Renewi plc announced that following Colin Matthews' decision to step down as Chairman, it has appointed Ben Verwaayen as Non-Executive Chairman. Ben will join the Board and succeed Colin as Chairman with effect from 1 April 2020. Ben Verwaayen has been CEO for a number of companies, including Alcatel-Lucent SA and BT PLC. He held the position of Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Lucent Technologies Inc, was President of KPN Telecom and a Non-Executive Director of Bharti Airtel.