MPA strengthens executive team and council

Jones is an experienced SHEQ specialist, having worked in the security, safety, oil and gas, and mineral products industries. He spent several years working with major international oil companies throughout the Middle East and Africa, and prior to that he spent 23 years in the British Armed Forces.

Weston holds a BA (Hons) degree in History from the University of Liverpool and has spent much of his career working for membership and representative organisations in a variety of policy, communications, public affairs, and stakeholder roles. His early career experience included working in the US Congress and for MPs and senior political figures in Westminster. More recently, he was External Relations Manager at the Institution of Civil Engineers for five years and subsequently was Head of Policy and Communications at the trade body Airlines UK for twelve years.

Dr McIlveen has a first class BA (Hons) degree in History and Politics from the University of Warwick, and an MA in Politics and a PhD on political party organisations and campaigns from the University of Sheffield. He was a Research Fellow in the Environment and Energy Unit at Policy Exchange, then Public Affairs Manager and European Affairs Specialist at Network Rail. Latterly he was UK Public Policy Manager at Royal Mail. He has extensive political campaigning experience at both national and local level.

MPA has also appointed four new members to join its council. Mike Hill has been Chief Executive of the Hills Group since 2008; Katherine Evans is the Head of Planning and a Senior Partner at the law firm TLT LLP; Joanne Garwood is the Managing Director of Aggregates and Asphalt at FM Conway; and Jacqueline O’Donovan is the Managing Director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal.

“I am delighted that Tony, Robert, and Neal have joined MPA’s executive team in this important year, as our membership grows and the issues we are now dealing with increase and become more integrated and complex,” said Nigel Jackson, MPA Chief Executive. “Having already diversified and strengthened the MPA Board earlier this year, we are also delighted that Mike, Katherine, Joanne, and Jacqueline are joining our Council. Collectively they bring a wealth of additional commercial and industry experience to our Council, which will ensure that we represent the interests of all our members, large, medium, and small, more effectively across the mineral and waste resources agenda.”

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