Energy, Fuels & Decarbonisation Expo 2025 | Environmental Services & Solutions Expo (ESS Expo) | 9 September 2025 | National Exhibition Centre, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT, UK

Join hundreds of engaging conversations, strategic meetings, and thought-provoking presentations at this two-day event dedicated to energy management, alternative fuels, and clean energy innovations. Network with potential customers, suppliers, and partners who can revolutionise your perspective and open doors to new opportunities.

In 2023, this event welcomed 4,338 high-level attendees eager to discover cutting-edge technologies, lucrative investment opportunities, and crucial insights that elevated their operations.

Who Attends?
• This event is where you'll connect with the top players in sustainable energy solutions.
• From local authorities and energy suppliers, to energy from waste to brokers and consultants, EFD welcomes professionals from across the entire supply chain. Whether you are an energy company looking for an update on regulation, a consumer of energy looking for more sustainable alternatives, or looking for solutions to better manage your energy and decarbonisation needs, this event has it all.

2024 Past Speakers

Abi Croutear-Foy
Managing Director, AquaWatch

Adam Bedford
Collaborative Projects Director, Fera Science Ltd

Adam Herriott
Senior Specialist, WRAP

Adrian Whyle
Innovation Specialist

Afiya Howe
Senior HR Business Partner and Business Lead for Inclusion, Biffa Waste Services

AJ Marsh
Head of Batteries, Recycling Lives Services

Alan Dengate
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist, Kent and South London, Environment Agency

Alban Forster
European Infrastructure Leader, SLR Consulting Limited

Alejandro Sturniolo
Secretary General, Water Positive Think Tank

Alex Tate
Senior Manager, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, EY

Alison Haynes
Consultancy East Regional Manager, Adler & Allan

Alyce Morris
Project Manager, Wastepack Group

Amy Hooper
Innovation Manager, Biffa Waste Services Ltd

Amy Parekh-Pross
SOCOTEC

Andres Quijano
Envirosuite Manager for Industrial Solutions, Envirosuite

Andrew Akroyd
Head of Sales, DS Smith Recycling

Andrew Dove
Professor of Sustainable Polymer Chemistry, University of Birmingham

Andrew Howie
Director, EfW Development, Encyclis

Andrew McKale
Senior Account Manager, Wastepack Group

Andrew Warren
Network Operability Specialist, Waste Networks, Severn Trent Water

Andy Daly
Head of Procurement Programmes, Social Enterprise UK

Andy Harrison
Head of Delivery & Learning, Groundwork UK

Andy Jones
Managing Director, Totus Environmental; Chair of the RDF Industry Group

Andy Leitch
Deputy Chief Executive, Confor (UK)

Andy O'Dea
Technical Director, Cognition Land and Water

Andy Rees
Head of Waste Strategy, Welsh Government

Andy Whyle
Associate, Sustainability West Midlands

Angus Niven
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Strata Homes

Ann Barker
Lead Officer, Contaminated Land, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Anna Carmichael
Freegle

Anna Willetts
Partner, Gunner Cooke LLP

Anthony Sant
Managing Director, Swift UK Electricals

Antony Sumner
Application Specialist, Industrial Air Emissions, Gasmet Technologies (UK) Ltd

Ben Lawry
Associate Director, Roberts Environmental Limited

Beth Corbould
Director, OFWAT

Bethany Cockshutt
Associate, The Carbon Trust

Bijan Mohandes
bijan@technocommconsulting.com

Bill Atkinson
Chief Scientific Advisor, Adler & Allan

Bruce Woodall

Cameron Leitch
Policy and Public Affairs Executive, British Metals Recycling Association

Carol Curran
Research Scientist & Deputy Quality Manager, Environmental and Biochemical Sciences, James Hutton Ltd

Cassie Webster
General Manager, Materials Trading (RDF & Reuse) UK, FCC Environment

Cat Fletcher
Co-Founder, Freegle

Catherine Guy
Relationship Manager, Beyondly Global Limited

Catherine Horne
Battery Scheme Manager, Recycling Lives Services

Cathy Cook
Chair, LARAC

Cecilia Macleod
Chief Scientific Advisor, Advanced Bacterial Sciences

Chani Courtney
Regional Rep, Surfers Against Sewage

Charlie Hendry-Smith
Veolia

Charlotte Rule
Head of Climate and Energy, Environmental Services Association

Charlotte Slack
Head of Partnerships, Company Shop Group

Chris Berryman
Technical Director, SLR Consulting

Chris Burton
Managing Director, IWPP

Chris Clarke

Chris Huhne
Chair, ADBA

Chris Isaac
FCC Environment

Chris Packham

Chris Piddington
Technical Director, Arcadis

Chris Ramsbottom
Strategic Projects Director, Adler & Allan

Chris Smith
Lead Consultant, Resource Efficiency and Circularity, Beyondly Global Ltd

