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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Canada based CEO’ operating in the Recycling space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Ajay Kochhar
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Li-Cycle
Ajay Kochhar has deep technology and project development experience, gained through progressive roles with Hatch’s Industrial Clean Tech and Advisory practices. While working in the Industrial Clean Tech practice, Ajay gained in-depth engineering and project management experience through clean technology development in the lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, gold, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and rare earth metals industries. His technical expertise spans the entire project lifecycle, from conceptual and pre-feasibility studies to construction and commissioning. Following his work in the industrial clean tech engineering field, Ajay worked as a Management Consultant with Hatch’s Advisory practice. In this role, he led teams to deliver financial and technical reviews of multi-billion-dollar investment opportunities, including technologies and assets across the lithium-ion battery value chain. Ajay comes from entrepreneurial roots with family business experience gained from a young age. Ajay graduated from the University of Toronto in Chemical Engineering with honours.
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About Li-Cycle: Li-Cycle is a clean technology company that uses an environmentally friendly process to recycle lithium-ion batteries.
Joseph Quarin
President & Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Waste Solutions
Mr. Quarin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. He was appointed Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2012 and assumed the President’s role on January 1, 2014. Progressive Waste Solutions is one of North America’s largest full service waste management companies, providing recycling and disposal services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers in 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and six Canadian provinces. Progressive Waste Solutions has more than 7,900 employees serving over 4 million customers through vertically integrated collection and disposal assets and generates over $2.02 billion ($U.S.) in total revenue. Mr. Quarin joined Progressive Waste Solutions in 2000, known at that time as BFI Canada Holdings, one of Canada’s largest non hazardous full-service solid waste management companies, as Vice President of Finance. Following BFI Canada Income Fund’s initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2002, Mr. Quarin was Chief Financial Officer until 2005. From 2005 to 2010, a period of significant organic growth and growth by way of acquisition, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In 2009, he helped lead the offering of the Company’s shares on the New York Stock Exchange. He served as Executive Vice President from March 2010 to November 2010 and was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer on November 16, 2010.
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About Progressive Waste Solutions: Progressive Waste Solution’s story is one of innovation, growth and a commitment to environmental sustainability.
Jocelyn Doucet
Chief Executive Officer of Pyrowave
Jocelyn Doucet holds a Chemical Engineering Degree and Ph. D. from Ecole Polytechnique (Montreal, 2004 and 2008) where he is also adjunct professor since 2011. While completing his Ph. D., he founded Kengtek Engineering, a company specialized in process engineering with a strong emphasize on developing and executing the research and development needed to properly scale-up processes to the industrial and commercial level. This is where he developed more than 20 industrial processes and patents for worldwide clients. His entrepreneurial and engineering skills have made him grow the company every year in various sectors by partnering with larger engineering firms and research centres and by successfully solving complex problems in very innovative ways. As a result of his leadership and dedication to work, he was recognized as one of the greatest young entrepreneur in Canada as 2013 finalist of the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award. He also received the Rogers New Technology award for Pyrowave in 2013 and won the local and regional prizes for the most promising young entrepreneur in Science and Technology and Sustainable Energy.
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About Pyrowave: Pyrowave closes the loop of polymer lifecycle by bringing plastic waste back to life.
Ofer Vicus
Co-Founder & CEO of Aduro Clean Technologies Inc.
Ofer Vicus is a Co-Founder and CEO at Aduro Clean Technologies.
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About Aduro Clean Technologies Inc.: Aduro Clean Technologies is a developer of the Hydrochemolytic Technology Platform.
Solenne Brouard Gaillot
CEO & Founder of Polystyvert
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About Polystyvert: Polystyvert is an innovative SME environmental company with a mission to recycle polystyrene
Bob MacBean
CEO of Environmental Waste International
Bob is a seasoned insightful hands-on financial executive, team builder, and business leader with international market development skills. Bob has developed and grown public and private companies in the environmental products, alternative energy, and energy and environmental services sectors. He has helped raise over $30 million in early stage capital for both public and private companies.
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About Environmental Waste International: EWS has advanced a patented microwave based process known as Reverse Polymerization.
Mohamed Khalil
Chief Executive Officer of Pyrocycle
Mohamed Khalil, Founder-CEO of Pyrocycle and Ph.D candidate – Chemical Engineering Department (École Polytechnique de Montréal), holding a Master’s degree (2013) in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering (Cairo University). His Ph.D research focuses on developing a new thermochemical process for recycling the end-of-life electronics waste, which could greatly facilitate moving forward to produce clean and high quality products including the recovery of precious metals. He started his entrepreneurial career based on an innovative technology for recycling the end-of-life electronics waste. In April 2017, He was selected among the Top 25 emerging entrepreneurs in Québec by the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation and C2 Montréal – April 2017.
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About Pyrocycle: Pyrocycle developed a novel, non-polluting and cost-effective technology for recycling the electronic waste.
Tony Mastronardi
CEO of BuyBack Booth
Tony Mastronardi is theCEO at A La Carte Media Inc. (DBA-BuyBack Booth)
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About A La Carte Media, BuyBack Booth: BuyBack Booth is an equipped retailer in North America and get top value for your phones.
Keith Gylander
CEO of GearBox HyperInnovation
Keith Gylander is the CEO of GearBox HyperInnovation.
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About GearBox HyperInnovation, NanoCluster Alberta: GearBox HyperInnovation is a developer of natural and biodegradable industrial absorbent mats.
C Howie Honeyman
CEO of Forward Water Technologies
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About Forward Water Technologies: A new water treatment process to lower costs and reduce the need for wastewater disposal during oil production.
