Company Director

Mike Hibbert – BSc(Hons) PgC

Mike is a successful manager with over twenty seven years experience in the environmental sector, having worked at the leading edge of initiatives aimed at modernising and improving guidance and regulatory processes, producing technical reports and delivering staff development and training resources.

Mike has extensive knowledge of current sustainability issues, including supply chain efficiency, packaging and waste, with specific expertise and qualifications in resource and waste management.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills are a primary part of Mike’s skills and the ability to take a strategic, holistic view whilst also being able to focus on detail. Mike has an extensive track record of successful project management from initiation to final delivery. He regularly consults with a range of key stakeholders such as Local Authorities, regulators, industry, professional bodies and national government both in the UK and Europe.

Education

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

2012 Lancaster University
PgC Energy from Fuels and Waste (p/t)

2011 University of Huddersfield
PgC Multimedia and E –Learning (p/t)

2005 - 2007 Leeds University, School of Civil Engineering
Post Graduate Certificate Waste and Sustainability (p/t)

1983 - 1987 Trent Polytechnic
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Applied Biology (f/t)

Professional

• NEBOSH– General Certificate
• Environmental Auditors Registration Scheme - Environmental Auditing and Waste Minimisation
• Institute of Wastes Management Diploma

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (MCIWM)
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (MIOSH)
• Institute of Quarrying (MIQ)

Key experience

• Chartered Waste Manager with professional involvement in waste and resource management since 1987
• Provision of training, teaching and mentoring
• Operational, regulatory, local authority, academic and consultancy experience
• Advice to companies, Local Authorities, government and other organisations on the technical and regulatory aspects of waste and resource management
• Specialist in landfill science, waste treatment technologies and sustainable waste solutions
• Project management (individual projects to £240k, portfolio up to £600k)
• Organisation and hosting of UK and international study tours
• Author of technical reports, articles for trade publications
• Delivery of stakeholder engagement and marketing campaigns including seminars and press releases.
• National trainer for the CIWM Environmental Permit Operators Certificate course (EPOC)
• Visiting Lecturer at Universities of Leeds, Newcastle, Hull, UCLAN, Bolton College, Newcastle College