EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS) announced today that Paulo Diniz, a seasoned executive in the sugar and ethanol industry, has joined Amyris as chief executive officer of Amyris Brasil. Prior to Amyris, Mr. Diniz served as chief financial officer of Bunge Brasil S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bunge Ltd., a company operating in agribusiness, sugar and bioenergy, fertilizers and foods, and ingredients. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Diniz was chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors of Cosan S.A., one of the largest renewable products companies in the world with a crushing capacity of over 65 million tons of sugarcane. In addition, Mr., Diniz has held a number of executive positions in Brazil and internationally. He received an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, a B. Sc. In Pro, and did post graduate work in human resources at Insead in France.
Mario Portela, Amyris’s chief operating officer who has acted as chief executive officer of Amyris Brasil for the past year, will remain on the Amyris Brasil board and will continue with his responsibilities for all of Amyris’s upstream, global production and supply chain activity.
“Paulo brings incredible experience and a deep understanding of the Brazilian renewable products industry to Amyris. We are fortunate to have someone of his knowledge and industry track record take over leadership of our Brazil operations,” said John Melo, chief executive officer of Amyris. “We are grateful to Mario for his superb leadership in guiding Amyris Brasil during a period of intense growth, and are appreciative that he can now turn his talents to running our global operations.”
“Amyris is widely known in Brazil, setting the industry standard for innovation and leadership,” said Diniz. “The opportunity to join the leadership of Amyris just as it begins production and commercialization is an unparalleled and exciting opportunity.”
About Amyris
Amyris is an integrated renewable products company focused on providing sustainable alternatives to a broad range of petroleum-sourced products. Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of hydrocarbon molecules - flexible building blocks which can be used in a wide range of products. Amyris is commercializing these products both as No Compromise® renewable ingredients in cosmetics, flavors and fragrances, polymers, lubricants and consumer products, and also as No Compromise renewable diesel and jet fuel. Amyris Brasil S.A., a subsidiary of Amyris, oversees the establishment and expansion of Amyris’s production in Brazil. Amyris also has fuel distribution capabilities in the United States through its subsidiary, Amyris Fuels LLC. More information about Amyris is available at www.amyris.com.
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Amyris, Inc. Erin Kinsella, 510-597-4713 pr@amyris.com
