Our Team
MEat the team
Our waste management experts
At UKR we believe to meet the significant environmental challenges of tomorrow, we need to create solutions that are both waste management efficient and financially sound to ensure the long-term viability of our projects. We are pleased to have created a team of waste management experts, supported by successful start-up business leaders.

Dave Ashurst
Managing Director
Over a 9-year period, stewarded a start-up organisation from $2M – $35M turnover
Risk management professional, with significant operational experience in challenging environments
Former Advisor to both Governments and industry leaders
Able to communicate at all levels with a proven track record in both public and private organisations, from Government advisory through to community outreach projects serving disadvantaged populations

Atif Abbas
Compliance and Finance Manager
Chartered Certified Accountant with over 10 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Audit and Compliance. Having worked with multinational service and manufacturing organisations and supervised the corporate governance, risk, and ethics.
Managing the accounts and documentational requirements for internal and external stakeholders.

Kayleigh Ann Ho
office manager
Embarking on an exciting new chapter within UKR, Kayleigh is enthusiastic about broadening her knowledge in the waste management sector. This marks a pivotal moment for her to utilise her administrative skill set to contribute significantly to the dynamic team at UKR. Kayleigh is poised to bring a strategic and collaborative approach to support UKR in achieving its goals.

David McKenzie
Site Manager
This will inevitably contribute to the success of UKR by drawing from his wealth of experience to implementing continuous improvement to operations as we strive towards our goal to become a full circular business.

Liane Meade
Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor
Providing strategy development, governance and risk management, stakeholder management and engagement and project concept through to close-out
Specific experience includes; start-ups, international corporates, NGOs and consultancy