Christopher Williamson has over 30 years of experience in waste management, recycling, and environmental compliance. He founded ProTreat Limited in 2010 to provide technical and legal services to private waste and recycling clients. As managing director, he has successfully assisted numerous corporate clients with matters involving the Environment Agency, HMRC, and civil proceedings. Prior to founding ProTreat, Williamson held several director-level roles in waste oil and chemical waste treatment companies, where he oversaw operations, research and development, and end of waste matters. He has a strong background in developing new waste recycling processes and negotiating with regulatory bodies.
QMRE have exclusive UK distribution rights for a German manufactured plastic recycling technology/ on-site product. QMRE believes that there is a compelling investment case to locate a recycling machine (P5000) with a payback of approximately 3 years on an investment of c£1.8m.
Generating Savings and Creating Social Value: A Workshop on Promoting Re-use at HWRCs through Local Authority Procurement. Slide presentations from Workshop on 19 October 2015.
QMRE have exclusive UK distribution rights for a German manufactured plastic recycling technology/ on-site product. QMRE believes that there is a compelling investment case to locate a recycling machine (P5000) with a payback of approximately 3 years on an investment of c£1.8m.
Generating Savings and Creating Social Value: A Workshop on Promoting Re-use at HWRCs through Local Authority Procurement. Slide presentations from Workshop on 19 October 2015.
First presented at Certas Energy's Clean Air breakfast event on 22nd May 2017, this presentation introduces a new entrant into the clean air debate - paraffinic fuels.
With improved combustion properties, these cleaner alternatives can be used in standard diesel and gas oil engines while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%. With no investment in infrastructure, machinery or vehicles required, they could play a vital role in cleaning up Britain's industry.
Certas Energy is the first to introduce and pioneer Shell GTL Fuel (Gas-To-Liquid) in the UK, with the aim of improving air quality.
The latest on energy storage for renewable energy in the form of power-to-gas and clean fuel hydrogen stations for fuel cell electric vehicles.
Commercial progress in the year
Clean fuel
– Strategic Forecourt Siting Partnership with Shell to deploy on Shell forecourts
– Hydrogen Fuel Contract with Toyota
– Hydrogen Refuelling and Siting Agreement with BOC Linde to evaluate existing BOC sites
– €4m grant from €32m H2ME project for European Hydrogen Refuelling Station deployment
– Launched M1 Refuelling station coupled directly to renewables
– Deployment of City of Riverside Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS) in California
Energy storage
– €2m grant from €9m “Big Hit” for a 1.5 MW Electrolyser Deployment
– €2.75m Electrolyser System Cost Reduction Grant
– £1.0m order received of first 1MW sale to ZEAG Energie AG
– Launched RWE Power-to-Gas Energy Storage System in Germany
– Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Good Energy to Explore Green Energy Tariffs
– MoU with Arup to collaborate on hydrogen energy and fuel systems
– MoU with CEME to develop a hydrogen hub in East London
– Agreement with Symbio FCell and Arcola Energy
– Nominated for prestigious Hermes award for HGas product
Commercial progress since year end
– A further £1.44m of products under contract secured since year end (2015: £1.98m)
– £0.507m of contracts in final stages of negotiation (2015: £0.363m)
– €1.5m HRS sale to HDF, first refuelling sale in France
– Launched first London HyFive HRS in Teddington
– €5m grant from €35m H2ME2 European Hydrogen refuelling station deployment
Key financial results for the year ended 30 April 2016
– Total Revenue & Grant Funding of £8.185m (2015: £5.061m) up 56%, comprising;
o Revenue – £1.930m (2015: £1.635m) up 18%
o Grant income – £3.188m (2015: £1.777m) up 80%
o Grants receivable for capital projects – £3.069m (2015: £1.649m), up 86%
– Increase in property, plant and equipment to £3.024m (2015: £2.576m), up 17%
– Loss from operations £4.359m (2015: £5.723m), down 21%
– Cash balance £3.336m (2015: £6.576m), down 49%
– Debtors balance of £6.487m (2015: £4.113m), up 58%
– Development costs of £0.252m capitalised in the year (2015: nil)
Technical achievements
– Reduced full system cost by 25% and footprint by 35%
– MW scale system prices now <€1,000/kW
– Full system cost reduction to less than EU target for 2020
– PEM systems now competing with alkaline on price
– Thüga Plant qualifies for the Primary Balancing Market in Germany
– Standard electrolyser system pre-qualified for Enhanced Frequency Response by National Grid
– Demonstrated full system turn on in 800ms and turn off in 140ms
– HGas build time reduced by two weeks by improved supply
– Shop floor processes defined to enable production and testing of 50 units per year & modifications underway
Improving Offshore Production WhitepaperDean Murphy
Benefit from a short whitepaper which reviews two recent presentations by senior representatives at EnQuest and Wintershall. The whitepaper looks at their approaches towards improving production efficiencies regarding their North Sea interests.
