Biography:

Rick Stuart, CEO. A proven entrepreneur and innovator with a strong track record of start-up development, entrepreneurial vision, disruptive focus, and strategic commercial delivery. A result driven, technology professional with 23 years of startup experience with 3 successful exits. He successfully ran Phantom Media for 14 years, a boutique digital media company ultimately selling to a FTSE listed plc. As CEO of Bluebox, an Aerospace/Aviation electronics specialist, he successfully launched the world’s first enterprise version of Apple iPad within Aviation against strong market resistance and scepticism delivering a $5.7 million order book within the first few months of launch. As Chief Business Development Officer at Adaptive Channel, Rick generated $2.5 million in sales during its first year with 27% EBIT, raising $850k from VCs to expand technology capability and market penetration. He holds PMP and Lean Management certifications.

About Phoenix Carbon:

Phoenix Carbon (PC) enables a circular economy for all composite materials by recycling without affecting the material properties, enabling high value to the end user. A composite is a material made from two components, a textile (e.g. carbon fibre, CF) and a thermoset polymer (resin). 85% of all waste composite is sent to landfill: the challenge is separating the textile from the resin without damaging the fibre or resin mechanical properties. PC’s disrupting technology can reclaim the valuable textile while maintaining the fibre’s original properties intact, including its state and form. Revenue is generated by selling the highly valuable woven CF to customers at 50% lower prices with 96% lower CO2e compared to virgin woven CF.