Pelagic tackles ocean plastics and diverting mixed plastics from waterways and landfills at scale.

Decentralised and modular manufacturing makes beautiful eco-products that last. Pelagic drives a localised economy, build resilience and protects ecology at every step. Under Philippa’s leadership, Pelagic employs a networked and decentralised approach to scaled manufacturing, and market development.

BY EMPOWERING LOCAL PARTNERS, REFINED PRODUCT DESIGN, AND LEVERAGING TRIED AND TESTED TECHNOLOGY, PELAGIC CREATES DYNAMIC MARKETS THAT CLOSE THE LOOP ON HARD-TO-RECYCLE PLASTICS.

PHILIPPA ABBOTT

Founder // CEO

Founder, Philippa Abbott is a distinguished leader in design and strategy. With a strong background in system design, participatory design, entrepreneurship, social innovation, climate adaptation, organisational scale transformation, and building innovation approaches.

As an experienced founder and consultant, Philippa is known for transforming large-scale systems and delivering high impact outcomes through applying human centred design transformation and innovation methodologies. This provides robust and extensive foundations to deliver on the Pelagic vision.

TEAM

  • HANNAH BATLEY - OLE KEKO

    Visual Communication Design

  • ZANA FRIEND

    Operations

  • LUCINDA HARTLEY

    Entrepreneur // Urban Futures

  • SIMONE BLISS

    Landscape Architect // Urban Design

  • ANNISA DHARMA

    Brand // Content Strategy

COLLABORATORS

  • Kerri Lee Sinclair

    Investment // Start up Advisory

  • simon baldwin

    Circularity // SE Asia Waste Systems // Advisory

  • EDWARD LINACRE

    Biomateriality // R+D