The report shares critical insight, including:
- A review of EnQuest’s production optimisation model currently being used in the North Sea to improve current operations
- A look at the planning that is going into extending the lifetime of Brage and how Wintershall are taking steps towards improving production
- Future considerations and development plans for EnQuest and Wintershall within the North Sea
Fuelling a cleaner, healthier construction industry Brian Worrall
Brian Worrall, Director of Corporate Affairs at Certas Energy delivered this presentation at UK Construction Week on the role the construction industry has to play in tackling the air quality crisis in the UK and the importance of taking action now to reduce emissions not only for the benefit of the environment but also the health and wellbeing of the construction workforce. The presentation also introduces Shell GTL Fuel, a cleaner burning alternative to diesel.
Plastics to oil report, Waste recycling machine defines an environmental equiment that waste rubber tyres , waste
plastics , waste oil(waste crude oil,waste diesel,waste oil,waste slag etc.), waste cable are heated
and pyrolysis, finally distillate the oil gas,and then cooled to the oil through the condensers as well
as the carbon black and steel wire.
Biffa plc Capital Markets Day Director of Business presentationjessbiffa
Mike Thair, Biffa Director of Business - Capital Markets Day Development & Treatment presentation for sustainable waste management. 17th September 2019
Harsh Pershad (Innovate UK) presenting 'Funding Opportunities from Innovate UK' at the UKCCSRC/IMechE/CO2Chem Air Capture Workshop on 20th February 2015 in London
First presented at Certas Energy's Clean Air breakfast event on 22nd May 2017, this presentation introduces a new entrant into the clean air debate - paraffinic fuels.
With improved combustion properties, these cleaner alternatives can be used in standard diesel and gas oil engines while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%. With no investment in infrastructure, machinery or vehicles required, they could play a vital role in cleaning up Britain's industry.
Certas Energy is the first to introduce and pioneer Shell GTL Fuel (Gas-To-Liquid) in the UK, with the aim of improving air quality.
The latest on energy storage for renewable energy in the form of power-to-gas and clean fuel hydrogen stations for fuel cell electric vehicles.
Commercial progress in the year
Clean fuel
– Strategic Forecourt Siting Partnership with Shell to deploy on Shell forecourts
– Hydrogen Fuel Contract with Toyota
– Hydrogen Refuelling and Siting Agreement with BOC Linde to evaluate existing BOC sites
– €4m grant from €32m H2ME project for European Hydrogen Refuelling Station deployment
– Launched M1 Refuelling station coupled directly to renewables
– Deployment of City of Riverside Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS) in California
Energy storage
– €2m grant from €9m “Big Hit” for a 1.5 MW Electrolyser Deployment
– €2.75m Electrolyser System Cost Reduction Grant
– £1.0m order received of first 1MW sale to ZEAG Energie AG
– Launched RWE Power-to-Gas Energy Storage System in Germany
– Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Good Energy to Explore Green Energy Tariffs
– MoU with Arup to collaborate on hydrogen energy and fuel systems
– MoU with CEME to develop a hydrogen hub in East London
– Agreement with Symbio FCell and Arcola Energy
– Nominated for prestigious Hermes award for HGas product
Commercial progress since year end
– A further £1.44m of products under contract secured since year end (2015: £1.98m)
– £0.507m of contracts in final stages of negotiation (2015: £0.363m)
– €1.5m HRS sale to HDF, first refuelling sale in France
– Launched first London HyFive HRS in Teddington
– €5m grant from €35m H2ME2 European Hydrogen refuelling station deployment
Key financial results for the year ended 30 April 2016
– Total Revenue & Grant Funding of £8.185m (2015: £5.061m) up 56%, comprising;
o Revenue – £1.930m (2015: £1.635m) up 18%
o Grant income – £3.188m (2015: £1.777m) up 80%
o Grants receivable for capital projects – £3.069m (2015: £1.649m), up 86%
– Increase in property, plant and equipment to £3.024m (2015: £2.576m), up 17%
– Loss from operations £4.359m (2015: £5.723m), down 21%
– Cash balance £3.336m (2015: £6.576m), down 49%
– Debtors balance of £6.487m (2015: £4.113m), up 58%
– Development costs of £0.252m capitalised in the year (2015: nil)
Technical achievements
– Reduced full system cost by 25% and footprint by 35%
– MW scale system prices now <€1,000/kW
– Full system cost reduction to less than EU target for 2020
– PEM systems now competing with alkaline on price
– Thüga Plant qualifies for the Primary Balancing Market in Germany
– Standard electrolyser system pre-qualified for Enhanced Frequency Response by National Grid
– Demonstrated full system turn on in 800ms and turn off in 140ms
– HGas build time reduced by two weeks by improved supply
– Shop floor processes defined to enable production and testing of 50 units per year & modifications underway
Improving Offshore Production WhitepaperDean Murphy
Benefit from a short whitepaper which reviews two recent presentations by senior representatives at EnQuest and Wintershall. The whitepaper looks at their approaches towards improving production efficiencies regarding their North Sea interests.
