Speakers

After graduating, Rick started his career in the marketing department of former supermarket chain, Safeway. He has spent the past eighteen years in a number of different roles in the packaging recycling industry as an aluminium specialist. He joined the Aluminium Can Recycling Association (ACRA) in 1989 as regional manager. He was heavily involved in the launch of the national programme to encourage consumers to recycle aluminium drink cans. Rick left ACRA in 1999 to join Alcan Aluminium Can Recycling as operations manager, responsible for the company’s “cash for can” centre network. The following year he became General Manager and was responsible for running Alcan’s (now Novelis) can recycling programme in the UK. In December 2005, he joined Valpak and was responsible for the development of the organisations strategy to develop strategic partnerships with local authorities. In February 2007 he joined the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) as Executive Director. He is responsible for developing and implementing the Aluminium Industry’s strategy to maximise the recycling rate for aluminium packaging in the UK. He is also a Director of the Aluminium Federation.