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Pete Shmigel has over 25 years of diverse experience in environmental sustainability, politics, business, consulting and mental health. Prior to becoming CEO of the Australian Council of Recycling, he’s proudly served as CEO of Lifeline Australia, the Buy Recycled Business Alliance, and the Beverage Industry Environment Council, and in senior roles with Telstra, Veolia and Nolan-ITU/Hyder, his own 40-strong business. He’s also been a senior advisor to nine Premiers and Ministers, including most recently in Ukraine. ​
Pete’s a voluntary Board member with Australian Men’s Health Forum, Baseball Australia, and Roses in the Ocean, a suicide prevention organisation, and Lifeline Ukraine. 
His articles have been widely published, including by the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Daily Telegraph, Business Insider, Business Ukraine, Huffington Post, and ten daily.
He served in the US Army and was a teacher in a New York City high school before migrating to Australia in 1990. He holds a BA in politics from the State University of New York and a MA in education from Columbia University.
His two poetry books are approaching a grand total of 350 international sales, and his adult son, Tim, is the second Aussie to ever walk the 6,500 kilometres from Australia’s southern-most to northern-most points.

​For more information on the CEO appointment, please click here.

NSW should be championing recycled roads not challenging them. I’m really hopeful @Matt_KeanMP @AndrewConstance will have good look. Gr8t 4 jobs & enviro. @NWRIC1 @downergroup @ClosetheLoopAUS @WMRRAus @GarthRecovery https://t.co/CeVzIYXnWK

— Pete Shmigel (@shmigel) August 25, 2019

Innovation like plastic roads > more recyclate markets > less waste 2 landfill > zero exports > more regional jobs. @abcnews on huge NSW opp. @Matt_KeanMP @GladysB @stuartayresmp @JohnBarilaroMP @AndrewConstance @GarthRecovery @WMRRAus @NWRIC1 @downergroup https://t.co/dFfmBrET8o

— Pete Shmigel (@shmigel) August 26, 2019
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