Neil Hunter is Managing Director with responsibility for the overall management of the anaerobic digestion, waste process and trading businesses. He is a qualified electrical engineer with 30 years’ experience in the food services, oil and petrochemical and water industries both in the UK and abroad. He has spent the past 12 years successfully operating and constructing large scale anaerobic digestion and organic waste processing facilities, and has overseen the expansion of the group from a single plant to a multi-site business generating more than 200 gigawatts of renewable energy every year. He was instrumental in the design and construction of one of the very first commercial food waste anaerobic digestion plants at Local Generation in March, Cambridgeshire. Neil is a recognised expert on the food waste anaerobic digestion process and is a leading figure in the industry.

Victoria’s background is in Human Resources and she believes in aligning improvement to business processes with effective people management to gain business success.

Victoria works closely with the site’s management teams and takes lead on all aspects of Human Resources, IT, Marketing and plant administration processes for the group. She is responsible for leadership of business standards and requirements across the group and acts as a “hub” for assistance and support within these parameters.

She has over 11 years’ experience in the energy sector having previously worked as head of HR with an energy consultancy. She is an advocate for continual development and improvement and seeks out further knowledge, skills and qualifications to add to her portfolio. She holds Level 7 Strategic Leadership & Management, is qualified as Assoc CIPD and holds a NEBOSH H&S certificate.

Linzi’s background is in finance, waste management and transportation and she is focused on the planning, booking and administration procedures within the group.

Linzi works closely with the commercial team dealing with the input and output of waste and strives to make sure waste management paperwork compliance is met.

She has 8 years experience in the Financial and Insurance sector, and 14 years in the Waste Management / Transport Sector with 6 of those being in Anaerobic Digestion. She has Transport Management CPC and IOSH and is currently studying Business Admin Level 5.

Nearly 40 years ago Alan’s working career started with a baby food producer, then moving onto a Petfood producer with a dose of confectionery thrown in to sweeten things before moving on to a healthier diet of a vegetable producer. So, for the past 9 years it is fitting to be in the recycling of food waste with BioteCH4.

Over the last four decades Alan has held a number of management roles and even has qualifications that include engineering, operations, Kaizen, safety, environment and HR; the Compliance role at BioteCH4 appears a perfect fit as he gets to do them all!

Alan works closely with the sites’ management teams, ensuring compliance to all relevant legislation whilst continually driving continuous improvements. There is a saying, “Speak with data” as it helps quantify improvements based on facts; if you need to know something, Alan will have a spreadsheet for that, with pivot charts.

Lee has been with the group since 2012 and has lead the growth of feedstock from 12,000 to the 600,000 tonnes we manage today.

Focused on client service provision and waste optimisation, Lee works closely with our commercial team and clients to develop and deliver waste strategies.

Lee is responsible for developing our client base and our public sector contracts as well as ensuring our existing customers are well maintained.

Russ’ career in engineering started at Fenmarc Produce where he quickly became qualified as mechanical engineer and progressed to engineering manager by the age of 23. He joined BioteCH4  in 2011 and has had a number of positions, building his career from Engineer Manager onto Plant Manager of Local Generation & Hemswell Biogas and to his current position of Group Operations & Engineering Lead.

Russ is an integral part of the operations of the group sites and projects and has a real “hands on” approach. He has a wealth of knowledge and expertise which assists in the smooth running of our plants and his advice and instruction is looked upon from our wider team.

He has over 23 years of experience, 14 years of engineering with in the FMCG & 9 years within the AD, and holds a WAMITAB Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Anaerobic Digestion qualification

Adam has worked for leading City of London law firms and as in-house counsel for a major US energy generator and trader. He qualified as a solicitor in 1998, having studied law at Durham University. 

Adam has experience advising on a wide area of commercial law and energy-related contracts, as well as commercial litigation and employment law, and his responsibilities now include managing all of the legal aspects of the Group’s business.

Mark has worked as part of the BioteCH4 group since 2018 and works closely with each of our sites to manage and maintain all aspects of the group’s financial reporting.

With a long and experienced background in accounting across a variety of sectors, Mark ensures the day-to-day smooth running of accounts across the group and is a key member of the finance team.

Angela joined the BioteCH₄ group with 30 years of finance experience from both Corporate and Private Equity arenas. Angela has worked as part of the executive team and at director level for the last 6 years in the AD and Recycling sector.

Angela, a qualified accountant, started her career in Internal Audit as a Trainee from university. She is passionate about continuous improvement, and actively champions the Finance team role within the wider commercial and operational areas of the business.

Angela has a wealth of experience to call upon having held senior finance positions in the Automotive, Financial and Fuel Distribution sectors.

Pamela joined the BioteCH₄ group having spent 19 years working in waste and resource management, predominantly for or with the public sector.

Pamela is focussed on developing our public sector customer base alongside managing our existing local authority customers, working closely with the rest of the commercial team to ensure an excellent level of customer service.

Pamela has a wealth of experience to call on, being a chartered waste manager and having worked with over 50 local authorities on their food waste recycling services.