The report shares critical insight, including:
- A review of EnQuest’s production optimisation model currently being used in the North Sea to improve current operations
- A look at the planning that is going into extending the lifetime of Brage and how Wintershall are taking steps towards improving production
- Future considerations and development plans for EnQuest and Wintershall within the North Sea
Fuelling a cleaner, healthier construction industry Brian Worrall
Brian Worrall, Director of Corporate Affairs at Certas Energy delivered this presentation at UK Construction Week on the role the construction industry has to play in tackling the air quality crisis in the UK and the importance of taking action now to reduce emissions not only for the benefit of the environment but also the health and wellbeing of the construction workforce. The presentation also introduces Shell GTL Fuel, a cleaner burning alternative to diesel.
Plastics to oil report, Waste recycling machine defines an environmental equiment that waste rubber tyres , waste
plastics , waste oil(waste crude oil,waste diesel,waste oil,waste slag etc.), waste cable are heated
and pyrolysis, finally distillate the oil gas,and then cooled to the oil through the condensers as well
as the carbon black and steel wire.
Biffa plc Capital Markets Day Director of Business presentationjessbiffa
Mike Thair, Biffa Director of Business - Capital Markets Day Development & Treatment presentation for sustainable waste management. 17th September 2019
Harsh Pershad (Innovate UK) presenting 'Funding Opportunities from Innovate UK' at the UKCCSRC/IMechE/CO2Chem Air Capture Workshop on 20th February 2015 in London
Harsh Pershad (Innovate UK) presenting 'Funding Opportunities from Innovate U...
C Williamson CV
1. Christopher Williamson
ProTreat Limited
15 St. Mary’s Street
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 7AF
Tel: 0843 290 7553
Mob: 07576 958088
Email: cwilliamson@protreatltd.com
W: www.protreatltd.com
PERSONAL HISTORY
ProTreat Limited 2010 – Present
Formed the Company to pursue technical and legal challenges with private clients in the waste and recycling
sectors.
Managing Director
Responsible for client care - multi-faceted technical projects in the waste processing and recycling sector and
advising re legal disputes with the UK Government, Environment Agency, local authorities and in civil
proceedings.
• Prepared a formal complaint to the Commission of the European Union for infraction
proceedings against the UK Government for not implementing the Waste Incineration
Directive & Industrial Emission Directive requirements for small waste oil burners.
• Produced a comprehensive technical document for a private client to oppose the
Environment Agency and Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK’s (“SSI”) re-commissioning
of the Redcar blast furnace using waste oil as the main energy source other than in
accordance with the Waste Incineration Directive. SSI withdrew their application to
the Environment Agency.
• Assisted the Oil Recycling Association with representations to Defra and the
Environment Agency with regard to the European Commission’s legal challenge to
the UK Government’s PFO Protocol.
• Successfully advised a corporate client in civil proceedings for the value of silver
recovered from silver plating waste.
• Successfully advised a corporate client to appeal HMRC’s decision to designate a
recovered oil as a Tied Oil for excise duty purposes.
• Successfully advised a corporate client and represented them at a formal mediation
hearing at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators to reduce a claim against them from
£1.9 million to £100k.
• Advised a corporate client in the successful defence of an Environment Agency
prosecution based on an abuse of process legal argument.
• Appointed as an expert in support of a corporate client’s application for judicial review
of the Environment Agency’s decision to suspend their environmental permit, which
resulted in a High Court injunction and the voluntary withdrawal of the notice.
• Reinstated permit exemptions for a corporate client after these had been withdrawn
by the Environment Agency
• Negotiated with the Environment Agency for a 2 year extension for the completion of
onerous improvement conditions specified in a client’s environmental permit.