Christine Skeldon
Senior Improvement and Development Manager, Cheshire West Recycling

Christophe Demassiet
CEO, Econox

Cindy Gardener
Assistant Director (Waste and Street Cleansing), Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

Claire Dickinson
Director, Geo-Environmental Matters Ltd

Claire Petricca-Riding
Partner, Irwin Mitchell

Claire Shipp
Circular Bioresources Analyst, REA

Claire Shrewsbury
Director of Insights and Innovation, WRAP

Claire Stone
Governance Director, i2 Analytical

Clare Llowarch
Technical Director, i2 Analytical

Colin Bateman
Asset Reliability Specialist, Integrated Global Services (IGS)

Conor McCooey
CIO, Regen

Craig Anderson
CEO, Reuse Network

Craig Cox
President, Cox-Colvin & Associates, Inc.

Daisy Malyon
PR & Communications Manager, Wastepack Group

Daniel Johns
Managing Director, Water Resources East

Daniela Marques Miguel
Sales Director, Normec DETS

Danny Stapleton Torres
Senior International Research Coordinator, Valpak

Darren Beriro
Principal Geoscientist, British Geological Survey

Dave Richards
Response & Technical Manager, Adler & Allan

Dave Rutherford
Director, Turnkey Regeneration

David Agudelo-Romero
Public Relations and Business Intelligence Officer, Waga Energy

David Donnelly
SHEQ Manager, Assessor, SHE Trainer and Consultant, Re-Gen Robotics, Practical Waste Solutions, JMD Training

David Greenfield
Senior Vice President, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) & Vice President, Circular Economy Institute (CEI), part of CIWM Group

David Kaner
Chief Executive, AAL Clean Farming

David Reay
Head of Strategic Partnerships, CPL/Puragen Activated Carbons

Deborah Feldhaus
Head of Water Resources & Regional Planning, Yorkshire Water

Derek Jones
Product Manager, Routeware

Didier Haegelsteen
General Manager, SGM MAGNETICS SPA

Dimitra Rappou
Executive Director of Sustainable Products, Confederation of Paper Industries

Don Holmes
Head of Natural Environment, Mitie Landscapes

Dr Adam Read MBE
Chief External Affairs and Sustainability Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

Dr Akmez Nabeerasool
Commercial Manager, Desotec

Dr Amber Yeoman
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of York

Dr Andrew Walsh
Technical Director, Jones Celtic Bioenergy

Dr Ann Stevenson
Circular Economy Lead, Resource Futures

Dr Debbie Fletcher
Director, Climate, Local Partnerships

Dr Jon Burton
Managing Director, Oracle Environmental Experts

Dr Margaret Bates
Head of the UK pEPR Scheme administrator, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Dr Nick Kirk
Technical Director, British Glass

Dr Roland Leigh
Chief Technical Officer, EarthSense

Dr Sally Beken
UK Circular Plastics Network Manager, Innovate UK Business Connect

Dr Sally Uren OBE
Forum for the Future

Dr Stephen Wise
Chief Strategic Development Officer, Advetec

Dr Tracey Leghorn
Chief Business Services Officer, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

Dr. Nasrin Asgari
Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University

Duncan Sanders
Director, ATG Group

Elizabeth Beers
Regional Technical Director, Ground and Water Team, WSP

Ella Patel
Strategic Growth Manager, Vortex IoT

Elysia Moore
Operations and Product Manager, Stream

Emma Bourne OBE
Director - Resources and Waste, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Emma Clyne
Principal Category Manager, NHS SBS

