meet the porter green team
a little about porter green co-founders jane cox and mary warnest
jane cox | managing director
as former md of iconic Australian design label christopher vine design, jane has a wealth of experience in sales, marketing, brand and business management.
in addition to cvd, Jane launched the aspirational otazu fashion jewellery label (loved and worn by a myriad of international celebrities) into the australian market in 2009. it is now carried in outlets throughout the country including ranges sold exclusively in the prestigious husk stores.
an accountant by profession, jane’s passion lies in launching and nurturing brands which are both ethically sound and have a strong design element. porter green products meet all her key criteria! as md, jane holds our ‘big picture’. it is her role to keep us all grounded, introduce rigour to our operations and ensure that our strategies are sound.
mary warnest | sales director
porter green is very much a family affair! sister to jane, mary has worked in a career spanning three decades with some of the biggest players in the australian market in both product development and corporate sales. her approach focuses on building relationships (she is our ‘connector’). as such, she has an innate understanding of the challenges to business presented by the current climate and the solution provided by porter green products!
today’s savvy consumer is drawn to products which tick all of the boxes – price-point, quality, aesthetics, design, user-friendly, sustainability and innovation. As ‘the ultimate brand ambassador’, mary is working with diverse companies from multi-nationals to small local operations to bring their bespoke co-branded porter green products to life. she is also the ‘go to’ person for our divine open-stock collection which is being stocked by all corners of the market from lifestyle & children’s stores to cafes and restaurants around the country.
margie mitchell | ambassador | south east asia | australia
Margie's professional life has always involved a focus on environmental issues. With a Masters in Environmental Law, her early working life involved corporate compliance with the laws and policies regulating their impact of their activities on the environment. She moved with her family to Singapore 18 years ago and began research work with a policy think tank focusing upon international environmental issues and then moved into the education sector.
For the past 10 years, she led the admissions team at an extraordinary international school in Singapore whose mission is to empower young people to become a force for positive change in the world - "for peace and a sustainable future". She knows (and celebrates) how acutely aware the next generation are of the damage humanity has inflicted on the planet, particularly in our almost obsessive use of plastics and how desperately we all need to make lifestyle changes. It begins with the individual choices we make everyday - like the cup we choose for our coffee or the bag for our groceries. Being able to offer in Singapore (where 2019 has been designated as the Towards Zero Waste Year) and Australia, sustainable alternatives to plastics that are both functional - the urbb won't break or leak! - and beautiful - makes the choice to turn away from a throw away lifestyle easy. And every time an individual makes that choice, we all move closer to a sustainable future.