• Advised a corporate client on the determination of hazardous waste status in
accordance with the Environment Agency’s WM2 Guidance.
• Assisted a corporate client with the evaluation of a tyre recycling process in Italy.
OSS Group Limited 2004 – 2010
Oil recycling company creating a British Standard fuel oil product from waste oils. UK market leader involved
in a landmark Court of Appeal ruling to allow the recovery of waste.
Operations Director
Responsible for R&D, technical issues, engineering, production, end of waste legal matters, REACH and
transport.
2. • Won a landmark end of waste case versus the Environment Agency in the
Court of Appeal to allow the recovery of a fuel oil product from waste
lubricating oils. Produced a 3,500 page technical document in support of the
judicial review application.
• Consolidated all UK fuel oil production at one location and increased production
capacity by 150% to 130k tpa.
• Developed a new fuel oil product in conformance with BS2869 for use in shell and
tube steam boiler systems.
• Developed end of waste guidance and test methods in co-operation with the
Environment Agency.
• Re-engineered and modified an existing patented oil recovery process to achieve the
2010 End of Waste Protocol.
• Managed UK military, naval and aviation waste fuel arisings for export to European
markets.
• Installed bespoke oil filter fragmentation plant for the recovery of ferrous and non-
ferrous metals.
• Managed UK waste oil collection network involving 60 rigid and articulated road
tankers operating from 14 locations.
Petrus Oils Limited 1996 - 2003
Oil recycling company. Niche capital-intensive R&D business with oil trading activity and wholly owned
subsidiary in Germany.
Managing Director
Responsible for all technical aspects in addition to accounting, oil trading and the development of Petrus Oils
Germany GmbH.
• Successfully presented and steered the company’s defence in a high profile
environmental court case and recovered all legal costs amounting to over
£200,000.
• Designed a sophisticated electronic business model and negotiated a discretionary
EU Objective One EUR 19.5 million capital grant for a new EUR 39 million
investment in Germany.
• Due to a collapse in the value of oil commodities to a 25-year low, reorganised UK
refining operations with a drastic reduction in personnel combined with formulating a
new direction for the future development of the company. This resulted in a
break-even position the following year compared to cumulative losses of £4 million
during the previous 3 years.
• Created a new oil import trading activity based on outsourced supplies, storage,
shipping and road transportation services and negotiated sales to the UK power
generation sector worth £2.6 million over a 15 month period making a profit of
£350,000.
• Devised a new product with a partner company for stopgap added value sales to
their existing customer base worth £1.7 million over 4 months, with the incremental
profit divided equally between the parties.
• Due to a cash equity shortfall formulated negotiations with a non-SME company and
secured their EUR 1.5 million investment for a new project in Eastern Germany.
Whelan Environmental Services Limited 1990-1996
Largest independent chemical waste treatment company.
Operations Director 1992-1996
Overall responsibility for facilities in Birmingham, Stoke on Trent and Middlesbrough and responsible for
developing new facilities. Managing Director of Whelan Environmental Consultants Limited.
• Managed recruitment at new locations and down sized the HQ management
structure for increased productivity and greater efficiency. Reduced management
overheads and direct expenses by £300,000 per annum despite expanding the
business to a national operation with a 50% increase in turnover.
• Over a 6-month period with the company owners living abroad, negotiated final terms
for the sale of their business to a major competitor and effected the start-up of their
new capital-intensive joint venture business with a US partner. Their established
3. business with an annual turnover of £10 million and profits of £900k was sold for over
£10 million with £2.5 million of capital investment directed into the new joint venture.
Whelan Environmental Services Limited
Business Development Manager 1990-1992
Responsible for developing sales in a new region and locating new facilities for expansion outside of
Birmingham.
• Developed new sales territory in the north-west of England securing high margin
business worth £500,000 over 18 months and located three sites for future
development with planning permission obtained at all three locations during the two
year period.
Castle Oils Limited 1988-1990
General Manager
Fuchs Lubricants (formerly Century Oils plc) 1982-1988
Various – from Environmental Services to Quality Assurance & Process Control
Johnson Matthey plc 1977-1982
Environmental Services Technician
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BA Business Studies Staffordshire University 1988-1991
HNC Endorsement – Analytical Chemistry 1981-1982
HNC Chemistry 1979-1981
ONC Physical Sciences 1977-1979
PERSONAL DETAILS INTERESTS
Date of Birth: 3rd
September 1960 Social and Cultural History
Marital Status: Married three children Football, Travel, Reading, Music