People

Peter is the founder of International Synergies. He was inspired to create the company's flagship project NISP after learning of the By-Product Synergy programmes operating in the Gulf of Mexico in 1999 run by the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Peter graduated with a degree in Economics and Ecology from the University of Southampton and spent 18 years in the aerospace manufacturing industry as contracts and commercial manager at GEC Marconi, Smiths Industries and Meggitt Aviation & Marine. He also worked as sustainability consultant of Shell Exploration and Production, before completing a second degree in Environmental Management.

He established the Business Council for
Sustainable Development-UK in 2002 and
held the position of Deputy Chief Executive
for four years before leaving to establish
International Synergies.

Peter is the driving force behind
International Synergies, and
works tirelessly to advocate
the benefits of industrial
ecology and symbiosis
around the world and is a
retained expert witness on
a number of European
Panels.

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Tim graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick and has since spent over 25 years working in the IT and business systems industry.

During this time Tim has worked for both large and small organisations in a variety of roles. Tim has worked on areas as diverse as parcel tracking, voice response and image processing systems and spent five years in a technical research group before returning to application development.

He has considerable expertise in the areas of ASP.Net, C# & SQL Server Database Development
(including data warehouse design
and OLAP) and contributes as a
designated expert to the Experts
Exchange forum.

Now working independently,
Tim provides support
for all of International
Synergies' current
systems and
applications, as well
as advising on and
implementing new
developments.

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Adrian is one of the founding members of international Synergies. He is responsible for all of the technical and Innovation issues within the business encompassing R&D and business development.

Adrian is a Chartered Chemist with 14 years experience as the Head of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality within a multinational chemical company. During this time he worked on a number of groundbreaking projects including the development of a Biodiesel fuel based on waste vegetable oil, the expansion of a recycling thermoplastic and thermoset business promoting the use of recycled waste materials, the development of numerous Management Systems and the implementation of the Environment Protection Act across the group.

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry,
the Institute of Quality Assurance, and the
Institute of Environment Management and
Assessment, Adrian is also a registered
Principle Environmental Auditor and a Lead
Auditor with the International Register
of Certified Auditors. He is
also a trained practitioner of
the six-sigma quality
approach, and a qualified
Dangerous Goods Safety
Advisor and Technical
Safety Practitioner.


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After graduating from Liverpool in 1994, Dave Joined BIP Limited, a multinational chemical company, where he led the Analytical and Environmental monitoring team, gaining experience in a number of analytical techniques, and managing schedules for internal and external clients to comply with COSHH, and EPA monitoring requirements. He then became the Polyurethane Product Manager looking after the sales of this business for the company.

In 2002 Dave moved to Petlon Polymers Limited, Europe’s largest thermoplastic recovery site, as Commercial Manager where he was responsible for the purchasing, production planning, and sales of 15000 tpa of nylon and PET granulate into the electrical, compounding and automotive sector.

Dave joined International Synergies in
March 2007, as a Development Manager
for the West Midlands. He now manages
a number of the company's regional projects
including NISP in the West Midlands, East
Midlands and South West and IS:NET in the
West Midlands.

Dave is a member of the Royal
Society of Chemistry, and a Chartered
Chemist. He has a NEBOSH certificate
and is a trained auditor.

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Charlotte has been with International Synergies since 2007 and has worked on a number of projects, including NISP, to deliver industrial symbiosis using the company's tools and techniques.

Charlotte graduated with an MSc in Environmental Diagnostics from Cranfield University and has over 15 years environmental experience. As well as developing corporate policy to ensure regulatory compliance, Charlotte has particular expertise in corporate responsibility, sustainability reporting, climate change impacts and environmental management.

Charlotte also worked with a number of organisations on a climate change adaptation partnership which she
chaired on behalf of Sustainability West
Midlands, and an environmental
specialist in the water industry,
working on a variety of issues including
climate change strategy, sustainability,
waste strategy and managing delivery.

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Xenia is responsible for our European strategy aimed at placing International Synergies at the heart of European Union (EU) policy development and supporting the expansion of our applied industrial symbiosis approach across Europe.

Xenia joined International Synergies in early 2011, although she has been working in close collaboration with the company for three years in her capacity as a European Expert for West Midlands in Europe (WMIE) based in Brussels.

Xenia has a BSc in Forestry and the Natural Environment and worked in the Greek private sector in food technology, before securing a UK scholarship and completing an MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation. Following her graduation, Xenia worked for Kent County Council providing consultancy
services to businesses throughout the
county on waste management,
transport and economic development.

Her passion for EU affairs led her to
Brussels, where she has been
leading the climate change and
sustainable growth portfolio for the
last three and half years. Xenia has
been working closely with
businesses and local authorities
in policy development.

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David is a Research student working in collaboration with International Synergies, the University of Surrey and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

David is studying for a Doctorate of Engineering (EngD) in 'Decision Support for Industrial Symbiosis Development', through which he contributes to research and development within the company's projects. This meeting of industry and academia serves to keep the company abreast of developments in the academic community, with particular regard to developments in Industrial Ecology, and keeps the academic community abreast of International Synergies' pioneering role in the practical implementation of industrial ecology through industrial symbiosis.

David graduated from the University of
Reading with First Class Honours BSc in
Environmental Earth Science and the
University of Surrey with PgD Distinction
in Corporate Environmental Management.
David is currently affiliated to
the University of Surrey's Centre for
Environmental Strategy (CES), where his
doctoral studies are supervised by
Dr. Lauren Basson and
Professor Roland Clift, CBE.

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