Role
Debbie is an SWM Associate.
Profile
Over 20 years in the construction industry, starting in marketing and business development, has given me a wide network and a good grasp of general business as well as construction sector issues. In recent years I have worked increasingly across sustainability and circular economy related aspects of the construction industry. I have a PGCert in Innovation, Enterprise and the Circular Economy from University of Bradford (an EMF Pioneer University), and am an IEMA associate and sits on the IEMA CE Steering Group.
In addition to supporting the SWM team with circular economy related project work, I am a director of The Rebuild Site and as part of that am also a project lead for The Reuse Hub – a construction materials reuse hub in Wolverhampton. I am a coordinator of the Birmingham & West Midlands Circular Economy Club (CEC), and I work part time as Director – Reuse & Circular Economy for the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products leading on the Reuse Now campaign to support our members and the wider construction industry to adopt circular economy strategies and practice, in particular the reclamation and reuse of materials.
I have been involved in numerous projects from a feasibility study of reuse hubs for Zero Waste Scotland to the UKGBC Systems Enablers for a Circular Economy and try to help ‘joining the dots’ as much as time will allow – there is so much good work going in the ‘circular space’ but we have not got the time to be ‘reinventing wheels’ we need to collaborate, share and move forward together more quickly to a healthier, lower carbon and circular built environment… which will have a huge impact on creating a more sustainable planet.
I have known SWM for quite a long time, and know the quality and variety of their work as well as them being an enjoyable team to work with. They deliver meaningful and useful projects and it is interesting and rewarding to work alongside them to promote and support action in sustainability, climate change action and circular economy.