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Posted 06 July, 2023

AMYRIS, INC. appointed new CEO

CEO Change detected for ticker Nasdaq:AMRS in a 8-K filed on 06 July, 2023.


  Effective July 3, 2023, Elizabeth Dreyer was reappointed as Amyris, Inc.'s (the "Company") Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller, reporting to Han Kieftenbeld, the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who has been acting as the principal accounting officer since May 3, 2023.  

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Overview of AMYRIS, INC.
Health Care/Life Sciences • Biotechnology
Amyris, Inc. engages in the provision of bioscience solutions. It offers its products to the health and wellness, clean beauty, and flavor and fragrance markets. The company was founded by Jack D. Newman, Kinkead Keith Reiling, and Neil Renninger on July 17, 2003 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.
Market Cap
$1.85M
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Relevant filing section
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


Appointment of Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller


Effective July 3, 2023, Elizabeth Dreyer was reappointed as Amyris, Inc.'s (the "Company") Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller, reporting to Han Kieftenbeld, the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who has been acting as the principal accounting officer since May 3, 2023. As previously reported in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, on May 3, 2023 Ms. Dreyer notified the Company of her decision to resign from her position as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller effective as of May 3, 2023. She has since remained an employee.


Ms. Dreyer, 60, has over 20 years of U.S. public company accounting experience with more than 10 years of experience as a public company Chief Accounting Officer, including in consumer businesses. Ms. Dreyer began her career with Deloitte & Touche LLP in its assurance services practice. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Ms. Dreyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Indiana University, Bloomington.


Ms. Dreyer will resume her duties as Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller pursuant to the terms of her existing offer letter, as previously described in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2022.


Ms. Dreyer has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor are any such transactions currently proposed.


There are no family relationships between Ms. Dreyer and any of the Company's directors or executive officers.