Environmental consultancy Resource Futures has announced that Sam Reeve, its current Operations Director, will take over as Chief Executive Officer in April 2016.

Current CEO Jane Stephenson will be taking on a new role as Business Development Director as part of a planned succession plan. The company says this change will strengthen its strategic development capacity at board level.

In another board change at Resource Futures, Phil Cumming will join the as a non-executive Director, replacing Andy Doran.

Phillip Ward, Chairman at Resource Futures, commented: “All of us at Resource Futures are extremely grateful for what Jane has done in leading the company since its formation in 2006 and for the way in which she has instigated and managed the company’s succession planning.

“I am particularly pleased that Sam Reeve, a founding Director, will be taking the company forward as the new CEO. The manner in which Jane, the Board and the wider company has approached the change means there should be little or no impact on daily business. “

Stephenson has held the position of CEO since 2006, overseeing Resource Futures’ work advising clients on resource efficiency and behaviour change programmes. In September, the company was awarded a two-year contract to administer the edoc online waste transfer reporting system across the UK.

Speaking about the planned changes, Stephenson said: “The time is now right for Resource Futures to act on succession planning. I remain very much involved with the company and my new role will be even more focused on developing new business and strategic alliances as we respond to the changing demands of current and future clients and the opportunities within the circular economy.”

On his appointment as new CEO of Resource Futures, Sam Reeve commented: “This is an exciting time for Resource Futures as we work to increase resource efficiency in the UK and beyond. I am delighted to have been appointed as the company’s next CEO and I am looking forward to leading the organisation’s future development, with Jane’s support in her new role.

“Our holistic approach to resource efficiency, incorporating data analysis and innovative behaviour change programmes, is well aligned with the future requirements outlined in the EU’s Circular Economy Package last week.

Board change

Phil Cumming, an independent consultant trading as Koru Sustainability, has been added to the Resource Futures board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. The company states that it hopes that Cumming will add to the consultancy’s work with the corporate sector.

Cumming currently acts as a sustainability advisor to Marks & Spencer and has previously worked with Resource Futures on behalf of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), managing the company’s strategic advice and legacy report work on waste management at the London Olympics.

At the end of March 2016, Andy Doran, one of Resource Futures’ current Non-Executive Directors and Senior Manager of Sustainability and Recycling Development at aluminium manufacturer Novelis Europe, will be standing down from his role as his four-year term ends.

Ward added: “I would also like to thank Andy Doran for the knowledge and commercial insights he has brought to the Board over the last four years. I welcome Phil Cumming to our team, who will support us in fulfilling our ambitions and meeting the challenges of resource efficiency, data management and behaviour change.”

More information on Resource Futures can be found on the company’s website.