Key Staff
Dave Dalton
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Dave heads the combined operations of British Glass and GTS in its major function of providing political and technical support to the glass community in the UK.His role includes general and commercial management of the federation support activity and financial management of the technical services organisation (GTS) to assist both glass manufacturers and users. His responsibilities include the delivery of appropriate and well focussed representation for member companies in the spheres of environmental, political and technical requirements.In addition Dave is responsible for overseeing the work of both the internal senior management team, and the expert technical staff who are retained to resolve manufacturing problems and other issues throughout the whole glass supply chain, from the manufacturing companies to their consumers.
James Chisholm
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) / Company Secretary
James' primary role is to manage the financial and legal aspects of British Glass the company, reporting directly to the board of directors through his position as Company Secretary.
In this role he provides full business support to all of the staff of the Federation and its technical sister company Glass Technology Services (GTS). In addition to this he provides counsel to the board with regards to British Glass and GTS business matters.
James is Secretary to three British Glass committees – The British Glass Council, Finance & General Purposes Committee, and the Pensions Sub-committee. In addition to this James is Chairman of the British Glass Pension and Assurance Scheme Trustees, and is a trustee on two charities related to the glass industry. He is also a director of Glass Technology Services Ltd
Theresa Green
Information Officer
Theresa Green is the key point of contact for British Glass members who have a technical query. With access to a vast number of databases and library services, Theresa provides information to members.She produces a quarterly publication, the "Digest of Information & Patent Review" from which members can order technical articles and abstracts, or non-members on a subscription/one-off basis. Theresa also provides bespoke research services.As well as providing access to a myriad of standards, both UK and international, Theresa is also the custodian of the British Glass library and archives, the only dedicated library on glass technology.
John Stockdale
Environmental Director
One of John's key roles is to increase members' awareness of the importance and potential economic impact of forthcoming environmental issues and provide technical and legislative advice.John maintains links with regulators and government departments and seeks with industry members to develop sector policy on environmental issues, co-ordinating industry response on relevant UK and EU consultations.Key areas of work include Energy, Emissions Trading, Pollution Prevention and Control and the Climate Change Negotiated Agreement.John represents the interests of British Glass on many UK and European working groups and committees and where appropriate also acts as an environmental consultant or expert witness in his own right.
Philip Marsh
UK Industry Health & Safety Manager
Phil’s key role is to provide advice and consultancy to British Glass members on all aspects of occupational health and safety and to develop, consult and lobby with stakeholders on industry’s behalf regarding incoming UK/EU legislation and regulation.
As health and safety manager, he is responsible for a number of industry committees, including the British Glass Health and Safety Committee, as well as a number of working groups which tackle a range of industry specific issues and topics. His role involves extensive communication and networking with sector, national and international links for lobbying on industry issues and is involved in consultation on both UK and EU directives and legislation. In addition, Phil also represents the glass industry’s concerns in a wide range of stakeholder forums.
Phil is also responsible for leading the GLASS Charter, an industry-wide initiative to reduce health and safety incidents and ill-health; as part of this he provides members with regular updates through bulletins, events and e-briefings, encourages the sharing of best practice between organisations and the development of industry best practice guidelines and Codes of Practice on health and safety issues.
Graham Hardcastle
Principal Consultant Technologist
Graham provides secretarial and support services to the Technical Committee, in particular being responsible for its technical publications and position papers. Also, he is heavily involved in supporting the work of the Environment Director, John Stockdale in key areas including the Industrial Emissions Directive (formerly IPPC Directive) and the EU Emissions Trading Directive.He represents the interests of British Glass and its members on several external committees operated in the UK by the Food Standards Agency, DEFRA, DECC and the UK Emissions Trading Group, and in Europe through CPIV.He provides advice, training and consultancy services to members and non-members on a range of topics related to the environment and glass container manufacturing.
Rebecca Cocking
Recycling Manager
Rebecca's primary role is to develop policy in relation to UK and EU recycling / waste legislation for lobbying and promote policy to Government, Local Authorities and other relevant NGO’s to aid the UK’s recycling of glass.Rebecca is Secretary to two British Glass committees: Container Group and the Container Group Public Affairs Committee. Responsible for collating industry data and analysing performance against national statistics. Disseminate all recycling and waste legislation to British Glass member companies and is responsible for responding to consultation papers on new and existing legislation.She co-ordinates all Container Group communications and educational activities. British Glass has over the last 8 years created various resources for all ages which are free of charge to interested parties. Including GlassWorks aimed at 5 – 11 year olds and GlassFutures aimed at 11- 15 year olds.She regularly attends meetings and seminars with UK civil servants, Local Authorities and decision makers on behalf of Industry ensuring that the most appropriate end use for container glass is maximised to establish long term sustainability. She also represents Members' interests with a number of other organisations / parties including FEVE (European Glass Container Association), Packflow, Local Authorities and the Packaging Federation. She is an active participant with WRAP (Waste Resource Action Programme) being a member of the Glass Forum and sitting on a number of WRAPs project steering groups; GlassRite Wine II, Glass in Hospitality areas study, Material Recovery Facilities, and Flat glass recycling protocol.
Richard Edgar
Communications Manager
One of Richard’s main roles as Communications Manager is to co-ordinate all in-house public relations, media and marketing activities to enhance the public image of the Confederation and technical organisation GTS and raising their profiles wherever possible.Richard also monitors news, legislation and other media and disseminating the information to colleagues and members to keep people up to date with emerging issues. Richard also co-ordinates communications with stakeholders and the media.His role includes creating, producing and managing all promotional and marketing literature. Other areas of responsibility include overseeing website management for the British Glass and GTS websites and developing online services for members and stakeholders.
Malcolm Glendenning
Commercial Director
Malcolm maintains an overview of the balance between the services provided to members and the fees structure.He is responsible for developing new services that members require, as well as identifying new membership groups that would benefit from the services that British Glass offers.Malcolm also carries out business development for Glass Technology Services maintaining a network of contacts through the glass supply chain and across associated industries. Building relationships with companies who have an interest in glass who would benefit from the services GTS can offer in failure analysis, novel glass development, mechanical testing, environmental monitoring, analysis and research & development.He also helps GTS develop new services to solve new customer problems.
