Speaker Paul Hayes
Paul is the Director of Geocycle Vietnam, a wholly owned business unit of Holcim Vietnam which is responsible to market and manage its waste co-processing business.

Paul has worked in Vietnam since 1996 and since 2003 has been responsible for the establishment and development of the Geocycle waste co-processing enterprise, which provides a world class waste management solution to industry in Vietnam.

The waste co-processing activity is a key component of Holcim's sustainable development agenda, by seeking out opportunities to substitute its use of non-renewable fossil fuels and raw materials with waste materials from industry. After spearheading the development of the Geocycle enterprise in Vietnam for the past 6 years, Paul has a good insight into the convergence of regulatory issues, community relations, market development and the business imperatives which comes with being part of a large multinational organization in a developing country environment.

Successive Positions:

2005-To date Director Geocycle

2003-2005 HCMC Vietnam, Holcim business development director

2001-2003 HCMC Vietnam, Holcim procurement manager

1999-2001 Kien Giang Vietnam, Holcim plant administration manager

1996-1999 Hanoi/Nghe An Vietnam, Tate & Lyle, Project contracts and procurement manager

1995-1996 Melbourne Australia, engineer Thames Water

1992-1995 Paris France, EuroPentel QA manager

Educational History:

Master in Business Administration (Technology Management) La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia - 2003

Bachelors Degree Engineering (Mech), University College Dublin, 1992