Matt Oliver

I'm the founder and CEO of Oliver Co, a B Corp-certified sustainable accessories brand I launched in 2017 after training as a product designer. We make wallets, card holders and bags from next-generation bio-based materials — apple leather made from Italian juice-industry waste, plus WASTEA, MIRUM and AppleSkin — proving that vegan, low-impact products can match traditional leather on quality and design. The brand started with 50 handmade wallets sold to friends and family and now ships direct-to-consumer worldwide, with the majority of our customers in the US. I can speak to sustainable and vegan materials innovation, circular-economy and end-of-life product design, building and scaling a direct-to-consumer brand, B Corp certification, ethical manufacturing and supply-chain transparen...