Joseph Dwek CBE

Appointed December 2003

Joseph Dwek was Executive Chairman and Chief Executive of Bodycote International Plc from 1972 until his retirement in 1998. He is currently a director of Jerome Group Plc, Penmarric Plc, Opal Property Group Ltd and Mercury Recycling Ltd; and Chairman and Chief Executive of Worthington Group Plc.
Joseph was formerly Chairman of the Mersey Basin Campaign, the Healthy Waterways Trust, Envirolink, Enworks, and a council member of environmental charity, ENCAMS.  He was a member of the board of the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Environmental Innovation Advisory Group, among other roles.  Currently he co chairs Newlands.

He was awarded a CBE in 1997 for “services to industry and to the Confederation of British Industry in the Northwest of England.”, which he chaired from 1994 - 1996. In 2008 he was awarded the prestigious Environment Leadership award at the annual Business in the Environment Conference

Board sub-committee involvement:

• Vice Chair of the Enterprise Sub-committee 
• Member of Climate Change & Natural Economy Sub-committee
• Member of the Energy & Environmental Technologies Sub-committee

Register of Interests - updated 16th November 2010