Chief Executive Officer

The Company is pioneering the transition from extractive industry to a regenerative, circular economy through advanced material engineering, closed-loop systems, and carbon-negative innovation. We design and scale next-generation materials derived from waste streams - transforming environmental liabilities into high-performance assets.

Our mission is not incremental sustainability - it is systemic regeneration.

About the Role

The CEO will architect and execute the company's global strategy at the intersection of material science, circular supply chains, and climate technology commercialization. This is a deeply operational and visionary role requiring a rare blend of technical fluency, capital strategy expertise, and regenerative systems thinking.

You will lead the company from early-stage scale-up through global expansion, building a vertically integrated ecosystem spanning waste sourcing, advanced processing, product commercialization, and circular feedback loops.

Core Responsibilities

1. Regenerative Strategy & Systems Leadership

. Define and execute a carbon-negative, circular growth strategy integrating waste recovery, material transformation, and product life cycle reintegration

. Lead lifecycle analysis (LCA) integration into all product and operational decisions

2. Advanced Materials & Innovation Direction

. Oversee the commercialization of next-gen recycled polymers, bio-composites, and engineered materials

. Align R&D, pilot production, and industrial-scale manufacturing into a unified roadmap

. Translate deep-tech innovation into market-ready, high-margin applications

3. Capital Strategy & Fundraising

. Lead fundraising across VC, climate funds, strategic corporates, and blended finance structures

. Structure innovative financing models (e.g., carbon credits, impact-linked instruments, circular asset financing)

. Manage investor relations with a strong narrative around measurable environmental and financial returns

4. Circular Supply Chain Architecture

. Design and scale waste-to-resource pipelines, including ocean plastics, industrial waste, and post-consumer streams

. Build strategic partnerships with collection networks, recyclers, manufacturers, and global brands

. Ensure traceability, certification, and compliance with global sustainability frameworks

5. Commercialization & Market Expansion

. Identify and secure B2B partnerships across industries (fashion, automotive, consumer goods, construction)

. Position company's product as a leader in premium sustainable materials

. Drive go-to-market strategies for new materials and product lines

6. Organizational & Cultural Leadership

. Build a high-performance leadership team across R&D, operations, supply chain, and commercial functions

. Instill a culture rooted in systems thinking, execution velocity, and measurable impact

. Operate effectively across multicultural, globally distributed teams

Requirements

. Proven experience scaling a deep-tech, climate tech, or advanced materials company (Seed Series A/B or beyond)

. Demonstrated success in building or managing circular or complex global supply chains, especially across Asia

. Experience working with recycled materials, waste valorization, or bio-based alternatives

. Track record in raising capital from impact investors, climate funds, or strategic corporates

. Deep familiarity with LCA tools, ESG frameworks, and sustainability certifications

. Experience negotiating with manufacturers in China/SEA and global enterprise clients

. The candidate profile needs to have more than 5 years of CEO experience in eyewear and consumer goods, combined with more than 5 years of experience in deep tech with plastic compounding and materials science, including R&D labs, and with more than 3 years of experience in companies with sustainability targets

. Education in business and innovation, combined with engineering or circular economy and sustainability

. Strong understanding of polymer science, material engineering, or chemical processes (not necessarily academic, but operational fluency required)

. Highly execution-driven and comfortable operating from lab to factory floor to boardroom

. Exposure to carbon markets, environmental credits, or circular financing models