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Meet the CEOs: Tom Nickels, Waste Management


Tom Nickels, chief executive of Waste Management, New Zealand’s biggest refuse collector and landfill owner. After a successful stint as an NZX-listed stock, Waste Management was taken over by Australia’s Transpacific in 2006. Early this year, China’s Beijing Capital bought the company for $950 million. Beijing Capital intents to invest more than $98 million in the company, which is enjoying double digit earning growth.

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