People

Get to know the people behind Orobo

Sann Carrière

Chief Executive Officer

Sann dreams the future into being. Anticipating a world in which nature and technology merge, Sann builds inspiring, purposeful businesses. She is driven by a strong sense of what is to come and combines mindfulness with dedicated entrepreneurship to manifest. Working towards this systemic change via responsible production and consumption, she aligns her business concepts and actions with the principles of the circular economy.

Sann facilitates disruptive technology start-ups, governmental bodies, public organizations, and multinational companies to co-develop materials innovation and large-scale commercial success. Her circular business models have proven to outcompete the traditional linear approach.

Sann has been developing her views and tools on the new economy since 2009 from the Netherlands. In 2017 she moved to Singapore and has since then been working on projects in Eurasia remotely.

Roxane Uzureau Zhu

CE Entrepreneur, Impact Investor and Materials Expert

As the founder of a reuse model startup, Roxane Uzureau Zhu is passionate about creating a sustainable future by exploring innovative ways to repurpose textiles and materials. With a deep fascination for problem-solving and a love for nature, she is constantly driven to find solutions that can help us build a more livable planet for everyone.

Her persistent personality and insatiable curiosity about how things work inspire her approach to design - whether it's products, tools, or systems. She believes that design can serve as a powerful tool to create a positive impact, and she brings a wealth of knowledge across sustainable concepts, design, products, and businesses to the table.

At the core of her work is a commitment to people-focused leadership and passionate communication. She believes that building meaningful connections with others is key to creating lasting change, and she strives to lead by example in everything that she does.

Through her startup, she hopes to inspire others to think differently about sustainability and help drive real-world solutions that can make a difference.

Board of Advisors

Regula Schegg

Eric Logtens

CE Entrepreneur, Behavioural Change, Ergonomist, Commercialization of Innovation

Impact Investing, Multi stakeholder Partnerships, Financial Modeling

Regula Schegg experienced global professional with proven finance, business development, operations and general management expertise. She excels in challenging and rapidly changing environments that encompass multiple cultures and stakeholders. She is a proven problem solver and social entrepreneur in both industrialized and emerging markets. She is capable of developing and executing strategies resulting in sustainable operations.

Eric (Rik) Logtens builds thriving, impactful businesses like birds build their nests. Just like the birds know exactly what twigs to select, and how to position these twigs to construct a genius architectural structure to nurture and safeguard their offspring, Eric understands that talent and resources are precious. In his view, each material, technology or methodology serves a specific function or role in time and place, and he is in business to interlink positive social, ecological and environmental impact with thriving operations. Among the very first to apply the principles of Cradle2Cradle and conceptualise the Circular Economy, over the past 15 years, Rik has focused on:

  • conceptualization and commercialization of sustainable materials, products and services

  • advocating and inspiring students, business professionals, and policymakers to make the right decisions instead of the less bad ones

  • building companies from zero to scale

  • developing and implementing strategies and structures for multinationals, governments and universities on sustainability and circular economic principles.