
British Chamber of Commerce Philippines
57, British, was elected as a Director of the Bank on March 21, 2013. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees in History from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, U.K., and a Diploma in Marketing from the Institute of Marketing, Cranfield, U.K.
He is currently a member of the Board of PNB Holdings Corporation and PNB Global Remittance and Financial Co. (HK) Ltd.
Prior to joining the Bank, he was President of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation, Inc. (PMFTC, Inc.) for 2 years and concurrently Managing Director of Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing, Inc., a position he held for 10 years. He has an extensive 31 years of experience in the tobacco business, 25 years of which were with Philip Morris International holding various management positions including Area Director for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Gulf Cooperation Council, Yemen, and Horn of Africa.
Mr. Nelson is actively involved in various business and non-profit organizations that work for the social and economic upliftment of communities. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of American Chamber Foundation Phils., Inc., Philippine Band of Mercy and Tan Yan Kee Foundation. He is also a Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. and serves as Adviser to the Board of the Federation of Philippine Industries.
WASHINGTON Z. SYCIP
Opportunities for UK companies:
BCCP provides market access to UK companies interested in doing business in the Philippines. Specifically we provide the following services:
• Contact identification and market introduction service
• Market research/analysis
• Hot desk & meeting room
• Event management service
• Business opportunities
• Referral services
• Market entry consultancy
• Professional business & sector services
• Product regulation & labelling advice
Christopher Nelson
Executive ChairmanCONSORCI PER A LA GESTIÓ DELS RESIDUS DEL VALLÈS ORIENTAL
CONSORCI PER A LA GESTIÓ DELS RESIDUS DEL VALLÈS ORIENTAL is a Waste Consortium of regional waste management and treatment centre managers.
Areas the Consortium cover include:- Unified management in the area of Vallès Oriental, including activities and skills for any of the forms admitted that current legislation assigns to the consortium regarding waste management
- Construction, management, operation, conservation and maintenance of the installations necessary for the operations of treatment, recycling and controlled disposal of municipal waste and similar and all in accordance with applicable regulations in the field
- Construction, management, operation, conservation and maintenance of the network of municipal collection centers as centers of reception and storage selective municipal waste are not subject to home collection
- The management and operation of collection service, collection and transportation of municipal waste and similar
- Promoting the implementation of the selective collection and recycling of municipal waste as much of that might be similar to municipal welcomed
- Finding solutions of Sanitation digest, Dehydration – drying waste, Fraction plant treatment: crushing and screening, crushing bulk system, Organic treatment packaging, Gas use from engine cogeneration: heat networks, Systems to scare seagulls, Smart platform management.
Types of Suppliers the Buyer is looking to meet include:
- Waste management suppliers
- Transport and treatment of waste suppliers
Mrs Vanessa Abad
Director of the Treatment Area of the Composting Plant of el Consorci per a la Gestió dels Residus del Vallès
Department for International Trade - office in Spain
Spain is a suitable market for new exporters. We have potential buyers actively looking for:
- Software for Waste Management Facility
- Containers for metal waste that are thief-proof
- Biogas upgrading
- Cost-effective solutions to measure the weight of the waste at different stages of the trucks routes (to charge depending on the amount of waste but being able to load on one truck)
- Containers for communities that allow identification of the waste disposed of by each user (to apply incentives for good sorting)
- Solutions to reduce food waste from hotels and restaurants
- Machinery to separate food waste from packaging
- How to recover Valuable Minerals & Materials From Wastewater, such as phosphorous, etc. - De-humidification solutions for waste
- Pasteurisation of digestate to produce high quality fertilisers that can meet the Spanish legislation
Spain is a suitable market for new exporters. In particular there are plenty of low cost flights from the UK to Barcelona. Pro-UK culture in European location, working in Euros and used to UK companies.
Attendee Profile
Cristina H. Valiñani is the Director of Trade & Investment for the North East of Spain and Andorra, based at the British Consulate General in Barcelona, since August 2009.
She earned her MSc in Telecommunication Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, developing her thesis at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She holds an Executive MBA by the IE Business School (Instituto de Empresa). She is a specialist in product marketing and in internationalisation strategy and she has developed her career in several multinational companies and in several countries.
Besides managing the operation of DIT Barcelona, she leads on the campaign on Circular Economy.

