Speaker Bio

Authenticae’s roots are in being true to yourself – this is what my hubby-co-director and I always wanted from our company, and what we keep striving for. Some days we get a little lost, but we always come back to our core – is it true, is it right, is it good?

Our knowledge and passion are in sustainability, recycling, and chemistry, with a very large dose of unprecedented (geeky) knowledge about leather and biomaterials. We’ve mushed them all together to build a team who can tell you if your material will compost, and whether it can return nourishment back to the soil, helping to grow the next generation of plants.

Geeky disclaimer: not all materials are made equal – there are as many ways to manufacture a biomaterial (or leather) as there are recipes for chocolate cake. This is why we believe in testing.