Waste Management, Inc. Elects William B. Plummer to Board of Directors
August 20 2019 - 6:36PM
Business Wire
The board of directors of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) has
elected William B. Plummer to its board of directors effective
August 19th.
Mr. Plummer will serve on the Audit Committee and the Management
Development and Compensation Committee of the board.
Mr. Plummer’s career includes a broad range of experiences. Most
recently, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO for United
Rentals where he was instrumental in helping the company execute a
strategy focused on improving the profitability of core equipment
rental business through revenue growth, margin expansion,
operational efficiencies and acquisitions. After a decade in the
CFO role at United Rentals, he retired in January 2019. Previously,
Mr. Plummer served as CFO of Dow Jones & Company, and prior to
that, he spent over six years at Alcoa as Vice President and
Treasurer. Earlier in his career, he worked at Mead Corporation,
General Electric, and Goldman Sachs, among others.
“We’re excited to welcome Bill to the board of directors. He is
an impressive executive with a diverse background in finance,
logistics, operational efficiencies and service differentiation,
all of which are key to our strategy,” said Jim Fish, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Waste Management. “His valuable
experience executing a customer-focused strategy, driving organic
revenue growth, and improving free cash flow will be great assets
to our existing board and the company, and we’re looking forward to
his contributions.”
Mr. Plummer holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Aeronautics
and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a
master’s degree in business administration from Stanford
University. He also has experience serving on boards of directors
of public and private companies, including John Wiley and Sons,
Inc., Global Payments, Inc., and as Chairman of NESCO, one of the
largest private providers of specialty equipment, parts, tools,
accessories and services to the electric utility transmission and
distribution, telecommunications and rail markets in North
America.
The election of Mr. Plummer expands Waste Management’s board of
directors to nine, eight of whom are independent directors.
ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading
provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services
in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides
collection, transfer, disposal services, and recycling and resource
recovery. It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of
landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The
Company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial,
and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more
information about Waste Management, visit www.wm.com or
www.thinkgreen.com.
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