Multinational plastics recycling and technology firm MBA Polymers has named Peter Whiting (pictured right) as non-executive director of the board, effective immediately.
The appointment follows on from the company’s January announcement that it had received further funding from its investors, which will allow further development of the business and move to the next stage of commercialising their processes and products.
MBA Polymers’ Chief Executive Nigel Hunton commented: “We are delighted that Peter has joined MBA at this stage of our evolution. He is a highly experienced advisor with a broad range of skills centred on financial services and technology. He combines financial analysis with strong communication skills and as a non-executive director has a proven ability to bring rigour, insight and integrity to organisations.
“We aim to become a company making proper commercial returns as well as providing significant environmental benefits. That’s the mix [that] will ultimately provide us with the profitable base from which we will grow in the future. Strengthening our non- executive team at this stage will really assist us on that journey.”
Whiting said he was ‘delighted’ to be joining the MBA team and ‘look[s] forward to working with this exciting and innovative business’.
About Whiting
After graduating in physics from Lincoln College in Oxford, Whiting maintained a career as a market analyst in the technology, engineering and automotive sectors.
Until 2011, Whiting was Chief Operating Officer for the European Equity Research for UBS, the Swiss global financial services company, wherehis responsibilities included regulatory, financial, litigation and reputational risk management; sponsorship of global IT projects; management of multiple change programmes; as well as line management of a number of operational teams.
Since leaving UBS, Whiting has built a portfolio of activities including serving as non-executive director of softwaresupplier Microgen plc, a senior advisor for Eleven Canterbury (the global network that matches technology needs of large businesses to emerging technology solutions) as well as strategic consultancy roles for a major investment bank and a spinout portfolio of a leading university.
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