Sustainability Director

Alissa is a passionate champion of sustainability. Her capacity to dream big works towards her ultimate goal – to make a difference and better the world by finding a balance between people, planet and profit.

Alissa has an academic background and personal interest in construction, real estate, green building and sociology. She has years of experience in construction and property development, research and research implementation as well as lecturing. Her projects have required on-site work, concept designs, market research, technical specifications research and financial modelling.

Alissa has also worked in enterprise development, with specific experience in inorganic chemical research implementation, food processing and metal fabrication.

She enjoys applying herself – creatively, analytically and inter-personally.

Until 2022, Alissa represented BST from Singapore. She has relocated back to South Africa and is now implementing good environmental practices on the family farm near Tzaneen.

Bernadette’s keen interest in life sciences led her to a career using science and technology solutions to develop businesses especially in the agro-processing, agriculture and aquaculture domain. She has an in-depth scientific background, and solid footing as a scientist and researcher through her PhD (Sustainable Agriculture) research, which is expected to be concluded by the end of 2022. Her interests include integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, aquaponics and seaweed farming.

She also has more than 20 years’ hands on experience in socio-economic development. This gives her the theoretical and practical business skills to execute a range of projects including investigation of opportunities through to establishment and improvement of business opportunities. She has worked in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Namibia and Mauritius. She is also proficient in strategy development, and planning and co-ordinating academic courses or programmes.

Her social acumen gives her the ability to engage with role players in all layers of society, from senior experts to people on the ground. Bernadette is passionate about self-sustainability and she includes this in her everyday personal life.

Wendy has a strong administrative background, with great attention to detail. She has excellent proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint, with the ability to coach people in developing a better use of the software. She is a good communicator with strong writing and editing abilities.

For the last 18 years Wendy has been involved in enterprise development, initially developing and implementing administrative systems. Her skills in primary and secondary data gathering and analysis as well as problem solving skills have made her a key contributor to a number of feasibility studies, mainly in the agro processing sector.

Wendy provides research support that enables the  BST team to rapidly access market and technical information.

Marco  took up the challenge of transitioning to the green economy after more  than 10 years of European sales and sales management experience.  He focused on the global environmental problem of recycling End-of-Life Tyres (ELT).

He signed an exclusive agreement  a German company in 1997 to promote their  recycled rubber molding plant. Later that year, his first plants were delivered to Italian costumers, establishing him as a pioneer of a new environmental technology.

The following year, he became the general manager of the first Italian tyre recycling machinery producer, delivering plants to European and Russian markets.

In 2005 Marco acquired the company, as well as the knowhow and technical management.  It has since developed an international presence, with clients as far afield as Brazil and other South American countries.

In 2015, they engineered and delivered the first Off-the-Road (OTR) for  large mining tyre recycling plant in the world.  

Current collaboration with his friends and business partners, Christhian Gioco, Giovanni Barozzi and Alessio Barbagli,  has opened a new chapter in his trajectory of expanding and developing new, exciting technologies in mobile factory applications.

Based on a detailed market analysis HYPERTYM, the first world wide patented, mobile integrated OTR tyre downsizing unit was launched in 2020. It has generated significant interest in the  global mining and service industries.

Being pro-active and embracing new opportunities are clearly the foundation of Marco’s entrepreneurial career.