Thea Soule

Dorothea Soule leads commercialization operations at Hertha Metals, where she drives strategic partnerships, sales, and market expansion initiatives to support the company’s mission to revolutionize steel production. She brings deep expertise in scaling industrial businesses from startup to global enterprises, combining commercial excellence and commodity hedging acumen with entrepreneurial agility to mitigate market risks and optimize revenue generation.

Prior to joining Hertha Metals, Dorothea served as President of Lithium-Ion Recycling at Ecobat, the world’s largest battery recycler, where she scaled the business unit across multiple continents. As Chief Commercial Officer, she negotiated long-term off-take agreements, implemented margin-focused pricing strategies and commodity hedging practices, and led significant growth in the battery distribution business through strategic acquisitions. Earlier in her career, she led commercial operations at major agricultural companies including Biosev (Louis Dreyfus Company) and Adecoagro, orchestrating successful turnarounds and serving in board advisory roles across the metals and agricultural spaces.

Dorothea holds an Executive MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Lafayette College.