On a mission to deplastify the world’s supply chains

Our team

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Elliot Costello
CEO

Elliot is the Founding CEO of Phantm. For the past four years, Elliot has developed regenerative solutions for our linear materials industry. An entrepreneur with a proven track record of scaling leading impact ventures in Australia, Asia, and Africa.

Victoria
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.

Kaitlin
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.

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Edward Whitehead
HEAD OF STRATEGY

A specialist in soft plastics, circular economy and our need for better alternatives! Edward built and sold a leading soft plastics business in the UK before relocating to Australia in Jan 2019.

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Jade Borella
HEAD OF SOLUTIONS

An entrepreneurial innovation project specialist with global experience scaling solutions.

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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

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Paul Rowlinson
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Our strategic finance specialist with considerable experience in scaling and investing in early stage ventures in Australia, the US and UK.

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Nehal Jain
Senior Product Manager

Purpose-Driven Product Manager specialising in SaaS platform innovation, drawing on extensive experience from leading global technology firms.

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Rob Anderson
SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGIST

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

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Ben Ward
SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

An experienced Solutions Architect and Software Engineer with a knack for bringing data-based projects to life. Ben’s expertise lies not just in technical execution, but also in understanding and aligning with the broader strategic visions of a project.

The board

Monique
Monique Conheady
CHAIR

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.

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Sean Bonadeo
DIRECTOR

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

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Simon Taylor
DIRECTOR

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

Andrew
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
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.

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