After nearly twenty years with the organisation, current Chief Executive Louise Grantham has announced she is leaving the WEEE compliance scheme, handing the baton to Graeme Milne, its Strategic Business Development Director.
In a statement released today, REPIC acknowledged the long-term role Grantham has played since the organisation’s inception, working closely with the scheme’s members and the producer trade associations.
Grantham, who became Chief Executive in 2020 and will formally leave her role at the end of March, will be replaced by Milne who has over 21 years in the waste management sector, including serving on the REPIC board as Strategic Business Development Director for nearly four years.
REPIC Chairman, Abs Bokhari, thanked Grantham for her contribution to the organisation: “Personally and on behalf of the Board of REPIC, I would like to extend our gratitude to Louise for her exceptional leadership, vision, and unwavering commitment to the success of REPIC over the last 19 years - she has played a crucial role in fostering growth, driving innovation, and championing excellence.”
Louise Grantham, Chief Executive of REPIC, added: "It has been an honour and privilege to work with the fantastic REPIC team and our producer members in establishing this great organisation and to be a part of a sector that is making a real difference.
“It has been extremely rewarding to work with colleagues from across a wide range of organisations to develop the battery, packaging and WEEE producer responsibility systems we have in place today. I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished together and look forward to seeing how this develops further as the sector continues to play its part in establishing a circular economy.
“I am confident that now is the right time for me to pass on the torch and I have full confidence in the capable hands of Graeme and the wider team in continuing to build on the success of REPIC.”
Milne commented: "Louise has been an incredible mentor, and I am fortunate to lead a hugely talented and committed team that will continue to help realise our goal to lead and shape producer responsibility.”
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