Councillor Charles Lynch
Chairman of Hart District Council

Councillor Lynch was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He is married to Margaret and they have three married children and three grandchildren. They have lived in Yateley, Hampshire for 36 years.

He was a regular soldier in the Irish Guards in the 60s and served in
Cyprus.

Now semi-retired, he was employed by the Department of Health for 34 years in Forensic Medicine.

His service as a Local Government Councillor began in 1980. He has been Chairman of the Leisure Services Committee and was Chairman of the Council in 1997/98. He is also a Town Councillor in Yateley where he was Town Mayor in 1999/00. He was elected at the annual council meeting in May 2000 to serve as Chairman of the Council for a second time.

Bob Lisney

Head of Management Resources, Environment Grouping Hampshire County Council, and Director of Project Integra.

Bob Lisney has worked for Hampshire County Council for 25 years. His experience in consultancy and personnel have been used to lead an experienced professional team and a developing network which has, over eleven years, implemented an internationally acclaimed integrated waste management partnership and strategy – Project Integra.

He has visited waste management facilities across the UK, EU and USA, and is involved in a number of national organisations including the National Waste Awareness Institute, Resource Recovery Forum, IWM’s waste Prevention group, and the CSS Waste Management Committee.

In the Millennium Honours list he was awarded an OBE for services to Sustainable Waste Management, and has recently been voted Municipal Engineer of the Year by the Surveyor Magazine.

David Dougherty

David Dougherty founded the Clean Washington Center in Seattle which, during the 1990s carried groundbreaking work on tackling the barriers to more sustainable waste management, particularly through the development of both new and existing markets for recycled materials. His unique knowledge and experience are recognised around the world and he has already been involved in the development of market development programmes in Spain, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and the Czech Republic.

The Clean Washington Center recognised the need to understand the engineering properties of recycled materials and develop new uses based on those intrinsic values. Understanding this basic principle to a focus on alternative applications for recycled materials. As a result of their work, the Center was designated by the US Government as the National Center for Recycling Technology.

His current role is advising DETR on the development of the WRAP programme in the run up to the launch. The aim of WRAP is to secure a significant increase in recycling of wastes, and an expansion in the markets for secondary materials. It will also seek to reduce the costs of sustainable waste management by promoting the development of new technologies and dealing with market failure in the recycling and reprocessing industries. It will have a key role in research and information management with the aim of promoting innovation in both reprocessing and manufacturing.

Councillor Ken Thornber CBE

Leader of Hampshire County Council

Councillor Thornber is one of Hampshire's most experienced members and was first elected to the Council in 1977. He has been a member of the Policy and Resources Committee, which oversees the Council's budget and major issues, for 15 years and has also chaired the Personnel Sub-committee for two years, in addition to membership of the Public Protection and Social Services Committees.

The new Leader was a member of the Hampshire Police Authority for 22 years, including four years as Vice-Chairman.

Councillor Thornber is a graduate in business studies and was a management consultant before he retired earlier this year. He is a former Vice-Chairman of the Family Health Services Authority of Hampshire and Chairman of the Hampshire Ambulance Services NHS Trust.

Kit Oliver

Board Director of South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), Chair of Sustainable Development.

Appointed in 1998 as one of the Local Authority members of the Board, member of Mole Valley District Council.

Kit’s two main interests are environment and families. Trained as an economic geographer, she worked as a teacher and brought up a family. Initiated a charity serving families of Surrey – Family Line Surrey.

 Peter Jeffs BSc SRN MCIEH MIOSH DMS

Head of Environmental Health Test Valley Borough Council