church, a former environmental quality director at Defra, replaced CIWM chief executive Steve Lee who had been with CIWM for 13 years.
Should Dr Church’s departure to a new post away from CIWM be confirmed, it will represent one of the shortest periods of tenure at the Institution.
At CIWM, working with policy chief Pat Jennings, Dr Church has been responsible for considerable input by CIWM into the forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy.
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