Alvaro Aguilar is a domain expert in sustainability with over 20 years real world experience in the Recycle Plastic Supply Chain Industry. He has a proven track record of creating positive impact and delivering value on 4 continents and over 15 countries driving business growth, securing funding and leading successful projects. Alvaro’s value is self evident in the career milestones he’s achieved:* Designed & operationalized the collection infrastructure for Prevented Ocean Plastics – The world's largest ocean bound plastic collection project on the planet.* Provided recyclable waste feedstock ($30M/year) to top global buyers across 4 continents (US, EU, UK, Australia & Asia).* Launched 16+ collection centers across Indonesia exporting 30,000 Tons of “post consumer plastic” annually.* Engineered, built & optimized the backbone of the first recycled plastic supply chain in the industryDomain Expert of the Indonesian recyclables market including the collections ecosystem, its challenges & potential opportunities.* Established First Recycle Plastic Data Center focused on data transparency for EPR Framework & Carbon FinanceAs a Market maker, Alvaro began his career in Mexico, co-founding his first company in 2002 focused on addressing the growing plastic waste problem to supply international customers (China and Mexico domestic) with sorted plastic feedstock. He grew the business to $3-4M/year with 30 employees. Customers included Coca-Cola (US), Industrias Alen (Mexico) and Guangyi Group (Largest textile fiber producer in China). In 2011, Alvaro came to Indonesia to begin developing the Southeast Asia Marketplace. With the growing plastic waste problem in the region, his objective was to identify & repurpose high quality plastic feedstock for western markets. In 2015, he established the first partnership to represent Polindo ($30M/annual) feedstock for the west (Australia, US, EU, and UK). In 2019, Alvaro established what became an exclusive partnership with Bantam UK ($50M/annual) to distribute high quality feedstock into the European Market. Going forward, Alvaro is committed to leveraging his domain expertise and experience to unlock even greater impact at scale.