Rulande Henderson has joined Econic Technologies as Commercial Director.
Dr Henderson has had a distinguished career in polymer, chemical and green technologies. Most recently she was founder CTO at Plantic Technologies and consulted on scale up and commercialisation to early-stage chemical technology companies. At Plantic, a Melbourne-based biopolymer developer, she successfully led the R&D and manufacturing teams from start-up through to commercial production. Prior to Plantic, she worked at the University of Queensland in Australia, at McKinsey in London, and at Procter & Gamble Europe.
Henderson is fluent in Dutch, French, German and English and holds a PhD in polymer processing from the University of Cambridge.
David Morgan, chairman, said:
“Rulande’s wide experience in both start-ups and multinational organisations will help us build the in-house capabilities and the collaborative ventures that will lead to Econic’s commercial success.”