Last Updated on 15 September 2025 by Kim Ormsby
When it comes to waste management, Graham Flynn, Director at Anenta, has solidified his expertise from the ground up.
Graham’s career took an international turn when he seized an opportunity to work on landfill sites in multiple countries across Central and South America. He was involved in clean development mechanism projects related to carbon credits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “I was dealing with the operations, negotiations with the participants, and making sure everything was installed correctly,” he shares.
However, a health setback forced Graham to return to the UK. He took on a role within the NHS in Southwest London Support Service Partnership (SSP), dealing with primary care. His role expanded when the partnership was subsumed into the Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and he began looking more widely across London into how to deal with GP’s, pharmacies, and the hazardous waste they produced.
Almost 11 years ago, Graham co-founded Anenta with his business partners. Their goal was to provide a service to the NHS that offered value, control of contracts, and utilised technology to ensure all waste producers had access to good information. “We’ve continually iterated on the system and service over the years and now look after 86% of Primary Care Premises in England,” Flynn states.
Read more about Grahams journey and leadership of Anenta on the Leaders of Great Britain website.