Eric Bufquin
International Sales, Sigrenea

Erik Wist
Vice President, Commercial Development, Juno

Ewart Cox
Managing Director, Assentech Sales Limited

Fiona Campbell
Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs, Biffa

Francesca O'Neill
Bankers4NetZero

Frank Wescott
Associate, Ground Consultants Ltd

Gabriel Smith
Senior Officer - Biodiversity Net Gain, Natural England

Gary Escott
SiteZone Safety

Gaspard Duthilleul
COO, Greyparrot

Geoff Mackey
UK Head, PlasticsEurope

George Atkinson
Head of Policy, Valpak

George Hobbs
Data Lead, VEV

George Roach
Performance & Compliance Director – Environmental Services, Serco

George Warren
Integrated Water Manager, Anglian Water

Georgina Watkins
Senior Consultant, Stantec UK Ltd

Giacomo Maini
Managing Director, Ecologia

Graham Lake
FCC Environment

Grahame Neagus
Head of LCV and Municipal for UK & Ireland, Renault Trucks

Greg Logelain
Associate Director, Ricardo

Gwen Frost
Director, Resource Futures

Hailey Cluff
Head of Recycle, London Borough of Hounslow

Hannah Howe
Principal Consultant, AECOM

Hariette Shave
Head of Commercial, Clearpoint Recycling

Hayley Goddard

Helen Jordan
Sustainability Manager, British Plastics Federation

Helen Simmen
Research and Development, Wildflower Turf Ltd

Howard Gray
Business Relationship Specialist, GreenBlue Urban

Iain Gulland
Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland

Ian Grant
Brownfield Director, Environment Analyst

Ian Pyatt
Fagus-Grecon

Jacob Hayler
Executive Director, ESA

Jacqueline O'Donovan OBE
Serial Entrepreneur, Former Managing Director at O'Donovan Waste Disposal Ltd

Jade Oliver-Morris
HR & Shared Services Director, Smart Environmental Support Services

James Cartwright
Director, McAuliffe Group

James Clifford
CEO, HGVC

James Eyton
Head of CCUS, Viridor

James Hale
CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Committee

James Macnaghten
CEO, Caldera Heat Batteries Limited

Jamie Crummie
Cofounder, Too Good To Go

Jamie Warmington
Director, Ceres EMC

Jane Findlay
Director, Fira

Jane Sansbury
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - Wessex Area, Environment Agency

Jason Reeves
Head of Policy, CIEEM

Jen Vanderhoven
COO, BIO-BASED AND BIODEGRADABLE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

Jennifer Brown
Associate Director, Public Services Advisory, Net Zero, Grant Thornton UK LLP

Jenny Grant
Head of Organics and Natural Capital, REA

Jenny Harrison
Chief Financial Officer, enfinium

Jenny Watts
UROC / Watts Legal

Jo Bradley
UK Director of Operations, Stormwater Shepherds UK

Joanne Kwan
Senior Research Manager and Sustainable Land Reuse Programme Lead, CIRIA

Jody Sherratt
Operations Director, Cheshire West Recycling

John Dawson-Nowak
Associate Director, WSP

John Logan

John Pine
Director, Commercial Development, Juno

John Scanlon
Chief Executive Officer, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

Jon Hastings
East London Waste Authority

Jonathan Atkinson
Technical Director, CL

Jonathan Attwood
Head of Technical and Quality, IPL Brightgreen

Jonathan Croley
Partner, Ashfords LLP

Jonathan Ratcliffe
UK & Ireland Country Manager, Codra

Jonathon Davies
Managing Director, Green Valley Group

Jonathon Porritt
Writer and campaigner

Jordan Girling
Head of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), WRAP

Josh Oxby
POST Parliament

Juanita Castrillon Montoya
Project Development Engineer, Veolia

Jude Allan
Chair, IOM3 Packaging Group & Interim Managing Director, OPRL

Judith Allan
Interim Managing Director, OPRL

Judy Ling Wong
Honorary President, Black Environment Network

Julia Baker
Technical Director, Mott Macdonald

Julian Webster
Water Net Zero Engineering Manager, Affinity Water

Julie Foley
Director Strategy and National Adaptation, Environment Agency

Justin Greenaway
Commercial Manager, Sweeep

Karen Thornton
NHBC

Katherine Fleet
Head of Sustainability and Circularity, RECOUP

Katie Cockburn
Senior Director of Policy, Media and Education, CIWM

Keith Bird
Head of Control Centre, Biffa

Keith Davidson
Irwin Mitchell

Keith Herbert
Pathfinder Delivery Lead, Southern Water

Keith James
Head of Policy and Insights, WRAP

Ken Hunnisett
Head of Public Sector, Triple Point Investment Management LLP

Ken Scally
Technical and Quality Director, Normec DETS

Kieren Mayers
Vice President, Environment, Social, & Governance, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Kirk Bridgewood
Managing Director, Normec DETS

Kristy Spindler
Senior Director - Climate, Local Partnerships

Laura Fisher
FCC Environment

Laura Stone
Business Development Manager, Econward Tech

Laura-Jane Strachan
Head of Electron Microscopy, James Hutton Ltd

Lauren Rabbitte
Associate Director, Effective Consumable Solutions (ECS)

Laurie Chilcote
Vice President, Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc.

