BMRA Elects Davy Deputy President

The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) has elected Graham Davy deputy president. Davy is Sims Metal Management’s (SMM) CEO of Europe and Global Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS). The BMRA is a trade association representing the Metal recycling industry in the United Kingdom.

Davy has worked in the recycling sector for more than 20 years. In his current position he is responsible for SMM’s metals recycling business in Europe. He will take over as president of the BMRA in 2012 when Michael Oppenheimer, current president, steps down.

Davy says, “Taking on this role at the BMRA is a great opportunity to build on the efforts of my peers—past and present—to put the metals and electronics recycling industry’s case forward to government. We want to ensure the right policy and regulatory framework is in place to help the industry deal with the estimated 13 to 15 million metric tons of metals recycled in the U.K. every year. Our key messages remain the same: metals recycling is good for the U.K. economy, good for jobs and good for the environment.”

With SMM and SRS Davy specializes in strategic and technological development. He leads a business portfolio of metals and electronics recycling, IT and mass market asset management services.

SRS says Davy has grown the company’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling business from concept to the world’s largest electronics recycling company.

Ian Hetherington, BMRA director general, says, “Graham brings invaluable knowledge and experience to the role, especially his exposure to European and global issues facing the recycling sector. His experience in the practical aspects of managing a diverse array of recycling assets – including using new technology to recover as much material as possible from end of life products – will assist us in our continuing dialogue with government and other stakeholders.”