The Decision Makers

Andy Hinton
An arts graduate and MBA, Andy has worked in the environmental and utility sector for many years, specialising in business development, sales, marketing and customer services. As well as being involved in White Rose Environmental, he put together a series of deals and start-ups that developed Yorkshire Environmental into a diversified £200m business. He was also a director of Yorkshire Water Services, leading the strategic change during the company's move to the top of the OFWAT rankings.

Andy is now Chairman of three of the companies in the Ailsa3 portfolio: Credential Environmental; Sterecycle; and VCU Europa. In 2007, he was also appointed as a non-executive director of WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), the government's delivery body in the area of recycling and resource recovery. Andy is a Trustee of Impetus Trust, a charity specialising in venture philanthropy.

 

Nick Wyatt
Nick is an engineering graduate and MBA with extensive experience in industrial services, utilities and the environmental sector. He has extensive operational management experience having run operations teams that managed up to £1billion of operational assets, ranging from complex process operations to landfill. Nick also has wide experience of commercial management, including many corporate transactions. A number of these deals have been innovative in approach and created significant value. He has delivered significant organisational change, utilising both technology and leadership qualities. While Nick has worked exclusively in the private sector, a number of his roles have involved significant interaction with the public sector, creating a thorough understanding of both sides of industry.