Nguyen Thi Thu Trang

Trang is Co-Founder and Deputy Director of the Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub), a Vietnamese NGO. She is trained as an expert in marine waste management, leading projects on plastic pollution, environment, and development for 15 years, promoting partnerships and information networks between government, business, and civil society. Her collective action expertise has been applied as an invited trainer of plastic waste management in Asia Pacific.

Marie Gouttebroze

Marie Gouttebroze works as a Senior Project Manager in the field of Waste Management and Circular Economy at Seureca, the consulting engineering company of Veolia.

She has a cross-sectional experience with consulting engagements focusing on integrated solid waste management systems. She works on various projects related to circular economy and recycling, in particular on plastic pollution identification and quantification and on improving plastic value chains.

Roger Joseph (Rocky) Guzman

Rocky is an environmental lawyer and policy specialist with extensive background on oceans issues. He has held positions in various non-profits and international organizations where he led projects from marine conservation and plastic pollution to fisheries management and strengthening environmental rights.

Rocky obtained his Master of Environmental Policy at Duke University and is the Deputy Director of the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law. 

Peter C. Evans

Peter C. Evans is Chief Strategy Officer at McFadyen Digital. He has over 25 years of experience leading teams in identifying, framing, assessing, and communicating high-priority marketplace trends and disruptions that support business planning and investment prioritization. He has held senior strategy at large global enterprises (former partner at KPMG, senior director, strategy and analytics at General Electric). Peter been at the forefront of identifying and articulating significant new trends, including the rise of experience platforms.

Scaling the Circular Economy with Circular Platforms (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 18)

The circular economy offers a framework for reducing waste and increasing sustainability by keeping materials in use through repair, reuse, and recycling. However, scaling the circular economy requires overcoming challenges like connecting suppliers and buyers of used materials, tracking materials flows, and financing circular business models.