Team members

Anthony has worked within the sustainability and resource management sectors across a range of disciplines since 2001. Having managed waste companies, worked for academic institutes and with both national and regional market development organisations he has generating a solid foundation in the environmental sector, specialising in organic waste management. He is a FACTS Qualified Adviser and a representative consultant within the Renewable Energy Association, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA), and Organics Recycling Group (ORG) and a Member Chartered Management Institute (MCMI).

Anthony has the operational understanding and proven business acumen needed to run a range of businesses. He also has an excellent technical understanding in the application of soils and organic residuals in agriculture, horticulture, landscape and regeneration sectors.

Anthony formed Walker Organics Management in 2007, providing technical, operational and regulatory advice to the organics recycling sector. By 2008 the company had gained recognition within the organics sector, achieving approved consultancy status for ORG (formerly AfOR) and selected as WRAP framework contractors. Anthony changed the company name to Walker Resource Management Limited (WRM) in 2009 to incorporate a growing workload throughout the UK across the broad spectrum of the waste and renewable energy sectors. At this stage the company began to expand further and in 2010 WRM moved into their Head Office in Otley, West Yorkshire, which acts as a hub to the peripheral satellite offices throughout the UK. Following several years of ‘organic’ growth in 2018 WRM moved to their new head offices having restored the former bank premises in Manor Square, Otley.

WRM have become members and recognised consultants of the NFU, providing waste management support to on-farm diversification schemes. Anthony continues to be engaged in strategic initiatives, developing and facilitating the opportunities for organic recycling operations, renewable energy and sustainability strategy throughout the UK. Anthony maintains a keen interest in commercial research through his consultancy business.

Ben is a Director at WRM and has over fifteen years’ experience of environmental consultancy including contaminated land and waste management. Throughout his career Ben has worked with a varied clientele involving large multinational corporations, national waste management companies, public finance initiatives, local authorities, public development organisations and SME’s, providing specialist knowledge to the waste and renewable energy sectors. Ben has led on several large scale public and private projects, acting as the project director to design, manage and deliver a wide range of projects on time and within budget. As Technical Director at WRM, Ben leads on the development of new services to the waste industry, staying abreast of all new developments within the industry from close links to operators and regulators alike.

Ben heads up a waste technical services team at WRM, delivering projects to the waste sector across a broad spectrum of service areas. He has specific experience in delivering;

• technical support services that cover investment due diligence and technical feasibility;
• public and private sector procurement and strategy;
• development design and obtaining consents to operate; and
• operational optimisation and continual improvement.

Qualifications

• BSc Geography/Geology
• MSc Environmental Science
• AIEMA
• LCIWM
• RSPH Level 2 HACCP

Mark is a Director at WRM and is a Chartered Waste Manager with fourteen years’ experience of environmental consulting.  He has specific experience in developing organisational strategy, assessing option feasibility, supporting asset and service procurements and undertaking investment due diligence. Much of this experience has been gained in the waste sector, particularly in the organics sector with composting and anaerobic digestion technologies, and in recent years this has expanded into energy, CSR and responsible investment disciplines. He has worked for a wide range of customers from SME’s to major corporates along with major institutions such as the European and World Bank.

Professional Qualifications

• Member and North-East Region Centre Councillor – Chartered Institute of Waste Management.

In the summer of 2012 Peter took a role as Principal Consultant with WRM. In recent years Peter has picked up an excellent knowledge of organics treatment processes and application of organic products to land, along with an in depth understanding of the role the Environment agency (EA) takes in these activities.

Peter delivers Quality Management System (QMS) support to the waste sector including systems development, practical implementation planning, staff training, internal auditing, and external certification management. This support covers a wide range of materials including compost, digestate, aggregates, wood and gypsum. Peter is experienced in conducting compliance inspections for several leading certification bodies, Organic – Process and Producer inspections for the Soil Association, FEMAS, Red Tractor –  Beef/Sheep and Cereals for PAI, and PAS 100 composting inspections for NSF.

Peter produces EA compliant Management Systems.

Professional Qualifications

• Qualified in Rural Resource Management
• FACTS
• Intermediate HACCP (RIPH)
• ISO Lead Auditor

Beth is a Sustainability Consultant who joined the team in September 2017, after graduating from her master’s degree in MSc Sustainability and Consultancy at the University of Leeds. She has supported the delivery on a wide-range of projects across WRM’s service areas, allowing her to develop a broad knowledge of the sector. She has specific project management experience in areas such as:

• Management Systems and Compliance Support (ISO 14001/ 9001, PAS 100/110, ABPR)
• Tendering
• Landspreading Permits
• Planning Applications

Beth has developed a good working relationship with many of WRM’s customers, recommending improvements and supporting clients through a successful audit process.

She is also leading the development of WRM’s integrated management system (IMS) that will be certified to the ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2016 standards.

Professional Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Environmental Science
• MSc Sustainability and Consultancy
• Practitioner, IEMA
• Level 2 Award in Understanding HACCP (awarded by the Royal Society for Public Health)
• PAS 100 Training

Responsible for providing administration support in all aspects of Office Management, PA support, Team Management and invoicing.

