CEV Team
CEV is an incorporated community association that is governed by a volunteer board. Our work is deliver by a paid executive team and a community of dedicated volunteers.
Our shared value proposition to CEV members is to empower each individual to take their own journey to circularity in a way that supports CEV's vision/mission and adds value to the CEV community.
Executive
Sean Trewick
CEO
Sean is an industrial engineer and community organiser. He has worked to build people focused strategies and lean driven operations for SME’s, multinationals and community groups in both Africa and Australia. Currently he is focused on helping to activate communities in his role as an Executive Director of Circular Economy Victoria.
Drawing inspiration from his roots in South Africa, Sean believes in the power of Ubuntu to unite people around a common goal. A systems thinker with high levels of empathy, he highlights the value and importance of every individual’s role within the transition towards a circular economy
Manon Agrissais
COO
Manon is a materials engineer passionate about using circular principles to bring about technical improvements to products. Her high levels of empathy add a strong human-centred design perspective to her work, which accelerate improvement initiatives.
Growing up in the French Caribbean with 77% of its territory classified as a natural reserve, Manon sees the world as an ecosystem in all its interconnectedness and complexity. She takes zoomed-out perspectives and likes to challenge any narrow-minded and short-term visions. As an Executive Director of CEV, Manon works to develop content and programs that are technically detailed and accessible to broad stakeholder groups.
Nicoletta Stecca
CE Program Officer
Nicoletta is an Italian fashion designer, graduated from Marangoni Institute in Milan, specialised in product development and digital manufacturing. Nicolleta supports brands and emerging designers to create with circularity in mind from the early prototyping stages throughout all the product lifecycle.
Drawing from shared value and circular economy principles she believes in business for good that can benefit people as well as the environment. Her contribution to the sustainable development of the fashion industry translates into her commitment as Vice-President and Founder of Italian not-for-profit Rén Collective and as a Executive Director at Circular Economy Victoria.
Caitlin Phillips-Peddlesden
CE Program Officer
Caitlin has a Masters in International Development, and comes to Circular Economy Victoria via the international development/non-profit sector, where she specialised in facilitating strategic, co-designed and locally-led planning, implementation, reporting, and evaluation processes. Caitlin has experience in the various phases of social change and complex project management, having worked and lived in the Pacific, Central America, and with and for Australian First Nations communities and groups. She is literate across public, not-for-profit, government and social impact sectors.
Taking inspiration from her childhood where she learnt to Reduce-Re-use-Recycle from birth, Caitlin draws on regenerative principles and traditional knowledge stewardship in support of community-led design. She is passionate about supporting groups and communities to build their capacity to develop solutions and take action toward greater environmental and social impact, and believes in a return to seeing ourselves as embedded within and part of natural ecosystems.
Board
Sean Trewick
Director
Sean is an industrial engineer and community organiser. He has worked to build people focused strategies and lean driven operations for SME’s, multinationals and community groups in both Africa and Australia. Currently he is focused on helping to activate communities in his role as a Director and President of Circular Economy Victoria.
Drawing inspiration from his roots in South Africa, Sean believes in the power of Ubuntu to unite people around a common goal. A systems thinker with high levels of empathy, he highlights the value and importance of every individual’s role within the transition towards a circular economy
Ian Wong
Director
Ian is a highly experienced consultant having worked across multiple industries including Banking, Insurance, Energy Retail, FMCG, and Federal Government as a Partner at IBM. He has now focused his energy on environmental and social initiatives through his work as a Director at Circular Economy Victoria, Board of Directors for the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria and the Yarra Riverkeeper Association.
Ian has a strong systems approach to problem solving that leverages off his international experience. He is well versed at helping groups find contextualised solutions that build local resilience. His journey has taken him across the world including England, Mauritius, Canada, Singapore, the USA and has finally settled in Melbourne with his wife and two young children.
Manon Agrissais
Director
Manon is a materials engineer passionate about using circular principles to bring about technical improvements to products. Her high levels of empathy add a strong human-centred design perspective to her work, which accelerate improvement initiatives.
Growing up in the French Caribbean with 77% of its territory classified as a natural reserve, Manon sees the world as an ecosystem in all its interconnectedness and complexity. She takes zoomed-out perspectives and likes to challenge any narrow-minded and short-term visions.
As a founding member of CEV, Manon works to develop content and programs that are technically detailed and accessible to broad stakeholder groups.
Nicoletta Stecca
Director
Nicoletta is an Italian fashion designer, graduated from Marangoni Institute in Milan, specialised in product development and digital manufacturing. Nicolleta supports brands and emerging designers to create with circularity in mind from the early prototyping stages throughout all the product lifecycle.
Drawing from shared value and circular economy principles she believes in business for good that can benefit people as well as the environment. Her contribution to the sustainable development of the fashion industry translates into her commitment as Vice-President and Founder of Italian not-for-profit Rén Collective and as a Executive Committee Member at Circular Economy Victoria.
Marty Rowell
Director
Marty is an entrepreneurially minded strategist with a long-held interest in sustainable business models that deliver benefits for all stakeholders. With a corporate telecommunications career spanning two decades in Australia and the UK, he has both initiated and led large-scale programs across all stages of the product development lifecycle.
Having co-founded a circular economy-based business from scratch and secured external capital raising, he was inspired to help others on their impact journey by translating the experience into a framework with practical business tools aligned to realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals. His passion is in empowering individuals and organisations in driving the transition to a circular economy, for the benefit of current and future generations.
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Alana Smith
Director
Alana has over fifteen years’ experience driving the development, execution and innovation of services and programs that have a social impact across the local government, small business and not-for-profit sectors. This has involved working and/or volunteering in a range of marketing/communications, project management, strategy and leadership roles as well as setting up businesses across a diverse range of areas/industries, including refugees/migrants, youth engagement, volunteering, health/wellness, ethical consumerism and ageing.
Drawing on on her studies and professional experience in law, business, community development, yoga and mindfulness, Alana is passionate about building the capacity of individuals, businesses and community organisations with the skills and knowledge to make a positive difference and contribution to the community.
She is excited about the impact ethical consumerism, along with circular living and businesses can have on growing vibrant communities, as well as creating a more equitable and environmentally sustainable planet.