WIN Waste appoints new CEO

Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based WIN Waste Innovations has appointed waste and recycling executive Daniel Mayo as CEO. 

He will head a new senior leadership team that includes Marieke Curley as chief operations officer (COO) and Doug Wilson as chief financial officer (CFO). Mayo succeeds Robert Boucher, who is stepping down after eight years of leading the company and its predecessor, Wheelabrator Technologies, and will remain an active member of the board of directors. 

“Over the last five years, Dan has been key to our company’s success strategy; steering the execution of our strategic plan, in particular,” Boucher says. “I am confident that WIN will continue to build upon the momentum we have gained over the last several years.”

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Mayo most recently was CFO, a position he held since 2020, having served as chief strategy officer and in other financial leadership roles since 2018. Before joining WIN, Mayo served as treasurer and vice president of finance for Edinburgh, Scotland-based InterGen, an international power generation developer and operator. Prior to InterGen, Mayo was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in New York and London.

“I am honored to serve as CEO of WIN and look forward to leading our next phase of growth as we seek to leverage our world-class, irreplicable asset base to create long-term value through the provision of essential services,” Mayo says. “Our strongest advantage comes from our hard-working staff, and we will continue to make their safety our highest priority while providing excellent service to the customers and communities that rely on WIN.”

Under Boucher’s leadership, WIN realized significant growth after the merger of Wheelabrator Technologies, City Carting and Tunnel Hill Partners to create a vertically integrated waste and recycling services company with revenues of more than $1B annually. WIN prides itself on delivering superior customer service and sustainable waste solutions, serving customers throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Ohio, Georgia and Florida.

“It has been a tremendous honor to serve as the CEO of Wheelabrator and WIN and I am incredibly proud of the team we have assembled and the accomplishments we have achieved,” Boucher says. “It was a privilege leading the team as we built the WIN platform on which we aligned 21 companies under one system of core values while prioritizing safety, embracing diversity and driving excellent service to the customers and communities in which we operate.”

Curley, the incoming COO, most recently served as senior vice president of operations. She led the maturation of postcollection lines of business and instilled a culture built on safety and operational excellence. She has a deep understanding of the waste industry, with more than 25 years of experience across operations, finance and sales. Before joining WIN, Marieke served as Northwest Area President for Phoenix-based Republic Services Inc. where she was responsible for all company operations in seven states and generated more than $1 billion in annual revenue.

Wilson is a seasoned executive who brings a wealth of expertise in finance and strategic planning from his 30 years in the infrastructure and energy industries. Prior to joining WIN, he was CEO of SH 130 Concession Co., which maintains one of the largest toll roads in Texas. Before that, he was CEO of Elizabeth River Crossing OpCo, which maintains several freeway tunnels in Virginia, and Broadrock Renewable Energy, a landfill gas-to-energy company based in Johnston, Rhode Island.