Founders
The Whale company, UK

Carolyn Newton, Chief WhaleCarolyn was born in South Africa and spent much of her childhood in Kinshasa, Congo before living
in Paris, UK and Germany. Carolyn is an enthusiastic, vivacious character who lives life to the full.
Her love of travel, nature and adventure has taken her to many parts of the globe: kayaking in New
Zealand; safari in Kenya; climbing in Chile; whale watching in Canada; diving in Egypt; meditating
in Bali and SUPing across Europe.Passionate about education, Carolyn began her professional career as a primary school teacher and
went on to work as a tutor for children with special educational needs and assessor for a top tutoring
firm. In the eleven years since setting up Whale Bags Ltd. Carolyn has seen plastic pollution
increase exponentially; she believes education is the key to bring about positive change and she
hopes to inspire others to take action, through The Whale Company.Carlos De SousaCarlos is a qualified P.E teacher who specialises in working with children with Special Educational
Needs (SEN). Born and bred in São Paulo, Brazil he has spent eleven years working in the UK. It
was in London, where Carlos first experienced paddle boarding and completed his first marathon on
the Thames, after only four sessions. Creative and resourceful, he loves building things from
recycled materials; after building his first paddle board out of plastic bottles in 2017, he came up
with the idea to complete the SUP marathon expedition – 12 marathons in 12 countries, which he and
Carolyn completed last year.