Roger McDowell Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Roger is a seasoned senior manager of 30 years’ standing. Having developed the Oliver Ashworth Group through dramatic growth, main market listing and sale to St. Gobain, he then took a number of non-executive roles including chairmanships in both public and private equity backed businesses. Roger is currently chairman of Avingtrans plc, a non-executive director of I S Solutions plc and a director of several private companies. He joined the board of Augean in 2004 and took the chair on 23 March 2010.
Paul Blackler Chief Executive
Paul is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and has extensive experience in the leadership of businesses in the emerging waste sector. Prior to joining the group, Paul held senior positions with Shanks Group plc and was instrumental in developing innovative service solutions and technologies to the market whilst also taking on the challenges of delivering business growth strategies. Paul joined Augean on its formation heading up both transaction, operational, development and commercial roles before becoming Chief Executive in December 2007.
Richard Allen Group Finance Director
Richard joined Augean in September 2010 as Group Finance Director from Kelda Holdings, the ultimate owner of Yorkshire Water and a number of water-related businesses in the UK and US. Richard held a number of senior finance roles at Kelda, latterly as interim Group Finance Director. Prior to Kelda Richard spent 10 years with the Nestle SA group and before leaving was Finance Director at Nestlé Ireland, based in Dublin.
Andrew Bryce Non-Executive Director
Andrew has had a long career in environmental law in the UK and currently runs his own law firm, Andrew Bryce & Co, which specialises in regulatory defence and board level advice on environmental management, strategy and liability issues. He was previously an equity partner and head of environmental services at City law firm Cameron Markby Hewitt (now part of CMS Cameron McKenna). He has held the chairmanship of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association of which he is an honorary life member. He was appointed to the board of Augean in June 2005.
Rory Macnamara Non-Executive Director
Rory is a chartered accountant with a wide range of corporate finance transaction experience. He was previously head of mergers and acquisitions at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and latterly a managing director at Lehman Brothers. He currently holds a number of directorships including Izodia plc, Carpathian plc, Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust plc, Mears Group plc and Sportingbet plc. He was appointed to the board of Augean in November 2006.
Jim Meredith Non-Executive Director
Jim was formerly Chief Executive of FCC's UK asset base with revenues of c.£700m, c.180 active business units and c.2,400 employees following their acquisition in 2006 of Waste Recycling Group (WRG), the UK's largest landfill and waste disposal business which also provides services to the decommissioning markets. He had previously worked with TerraFirma Capital Partners (TFCP) during the acquisition of WRG in 2003. Prior to TFCP Jim was an Executive Director of Shanks PLC, a major European player in the environmental services markets with revenues of c.£600m and c.4,200 employees on c.125 sites in three European countries.