Waste Management CEO and leadership

James (Jim) Fish, Jr. is president and chief executive officer for Waste Management. He is also a member of the Board of Directors.

Prior to becoming CFO in 2012 and President and CFO in July 2016, he held several key positions with the Company, including Senior Vice President for the Company’s Eastern Group, Area Vice President for Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Market Area General Manager for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Vice President of Price Management and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. He joined Waste Management in 2001.

Fish earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Arizona State University and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Before joining Waste Management, Fish held finance and revenue management positions at Westex, a Yellow-Roadway subsidiary; Trans World Airlines; and America West Airlines. He began his professional career at KPMG Peat Marwick.

As senior vice president of field operations for Waste Management, John Morris oversees a number of areas of the business for the southern part of North America, which includes oversight of collection, disposal, recycling and landfills. Prior to this role, Mr. Morris served as chief strategy officer, providing council and leadership in implementing the company’s growth strategy and also held a number of field-based positions including area vice president of the Greater Mid Atlantic area. Mr. Morris is a graduate of Rutgers University.

Nikolaj Sjoqvist is a Senior VP/Chief Digital Ofcr at Waste Management. He attended Northwestern University and Oxford Brookes University Business School.

Michael Watson is an Area Vice President at Waste Management and Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at Waste Management and is based in Lombard, Illinois. He has worked as Commercial Sales Director at Waste Management, VP-Sales and Marketing: Midwest Group at Waste Management, and Regional Sales Director at Waste Management. Michael studied at University of Chicago Booth School of Business between 2011 and 2013 and Indiana University Bloomington between 1987 and 1991.

James (Jim) Fish, Jr. is president and chief executive officer for Waste Management. He is also a member of the Board of Directors.

Prior to becoming CFO in 2012 and President and CFO in July 2016, he held several key positions with the Company, including Senior Vice President for the Company’s Eastern Group, Area Vice President for Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Market Area General Manager for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Vice President of Price Management and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. He joined Waste Management in 2001.

Fish earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Arizona State University and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Before joining Waste Management, Fish held finance and revenue management positions at Westex, a Yellow-Roadway subsidiary; Trans World Airlines; and America West Airlines. He began his professional career at KPMG Peat Marwick.

Russell Robinson is a Senior Director, Chief Security Officer at Waste Management and is based in 1001 Fannin St, Houston, Texas. He has worked as Investigator at Department of Justice and Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Department of Justice. Russell attended South Carolina State Ports Authority between 1980 and 1984 and Sacred Heart University between 1985 and 1987.