– USA, CA – Calysta, Inc., a world-leading alternative protein producer today announced the appointment of Jacqueline Pieters-Zetsma to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director and the nomination of Keysha Bailey as CFO.
These appointments come days after the completion of a $39 million equity financing round led by bp ventures, to support commercial production of FeedKind protein. Joining bp ventures in the round were Adisseo and AquaSpark, as well as other existing Calysta investors.
“Keysha and Jacqueline join us at a very exciting time in our development, with the Calysseo facility in China expected to start operation next year,” said President, CEO and Founder, Alan Shaw.
He added: “Keysha will be an invaluable asset to Calysta as it gears up the commercial launch of FeedKind, and we’ll no doubt benefit hugely from Jacqueline’s extensive experience in sustainable food and agriculture sector.”
About Jacqueline Pieters-Zetsma
Based in The Netherlands, Jacqueline Pieters-Zetsma joins the Board of Directors alongside representatives from Adisseo, bp ventures, and Aqua-Spark. Jacqueline brings an in-depth knowledge of global food and agriculture financing and sustainability-oriented banking.
Jacqueline commented: “One of the biggest challenges we face is finding a way to feed our growing population more sustainably, and I’m passionate about food and agriculture businesses which aid global food security while protecting mother nature. I believe FeedKind protein has an important part to play in enabling us to feed more people using less of our precious natural resources, and I look forward to working with Calysta to help it achieve its vision.”
About Keysha Bailey
Keysha Bailey brings over 20 years of strategic financial and operational leadership with results in scaling enterprises as well as established complex organizations, in both the public and private sectors. She has over a decade of investment and capital markets experience with J.P. Morgan and Prudential and was most recently CFO at Rocketship Education in California.
As part of the Executive team, Keysha will play an integral role in the company’s global growth and commercialization, ahead of the delivery of the world’s first commercial-scale FeedKind® production facility being developed in China by Calysseo, Calysta’s 50/50 joint venture with Adisseo.
Keysha said: “I’m delighted to be joining Calysta as the company begins a significant new chapter in its history. I’m looking forward to working as part of the senior team to steer the organization as it plans to enter the Asian market and works to address the very real challenge of making our global food system more sustainable.”
About Calysta
Calysta, Inc., San Mateo, CA, is a biotechnology company working towards a future where the world’s growing population has guaranteed food security. Calysta aims to make more from less by fermenting natural gas to create new food products, creating sustainable, high-value nutritional ingredients that supplement the existing human food chain.
For more information: https://www.calysta.com/
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