Paul Kinkead, Head of Environment and Protection at Michelin's truck tyre plant in Ballymena, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours list for services to environmental protection in Northern Ireland.
The honour was awarded to him in recognition of his achievements in the environmental field, both within Michelin and on a national level. As well as his work within the company, Mr Kinkead was also an active board member for the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) for three years, and has delivered his recycling methodology to more than 200 companies in Northern Ireland and the Republic.
Mr Kinkead is also an industrial member of the CBI for environmental matters, annually hosting and facilitating seminars on sustainability, environmental regulation and zero waste to landfill at the Michelin site in Ballymena. In September 2010, he was appointed to the Northern Ireland Waste Programme whose aim is to raise the recycling performance to at least 50%. He also chairs the Commercial and Industrial Waste Task Group on this Board, on behalf of the Environment Minister.
On receiving the OBE, Paul Kinkead commented, "It is a prestigious honour to be personally recognised for my on-going environmental work. Working at Michelin for the past 25 years has enabled me to expand my career from engineering into environmental management and I am lucky to have had so many opportunities to work in a field which I am truly passionate about."
Editors note
Clearly being a Cedrec subscriber for over 10 years has stood Michelin in good stead! Congratulations Paul, from everyone here at Cedrec!
