Promotion at Verdant

Roger Edwards (pictured) has been promoted to Managing Director of Verdant Group Plc.

Edwards' relationship with Verdant began in July 2002 when he joined Ecovert, an ailing municipal services provider. The company was bought by the co-founders of Verdant, Simon and Jon Miles, in 2002, and Ecovert was re-engineered and rebranded as Verdant.

Verdant, which is now part of the Greenstar UK group, provides waste collection, recycling and cleansing services for local authorities in England and Wales. It makes more than 20 million waste and recycling collections annually.

For the past year, Edwards had been managing director at Verdant's subsidiary Waste Services (UK) Ltd in Southampton, as well as remaining on Verdant's board. In his new role, he replaces Verdant co-founder and managing director, Simon Miles, who has left the company to pursue other interests.

Ian Wakelin, CEO of Greenstar UK, said: "Roger has been part and parcel of Verdant's success, and I'm delighted that he will now lead the business forward as part of Greenstar UK. He and his dedicated staff will help Verdant fulfill a vital strategic role in Greenstar's ambitions to provide complete, end-to-end waste and recycling services."