Amyris Names Charles Kraft as Vice President of Global Manufacturing & Process Development

Amyris, Inc.

, a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, today announced that Charles Kraft, a specialty fermentation industry veteran, has been appointed Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Process Development. "Chuck's experience and leadership will complement Amyris's manufacturing and process development team. We've successfully engineered yeast strains to make farnesene, artemisinic acid, and a fragrance ingredient. With our first purpose-built farnesene plant in the final stages of commissioning in Brazil, Chuck will help take our industrial manufacturing capability to its next phase — continuous operational improvements and process optimization as we continue on track to scale up our production and to drive down our production cost," said John Melo, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amyris.