Lee Dobinson
Chief Commercial Officer, BioteCH4

Lee Scarth
Vattenfall IDNO

Leigh Broadhurst
Chair, Environmental Services Association Biodiversity Working Group

Leo Leeman
Director at Benfleet Scrap Co Ltd, Benfleet Scrap

Liam Wood
TechIOSH

Lisa Gillespie
Director/MD, Meliora HR Limited

Livvy Drake
Consultant, Sustainable Sidekicks

Louise Clarke
Associate Engineer, Buro Happold

Lowelle Bryan
Senior Reuse Specialist, WRAP

Lucas Hargreaves
Project Director, Recycling Lives Services

Lukas Schaefer
Waste and Resource Specialist, Department for Business and Trade

Luke Ford
Commercial Director, Biogen

Malina Modlich
University of Stirling

Manu Maunganidze
Director, SOS-UK and NYCE

Marc Perry
Principal Geo-environmental Engineer & Technical Lead for Sustainable Soils, RSK Geosciences

Marc Wolman
Senior Infrastructure Programme Lead, London Luton Airport

Margaret Bates
Head of the UK pEPR Scheme Administrator, DEFRA

Marielle Pantin
Associate Director, Lloyds Banking Group

Mark Edwards
Head of Sustainability, Gatwick Airport Ltd

Mark Garvey
Whitespace Work Software

Mark Hayton
Director, EGGER Timberpak Limited

Mark Nason
Head of Professional Practice, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

Mark Penny
Chief Operating Officer, Business Modelling Applications

Mark Richmond
Technical Director, WRM Ltd

Mark Sharpe
Technical Director, WSP

Mark Sommerfeld
Policy Manager, Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA)

Mark Vanderbeken
Chairman, Drycake

Martin Ballard
Group Head of Environment, Wates

Martin Baxter
CEO, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

Martin Hyde
Sustainability and Public Affairs Manager, Alupro

Martin Trigg-Knight
Director of Compliance Services, Clarity Environmental

Mathieu Surcq
Commercial Export, Rossignol

Matt Humby
Senior Technical Consultant, Firechief Global

Matt Lennard
Principal Geo-Environmental Engineer, NHBC

Matt Manning
Head of Circular Economy, BT Group plc

Matthew Howarth
Director, A&A Recycling

Matthew Moore
Strategic Flood & Partnership Manager, Anglian Water

Matthew Timmins
Project Director, Harworth Group

Matthew Whaley
Greater London Authority

Maxine Mayhew
Chief Operating Officer, Collections & Specialist Services, Biffa

Megan Hine
UK Business Development Manager for Clean Energy, Draeger Safety UK

Michael Amos
Managing Director, Waste to Wonder Worldwide

Michael Goor
Head of New Channel Sales, I2R Packaging Solutions Ltd

Michael Singham
Waste Strategy Manager, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

Mike Brown
Managing Director, Eunomia Research & Consulting

Mike Gunton
Executive Producer and Creative Director, BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Mike Hogan
EMR

Mike Jefferson
Managing Director, EPRO

Mike Whitehead
Team Leader – Environmental Sustainability Strategy & Water Environment, National Highways

Natalie Ibbott
Councils & Partnerships Project Manager, Freegle

Natalie Rea
Chief Executive Officer, Clarity Environmental

Natasha Epstein
Director Waste and Street Cleansing, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames and Wandsworth

Neil Dewis
Strategic Advisory Water Director, WSP and former Executive Water Director at Yorkshire Water, WSP

Neil Grundon
Chairman, Grundon

Neil Sewell
Director of New Technology Services, SDS

Niall Bolster
Sales Manager, AMP

Nicholas (Nick) Stillwell
Managing Director, Protomax

Nick Fellows
Director, Voom Ltd

Nicky O'Malley
Director of Corporate Partnerships, Global Action Plan

Nicola Buckland
University of Sheffield

Nik Spencer
Founder & CEO, Mission HERU Ltd

Niki Roach
Director, Blue & Green Consulting Limited & Planet Possible Podcast Host

Oscar Little
Fagus-Grecon

Owen Lauder
Business Development Manager, Previsico

Owen Michaelson
CEO, Encyclis

Patrick Brighty
Head of Recycling Policy, Environmental Services Association

Paul Davidson
Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge, Innovate UK

