We’re on an urgent mission to eradicate fossil-plastics by accelerating the adoption of natural materials.

Our Team

  • Elliot Costello

    Elliot Costello

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    An entrepreneur with a proven track record of scaling leading impact ventures in Australia, Asia, and Africa.

  • Rob Anderson

    Rob Anderson

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    A chemical engineer with extensive early-stage cleantech experience involved in startups in Asia-Pacific that brought new technologies to market.

  • Jade Borella

    Jade Borella

    HEAD OF STRATEGY

    An entrepreneurial innovation project specialist with global experience scaling solutions.

  • Matt Kendall

    Matt Kendall

    HEAD OF BRAND

    Award winning brand and communications strategist with international experience working across global brands, start-ups, Government agencies and departments, environmental campaigns, and next economy thinking.

  • Kaitlin Harasym

    Kaitlin Harasym

    HEAD OF GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT

    A relationship nurturer and optimist, Kaitlin has a proven track record of fostering meaningful partnerships to effect positive change.

  • Victoria Beneragama

    Victoria Beneragama

    HEAD OF COMMERCIAL

    An experienced commercial leader with global consumer products experience across a diverse range of sectors including aviation, luxury, beauty, fashion, retail and entertainment.

The Board

  • Lisa Barlow

    Lisa Barlow

    CHAIR & COFOUNDER

    A philanthropic Imagineer who has ten years of board experience on one of Australia’s largest privately-owned companies.

  • Sean Bonadeo

    Sean Bonadeo

    DIRECTOR

    A management consultant with global experience in finance, accounting, strategy and governance.

  • Simon Taylor

    Simon Taylor

    COFOUNDER

    A new economy thinker with deep strategic management skills. Simon has launched market-leading companies in the carbon, biodiversity, and wildlife protection industry.

  • Monique Conheady

    Monique Conheady

    DIRECTOR

    Cofounder of Flexicar and former Executive at Hertz Australia. Monique is a Non-Executive Director/Chair of various government agencies and early stage businesses. She has a passion for pioneering breakthrough technologies.

  • Prof Andrew Harris

    Prof Andrew Harris

    DIRECTOR

    An expert at scaling early-stage cleantech companies. As a Professor of Engineering at The University of Sydney, Andrew has worked with a large number of biomaterial projects.

  • Julia Thomas

    Julia Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    A passionate enabler of early-stage impact-driven businesses, complemented by deep experience working in institutional equity markets as an Executive Director at UBS Australia and at Macquarie before UBS.