Founder & CEO
Singapore
Rob is the Founder and CEO of Circulate Capital, the leading circular economy investment management firm in high-growth markets. He established Circulate Capital in 2018 to invest, in partnership with global brands and institutional investors, in solutions that deliver financial returns, advance the circular economy, combat climate change, and prevent plastic waste from entering the ocean.
He is responsible for overall strategy, management and leadership of the firm. Rob also serves on several boards of Circulate Capital portfolio companies. He is a member of the Investment Committee.
Rob has over 18 years of experience in the circular economy. An award-winning sustainability expert, Rob is a Forbes contributor and a frequent and globally-recognized speaker having also been featured in a number of media outlets.
Prior to Circulate Capital, Rob co-founded Closed Loop Partners in North America. In the consumer goods and retail industries, where Rob worked for 10 years before Closed Loop Partners, he was Director of Sustainability at Walmart with the ultimate goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas from the supply chain. Previously, at Brown-Forman, he helped lead corporate responsibility for spirit brands, such as Jack Daniels.
Rob received his MBA from the Haas School, where he studied marketing, corporate responsibility, and social entrepreneurship. Prior to graduate school, Rob was State Communications Director for Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California and a political consultant for M&R Strategic Services in Washington, DC. He received his undergraduate degree in political communication from George Washington University, where he learned that perception is reality.