Performance footwear insoles company OrthoLite has announced Matt Thwaites as its new Vice President and General Manager of OrthoLite Cirql, the footwear solution that enables circularity for brands and factories.
Thwaites brings more than two decades of experience in sales and operations in the textile industry to his new role. He will lead production, sales and go-to-market strategy globally for OrthoLite Cirql, furthering the vision of moving the global footwear industry toward a 360-degree solution of circularity. Thwaites will be based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, at the headquarters of OrthoLite Cirql.
Before joining the OrthoLite Cirql team, Thwaites worked as the Global Sales and Marketing Director, Footwear Division for Coats, an industrial thread company. During his nine years at Coats, Thwaites rose from Business Development Director of Coats Vietnam to ultimately lead a team of more than 300 people through record sales levels.
OrthoLite Cirql is a patented material solution; the first industrially compostable, recyclable, and biodegradable foam technology for footwear that is free from traditional plastics.
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