Paul James
Technical Director, SLR Consulting

Paul Jennings
Green Compass Scheme Ltd

Paul Sanderson
Chief Executive, The Recycling Association

Paul Vanston
Chief Executive, The Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment

Peter Atchison

Peter Lennard
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - East Anglia, Environment Agency

Phil Blythe
Solution Manager, Routeware

Phil Pettit
Business Development Manager, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

Rae Watney
Senior Land Quality Officer, Sheffield City Council

Renata Specht
Business Development Manager - Sr Demand Generation | Defense | Industry, Honeywell

Richard Coulson
Chair of the Wood Recyclers' Association & Biomass & Oil Procurement Manager, RWE

Richard Garfield
Technical Discipline Manager, SLR Consulting

Richard Jenkins
Chief Executive Officer, Esken Renewables

Richard Postins
Founder, Prova

Rob McCann
Head of Environment, Climate & Nature, Virgin Media O2

Robbert van Leeuwen
CEO, AMCON

Robert Doyle
Policy Officer, The European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology

Robert Park
Auditel

Robyn Macpherson
Project Manager - Birmingham Plastics Network, University of Birmingham

Roger Wright
Waste Strategy & Packaging Manager, Biffa Waste Management

Roger Wright
Waste Strategy & Packaging Manager, Biffa Waste Management

Ruby Shepperson
Reclaim the Rain Project Manager, Suffolk County Council

Rupert Carr
Birchall Properties

Ruth Garcia
Environmental Manager, Riverlinx CJV

Sally Hayns
CEO, CIEEM

Sam Corp
Head of Regulation, Environmental Services Association

Sam Fox
Chief Strategic Planner (Water), United Utilities

Sam Hall
Managing Director, John F Hunt Regeneration

Sam Oosthuizen
Head of Water and Resilience Solutions, Business Modelling Applications (BMA)

Sam Reeve
CEO, Resource Futures

Sarah Bunney
CEO, Our Rainwater Limited

Sarah Key
WRAP

Sarah Ottaway
Sustainability and Social Value Lead, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

Sian Davies
Poultry Manager/Farm Administrator, Wernheulog Farm

Simon Clark
Science Communicator, Tired Bear Films

Simon Forshaw
Vice President, Engineering and Construction, enfinium

Simon Gandy
Technical Director, SLR Consulting

Simon Gilliland
CEO, Flood Technology Group

Simon Westgarth
CEO, Richmond Furniture Scheme

Simone Aplin
Director, Ceres Waste, Renewables & Environment

Sophie Breakell
Business Development Manager, Zestec Renewable Energy

Stephen Hayes
Director, Voom Ltd

Stephen Sheridan
Head of Account Management, Business Stream

Steve Fletcher
Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy, University of Portsmouth

Steve Last
Chartered Waste Manager, Drycake

Steve Molyneux
Deputy Director Waste & Resources, Environment Agency

Steve Morgan
Head of Policy & Infrastructure, RECOUP

Steve Pollet
Business Developer UK, Complementerre

Stuart Hayward-Higham
Chief Technical Development and Innovation Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

Stuart Henshaw
Business Development Director, Integrated Skills Ltd

Stuart Hoyle
Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - Lincolnshire and Northants, Environment Agency

Sunil Shah

Susannah McIntosh

Tania Laugier
Projects Account Manager, DHL, EnviroSolutions

Teik Tan
Procurement & Supply Chain Manager, Costain

Terry Smithson
Head of Nature-based Solutions, BioScapes Limited

Tim Hobbs
CEO, Bartec Municipal Technologies

Tim Mole
Senior Director - Renewable Energy Solutions, World Kinect

Tim Rotheray
Chief Sustainability Officer, Viridor

Tim Walker
President, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) & Acting Chief Executive Officer, arc21, Chartered Institute of Waste Management

Tom O'McDonald
University of Manchester

Tom Simpson
Technical Director, WSP

Tracy Cross
Marketing Director, Lichfield District Council

Tracy Gooding
Radon Group Leader - Principal Radiation Protection Scientist, UK Health Security Agency

Travis Way
Managing Director, EcoVend

Valentijn Veurtjes
Consultant, WSP

Victoria Cherrier
Head of Environment, Water UK

Vincent Hipault
CEO, Ficha

Wayne Bagnall
Chartered Safety Engineer, Wayne Bagnall Ltd

Will Nicholson
Programme Lead, WRAP

Yolande Macklin
Senior Associate Director, Jacobs

Yuvesveri Naidoo
Unilever

Ziad Akl-Chedid
Wasterobotic

Zoe Goodman
Consultant, Valpak