The Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) has elected Mr Garth Lamb as the Association’s new National President for a term of two years.
Mr Lamb, Business Development Manager of management company Re. Group, will replace Ms Miranda Ransome whose four year term has come to an end.
“The Association is very excited to welcome Mr Lamb as the new National President. His experience and industry knowledge will be of great benefit in driving the Association forward and delivering great benefits to our members”, said Gayle Sloan, WMAA Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Lamb began in the industry more than a decade ago as a journalist and editor of Inside Waste magazine, followed by four years working with Hyder consulting as the National Business Leader for the waste and resource management team.
“Throughout his career, Mr Lamb has been a great supporter of WMAA. He has been an active member and in 2016, was elected as the WMAA NSW Branch President,” WMAA said.
“WMAA is unique, in that it represents the full breadth and depth of our vibrant and complex industry. We all play different individual roles, but the critical issue is making sure that the overall system works. WMAA provides an important forum for internal discussion and debate, where we can come together to learn from each other and work together to improve our sector”, Mr Lamb said.
WMAA and the Board thanked the outgoing National President, Miranda Ransome, for the many years of her work with the Association.
“Ms Ransome has been a WMAA member for more than 21 years, serving the last four years as WMAA President, and Vice-President before that. Her career and experience, which spans more than three decades in the waste and resource recovery sector, brought a high-level of industry knowledge and understanding of many of the technical, commercial and regulatory challenges facing the sector. Her commitment to the highest standards of responsibility, corporate governance and representing the interests of all members from all sectors had contributed greatly to building a stronger Association,” WMAA said.
“WMAA and the Board would also like to thank Mr Geoff Webster for nominating to run for the position of WMAA National President. Mr Webster has been a WMAA Board member for the past three years. During this time, he has helped develop and implement a strategy that is shifting WMAA’s focus to one which better engages and facilitates the needs of our members.”
“WMAA is a member based organisation, and the willingness of our members to put their hand up to volunteer their time and effort is key to the success of all we do.
“Thank you to Ms Ransome for her dedication to the Association and the industry as a whole. Thank you also to all members who took part in the election”, said Ms Sloan.
Mr Lamb will commence the role of National President at the WMAA AGM to be held on Wednesday 21 June 2017.