Ms Cristina Valiñani
Director Trade & Investment BarcelonaEco Special Waste Management
Eco is Singapore's leading hazardous waste treatment and recycling company. We have 300 staff, 40 collection vehicles, and a 7Ha integrated waste management complex with a full range of toxic and special waste treatment and recycling facilities, including solvent recovery, oil recovery, incineration/ waste to energy, cementation, precious metal recovery, base metal recovery, industrial commerical waste recovery, physical chemical treatment, thermal wastewater treatment etc.
The Buyer is interested in:
Innovative recovery and recycling systems that can be applied to hazardous, industrial or other special waste in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Some examples we are now looking at include recovery of activated carbon, recovery of oil tank farm sludge from refineries, catalyst recovery, etc. Also innovative treatment systems for treatment of special waste.
Mr Rick Reidinger
CEO
eSynergy Developments Ltd
eSynergy is a waste management company specialising in the treatment and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and blown foam construction panels. eSynergy operates a bespoke system for the recycling of commercial refrigeration equipment for the large supermarket chains and wholesalers and blown foam construction panels from construction and demolition companies. The system is the first of its type in the UK, capable of treating this material through an ‘intrinsically safe’ process required under legislation and utilising best available technique and the first industrial emissions directive approved operator of its type in the UK.
Mr. Kevin Bush

Fitama Putri Mandiri
Fitama Putri Mandiri is focusing on waste management and water treatment business, including the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction). They have supported the Indonesian government in realising their waste management projects including:
- the Energy Ministry (Landfill in Palembang) for output 500kw
- Landfill in Bekasi (TPA Sumur Batu), and with the Ministry of Public Works
Some highlighted works include:
- Sept 2014 – Dec 2014: Construction of power plants in the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Sukawintan, Palembang (South Sumatera).
- Dec 2014: Structuring of Land and Land Cover in landfill Sukawinatan, Palembang (South Sumatera)
- Feb 2015 – Dec 2015: Implementation Consultancy Power Plant Operation Trash Sukawinantan, Palembang (South Sumatera)
- Aug 2015 – Dec 2015: Gas handling jobs in Cell 4, 5A, 5B, and 5C, Final Disposal Site of Municipal Waste in Sumur Batu, Bekasi (West Java)
Mr Irfita Rahma (Ita)
DirectorHera Holding - Spain
HERA HOLDING are a group of companies specialising in sustainability and dedicated to offering integral environmental solutions for responsible environmental management. Our business units are:
- Waste to Energy and Resource (Anaerobic Digestion, biogas upgrading, gasification, etc).
- Clean technologies.
- Public services
- Environmental services
Types of suppliers interested in meeting:
- Potential partners for Waste2Energy business in Europe, especially those related with anaerobic digestion or biogas upgrading
- Hera are looking for potential partners interested in business development and/or cooperation to seek for conjoint solutions for market development.
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Overview of the Spanish Market
- High biogas production potential (one of the most important in Europe)
- Biomethane market for grid injection/vehicle under development (with huge potential)
- Interesting waste to resource market.
Mr Miquel Torrente
Energy DirectorIMABE UK
Leading European manufacturer of recycling equipment and turnkey plants to process and recovery a large range of solid residues and recyclables such as waste paper, metal scraps, plastics, MSW, RDF, SRF, commercial waste, biomass, agrifood residues and by-products.
Our company designs, manufactures and supplies auto-tie horizontal baling presses, twin ram balers, metal baler, compactors, guillotines, shears, car balers, conveyors and sorting lines in a world-wide basis.
DISTEFANO
International Export Area Manager
LOWMAC Waste & Recycling
We are a bespoke waste management company based in the central belt of Scotland. We operate from 4 fully licensed facilities and have a fleet of vehicles from small vans through to walking floors.
We specialize in commodity recovery with our residual waste being baled and wrapped on site to produce an RDF.
We specialize in Skip Hire, Hazardous Waste, Recycling, Trade Waste, RDF production and confidential destruction.
Robert Hall

NEPRA Resource Mgt Pvt. Ltd
NEPRA is a Waste Collection and Segregation company in India.
NEPRA are expanding our operation and bringing in automation in Sorting, We are buyers for Ballistic Seperators, Air Seperators, Conveyors, NIR sorting Machine etc.