Ciaran Foley, Chief Executive Officer

Ciaran Foley joined Re-turn as Chief Executive in October 2024, with over 30 years’ industry experience as a senior executive. Since joining Re-turn, Ciaran has launched Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme which will help position Ireland to meet its European recycling...

Zoe Kavanagh, CEO, Repak

A distinguished leader with almost 30 years of experience in domestic & international markets within dairy and FMCG sectors, Zoё joined Repak in March 2024, following 13 years as CEO of the National Dairy Council. Prior to this, she spent 16 years at PepsiCo,...

Tim Walker, President CIWM & CEO of arc21

Tim is currently the Chief Executive of the arc21 local authority partnership in Northern Ireland, a role he has held since 2019. Prior to that, he headed up waste management at Belfast City Council for over two decades. Tim is currently on the Board of Keep Northern...

Des Crinion – Chairperson, IWMA

Des Crinion – Chairperson, IWMA. Des has been involved in the recycling industry for the past 12 years. He started with Panda as business development manager. His first major project was to acquire Pandas first site in Dublin, attain planning and licencing and...

Enda Kiernan- CIWM

Enda Kiernan FCIWM , MSc., BSc. In Civil Engineering Professional Credentials:  MSc. In Construction & Project Management, Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering, Diploma in Civil Engineering. Enda was the first person in Ireland to receive the National...