Press Release

1 December 2011

MITIE appoints renowned healthcare waste specialist

Healthcare waste specialist Andrew Stratton has been appointed as MITIE’s healthcare commercial development manager, in a bid to develop its healthcare waste services. 

With his experience in the medical and research field, Andrew develop MITIE’s healthcare waste service, and meeting the increasing needs of NHS and the research clients for more cost effective solutions. 

Stratton brings a wealth of experience to the role, and most recently worked at a major waste management company for 17 years. 

Andrew has a background in microbiology for a pharmaceutical company, and used his technical background, developing and promoting clinical, pharmaceutical and radioactive waste services to the NHS and the research sector. 

He is a member of the Healthcare Waste Special Interest Group within the Chartered Institute of Waste Management, and served as chair of the Sanitary Medical Disposal Services Association (SMDSA) for three years. 

Mike Taylor, managing director of MITIE’s Waste and Environmental business said: “I am pleased to welcome Andrew Stratton, who is a renowned industry expert. 

As a member of our team, Andrew will play a critical role in developing our award-winning clinical and hazardous service offering.”

Stratton said: “I am excited to have joined MITIE and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.” 

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Notes for editors

What is MITIE?
We’re the strategic outsourcing and asset management company.

What does that mean in practice? We manage facilities, energy and properties for our clients across the UK and beyond.

We work with our clients in three ways; some take full advantage of our whole range of expertise, others may only need one aspect of what we do:

Strategy and consultancy
+ Facilities and project management
+ Service delivery

Our strategic input can add value at the highest level by helping clients to manage their assets, while our practical management expertise can save customers money and reduce their carbon emissions. We work with a vast number of clients in every industry across both the public and private sectors and deliver the broadest range of services that can be found in one place: from integrated facilities management to engineering maintenance to lifecycle energy management and much more.

There’s a lot more to MITIE than you probably think. We’re a big company with big ambitions – a leading FTSE 250 support services business, with more than 61,000 people, revenues of £1.9bn, and a reputation for being the best.

Visit us at www.mitie.com