Sam joined WRM in May 2016.  Working closely with the MD and members of the consultancy, Sam enables the smooth day to day running of all aspects of the office environment and is the first point of contact for the team for non-technical related issues.  Sam also supports internal projects, assisting on tenders, reviewing, and improving business processes and is currently working alongside the team to review and write procedures for the company’s Integrated Management System (IMS).

Prior to working at WRM, Sam has worked at Atkins Global as a PA for the HR Business Partner and Head of BIM and Knowledge Management, and at the Royal Bank of Scotland as a PA/business support within the Operational Cards Acquiring sector.

Ann joined WRM in May 2012 and assists in the day to day running of the office by ordering office supplies, producing deployments and taking charge of credit control. Ann previously worked as a travel agent in both England and the United States and managed a company producing educational training videos.

Martin joined WRM Ltd in April 2018 with nearly 12 years’ experience in consultancy in the broader Environmental Sector. He has managed a range of projects including some in the waste management sector and, during his career, has carried out a substantial amount of monitoring projects with a more recent focus on bioaerosols and odour.

Much of Martin’s previous work has been centred around permit compliance and at WRM Ltd he is also part of the permitting team. He has already been involved in a number of projects, including the production and management of bespoke permit applications and providing permit application support to Local Authorities.

Adam is a Senior Consultant at WRM and is a Practioner with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). He has specific experience in the management and delivery of compliance services, helping clients to meet the often rigorous requirements imposed upon them by regulatory bodies. Adam takes a client-focussed approach in order to deliver work tailored to his clients’ needs and requirements. He has developed a broad portfolio of work across WRM’s services, including:

• due diligence
• tendering
• technology feasibility studies
• management systems

He has worked with a diverse range of clients, from major organisations to boutique SMEs in both the public and private sectors.

Professional Qualifications

• Practitioner, IEMA

Paul Mathers has an excellent commercial and technical understanding organic materials and bio-fertiliser applications to soils in sports, agriculture, horticulture, landscape, energy crops and brownfield regeneration. He project managed and delivered an extensive series of market development and research/industry demonstration trials for the Waste and Resources Action Programme, a government funded body, using compost, AD digestate and manufactured soil throughout the UK. Paul as a proven track record in delivering commercial market development and extensive knowledge of UK wide marketing approaches across land based industries including sports turf applications.

Working with waste resources and compost related business across the UK, Paul has a unique perspective of the marketing approach and tools necessary to mobilise business and gain market entry with success.

Areas where he provided expert advice and guidance for the revision and publication of new standards and guidance are:

• Member of the Defra steering group for the publication of Defra’s “Construction Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of soils on Construction Sites.”
• Revision of the National Building Specification, Q28 to include compost.
• Member of the steering group to publish new guidance, Sniffer, “Code of Practice for the use of sludge, compost and other organic materials for land reclamation”
• Instigation of a new BSI Standard for Subsoil (to be published in 2012)

Paul successfully promotes and stimulates the use of organic materials and digestate across a range of markets. He has a sound understanding of the barriers and drivers for market development of a new product and his experience provides confidence in areas of composition, technical and commercial benefits.

Paul has extensive experience in Mining, Construction and Brownfield Regeneration. He was lead project manager on large infrastructure projects like Manchester Runway 2 and the Glasgow M77 motorway. His project management skills were instrumental to completion of these major projects and together with team working and financial management expertise he is able to ensure a timely and financial close to projects in his control.

Tom joined WRM in September 2016 having previously been employed as an Assistant Management Accountant and a Junior Analyst for a leading UK engineering company. Tom has a strong knowledge of environmental permitting, planning requirements and project development through his work on the development phase of the £200m Energy Works gasification plant based in Hull. Tom is able to aid in the production of individual components or manage the entirety of the application process.

Whilst at WRM Tom has been involved in a number of varied projects ranging from the production and management of bespoke permit applications to providing tender support aimed at securing local authority waste contracts.

Professional Qualifications

• Graduate Member CIWM

Marije primarily supports WRM’s management team looking after IT and mobile phone provisions, utilities, car pool, HR, Health & Safety including PPE and delivers ad hoc project and BD support to the wider team.

With an administrative background in business development and project management obtained with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Leeds City College, Marije joined WRM in 2016 to strengthen the team and support WRM’s continued growth.

Qualifications:

• MA in International Communications

James joined the team in July 2019 having previously completed an MSc in Sustainability and Consultancy at the University of Leeds. James also studied his undergraduate degree at the University of Leeds, obtaining a BSc in Physical Geography in 2017.

Throughout his studies, James has acquired extensive knowledge pertaining to a number of environmental and sustainability-related issues, ranging from resource use efficiency to assessing the regulatory landscape of the renewables, recycling and waste management sector. Additionally, James has interests concerning single-use and microplastic pollution reduction strategies, regulation change and environmental permitting.

At WRM, James will be supporting the team with permit applications, in addition to ISO and PAS certifications.

Qualifications:

• MSc in Sustainability and Consultancy