Executives
Garry Price
Chief Executive Officer
Garry Price is a man with a vision that can see through the problems and find workable solutions. To get to this position, Garry started by completing a Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne followed by qualifications in Material Science specialising in Polymer from RMIT University.
His working career has seen him develop expertise within a myriad of industries such as uranium mining operations (Utah Wyoming), nuclear power plants (Toronto, Canada), oil/gas pipelines (Australia) and home insulation (Australia). In addition, he has been CEO of companies that constructed the largest and fastest super computer, constructed and operated plastic recycling, advanced polymer recycling, and polyurethane foam sorting and recycling.
Running the various businesses was not the only role Garry performed, he was also the innovator that designed the operations that enabled the various technology to solve recycling issues with plastics and polyurethane (PU) foam.
A man with such vast talent, vision and experience has many career highlights. After having formed Carrington Plastics, Garry achieved a world first by recycling polyisobutylene (PIB) and proving it was financially viable. He built the world’s first polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) recycling plant in Melbourne Australia. Here it was demonstrated that the plant could economically remove the PVDC from co extruded plastic film. The next career highlight came as CEO and owner of Advanced Polymer Recycling Incorporated, Mexico there he oversaw the construction of the largest Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant in Latin America (Mexico City) which can recycle up to 10 million Coca-Cola bottles a day. As CEO of Regen Foam Hong Kong and Royalty Carpets, Garry was the person behind the building of the first automated PU foam sorting plant in Southern China. This was followed by a most challenging PU Foam carpet underlay plant retrofit in Nevada, USA. This required the installation of state-of-the-art foam recycling technology and ensuring that it worked effectively in the existing facilities.
Garry has a network that transverses many countries such as Australia, USA, Canada, South Africa, China, South Africa, Mexico, South Korea, Japan and Thailand.
Garry is a man with a mission. He firmly believes that waste can be a valuable resource, which can eliminate many global issues.
Tony Carr
Director
As a career Marketing and Sales Executive, Tony’s career has focused on the flooring, foam and recycling industries in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. He brings a wealth of experience in strategic and operational planning including strong forecasting and budgeting skills. With his extensive knowledge of the various sides of the industry, Tony has developed a keen interest in the environmental impacts of this segment. He dedicated to finding various innovative means to address the recycling issues that present themselves in this sector.
With over 20 years’ experience, the foundation of Tony’s career began with Godfrey Hirst the largest manufacturer and exporter of residential and commercial carpets in Australasia. To broaden his expertise in the flooring industry, career experience was gained with organisations such as Signature Floor Coverings Pty Ltd, Dynasty Australasia Pty Ltd and Golden Field Corporation Pty Ltd. The foam industry experience came with his time at Regen Foam.
Having worked in the export and import areas, Tony has gained great insight and skills in managing geographically dispersed staff extending to suppliers and partners.
He is vigilant about maintaining a high level of customer service with a watchful eye on the bottom line.
Greg Mirabella
Director
Greg has a broad background in business, engineering & agriculture.
A former Army engineer, he was Deputy Director of Force Development in the Army. This role spanned managing the Army’s Science & Technology research requirements, as well as experimentation & capability development programs.
He was coordinator of engineering standardisation between Australia, NATO & the ABCA nations and also established the Army’s roadmap for automation & robotics.
In civilian life he has had management roles in a number of agricultural businesses, including poultry, wine & aquaculture. His civilian qualifications include BBus (Marketing), a Grad Dip (Accounting) & a Masters in Management.
Timothy Hossack
Non-Executive Director
Timothy Hossack is a non-executive director of Clean Energy Resources Pty Ltd. He has proven strategic, transformation and business start-up skills across many different countries in Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Tim has over thirty years operational experience at senior executive levels in large multinational businesses. He started his business career at Coles in 1977 where he spent 15 years moving from trainee through the ranks to senior leadership positions.
From there Tim consulted with Henderson Consultants in Queensland for two years before becoming General Manager Logistics and a member of the Executive Leadership Group at Composite Buyers Limited.
In 1995 Tim joined Coca-Cola Amatil Limited where he held executive leadership positions across the groups 18 countries living in South Korea, Philippines, and Indonesia. Whilst in the Coca-Cola system he was appointed Chairman of The Coca-Cola Global Distribution Group.
In 2004 Tim joined Pacific Brands Limited where he became General Manager Logistics and a member of the Executive Leadership Team.
He moved to London in 2008 to become the principal Director of Pacific Brands in the UK and Europe as well as General Manager for Workwear International.
Tim was appointed founding Managing Director of BRG Appliances UK in 2012, a subsidiary of Breville Group Limited, where he became a member of the Executive Leadership Team and successfully led and established the Sage by Heston Blumenthal business across many European countries.
Since 2016 Tim has been consulting to numerous companies on business development and investments in Europe.
Tim is a past member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and The Institute of Company Directors UK. He has a Master of Business degree and a Graduate Diploma in Transport and Distribution with distinction from RMIT.
He is also a graduate of the Senior Leaders Program at the Melbourne Business School. He lives in South East Queensland and Leeds UK.
Steve Horvat
Director
Steve is a former Socceroo Captain having represented Australia 32 times and he is also an Olympian having played at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
He played for several prominent clubs and won titles in both Europe and Australia, where he was also the recipient of the Joe Marston Medal in the 1995 NSL Grand Final.
Outside of his lifelong involvement in the World Game, Steve is the Managing Director of Sava Engineering which has been in operation for over forty years. Sava is a multi-faceted engineering company that has carried out multi-million dollar turnarounds and projects in the Petrochemical, Oil and Gas, Water and Construction industries.
Steve's passion and shift to sustainable projects, coupled with his leadership qualities both in business and sport, is a great asset to the CER team as we build the environmental technologies of tomorrow.