Recycling Lives, a national recycling and waste management business, has welcomed a new Executive Chairman and Chief Operating Officer.
After years of rapid growth and development of the Preston-headquartered business, Chairman Steve Jackson and Chief Executive William Fletcher have chosen to hand over the reins to a new management team and step down. Mr Jackson is succeeded by Executive Chairman Andrew Hodgson, who will be responsible for the daily activities of the group. Andrew has led businesses across the aerospace, manufacturing and energy sectors, earning three Queen’s Award for Industry. Gerry Marshall, who has a wealth of international and domestic experience leading businesses across multiple industries and markets, has taken on the Chief Operating Officer position.
Mr Jackson said: “I have had the pleasure of working with an incredible team, whose loyalty and hard work helped me to realise my dream of creating a truly ‘good’ business – one that put people first while also being disruptive, market-leading and profitable.
I look forward to seeing where the business goes next.”
Mr Hodgson added: “It is a real privilege to join Recycling Lives – there are few instances in a career that you can step into a role where you can create both economic and social value. Steve set out with a unique vision, to create a business model that delivers both commercially and charitably, and he has made that a thriving model. I will now work to continue to deliver on his dream.”
Recycling Lives was founded in 2008 by brothers Steve and Danny Jackson. The business operates a fully integrated business model, delivering total waste management and compliance services for corporates and local authorities and recycling metals, waste electrical and electronic equipment, plastics and cardboard.
Mr Jackson developed a unique model, to use commercial operations to support a charity delivering programmes which rehabilitate offenders, support for the homeless and redistribute food to communities; creating social value worth millions every year.
As well as growing turnover to £200m, Recycling Lives has earned four Queen’s Awards for Enterprise over the years. The model also saw Mr Jackson handed an OBE for services to employment.
Mr Hodgson and Mr Marshall join co-founder Danny Jackson and Chief Financial Officer Chris Chambers to make up the new Board of the business.
The new top team will continue to work closely with Recycling Lives Charity, which shares its name and social values with the business.
