Wednesday, 17 June 2020 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm (AEST)
Speaker: Howard Burvill Facilitator: Sarah Ruddell, Appita YPN
COVID-19 got you working from home? Do you have a new routine of splitting your time between home and the office, but feel you can be more productive? Join Sarah Ruddell, Appita YPN and Howard Burvill, Pulp & Paper Industry Consultant for an engaging discussion on the tips and tricks for staying productive and maintaining a healthy work life balance while working remotely.
GUEST SPEAKER
Howard Burvill
Industry Consultant
Howard Burvill BAppSc, MBA, has been part of the Pulp, Paper, Packaging and Forest industry since 1983. He worked for Australian Newsprint Mills/Fletcher Challenge Paper/Norske Skog in various technical, sales and management roles at the Boyer Mill, Albury Mill, Tasman Mill and Sittingbourne Mill (UK). He also held regional and global technical and R&D roles in the Sydney and Oslo offices. He was the VP R&D for Norske Skog when based in Oslo.
He has also worked as a production manager and commissioning engineer in pulp and paper manufacture. Along with his management background, he has technical and practical expertise in all aspects of pulp production & paper making across all areas of the world.
Howard moved into a consultant role in 2009 and had various projects related with Appita, FWPA, Visy and Government bodies reviewing pulp and paper manufacturing. He is currently working on various projects related to biomass processing, pulp and paper manufacturing improvements, safe systems of work and business feasibility studies.
He has been a long-standing member of Appita since 1983. He has been a member of the Bioresource Processing Research Institute of Australia (BioPRIA) Trustees since 2009.