Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 1, 2009
EDWIN D. JOHNSON was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Waste Services, Inc., effective March 12, 2007, and the company's
Chief Accounting Officer as of December 31, 2008. Prior to joining the company,
Mr. Johnson was Chief Financial Officer of Expert Real Estate Services, Inc., a
full-service real estate brokerage company. From January 2001 to January 2005,
Mr. Johnson was Principal Consultant of Corporate Resurrections, Inc., a
consulting firm providing financial and other services to distressed companies
and startup businesses. Mr. Johnson has 10 years' prior experience in the waste
industry and is the former Chief Financial Officer of Attwoods Plc. Profile
DAVID SUTHERLAND-YOEST has been Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Waste
Services, Inc., since September 6, 2001, and President since October 30, 2007.
Mr. Sutherland-Yoest also served as the Chairman of the Board from September 6,
2001 until October 21, 2008. Mr. Sutherland-Yoest held the position of Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of H2OTechnologies Ltd., a water purification
company, from March 2000 to October 2003 and served as a director of H2O
Technologies Ltd. from March 2000 to January 2004. Mr. Sutherland-Yoest served
as the Senior Vice President-Atlantic Area of Waste Management, Inc., from July
1998 to November 1999. From August 1996 to July 1998, he was the Vice Chairman
and Vice President-Atlantic Region of USAWaste Services, Inc., or USAWaste, and
the President of Canadian Waste Services, Inc., which, during such time, was a
subsidiary of USAWaste. Prior to joining USAWaste, Mr. Sutherland-Yoest was
President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Envirofil, Inc. Between
1981 and 1992, he served in various capacities at Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc.,
and Browning-Ferris Industries, Ltd. Profile
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