Nati Harpaz appointed CEO of Dotz Nano
Former Catch CEO Nati Harpaz will lead Dotz Nano as it moves towards commercial deployment.
An Israeli-founded nanotechnology company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange has appointed a new chief executive as it moves closer to commercial deployment of a carbon capture technology it says could help heavy industry reduce emissions at scale.
Dotz Nano Limited named Nati Harpaz as CEO effective June 1, with outgoing CEO Sharon Malka transitioning to the board as a non-executive director after three years leading the company.
Harpaz is best known in Australia as the former CEO of online retailer Catch, which he led for four years before its sale to Wesfarmers. He has since invested in a number of technology start-ups and is himself an existing Dotz shareholder who participated in a $3.3 million placement the company completed alongside the leadership announcement.
The appointment comes as Dotz advances what it calls its DotzEarth platform – a nanomaterial-based sorbent technology engineered for direct air capture and point-source CO₂ mitigation.
The company says the material can make carbon capture economically viable for industrial operators, a longstanding barrier to broader adoption of the technology.
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