Amyris appoints McFerson as chief business officer

U.S.-based Amyris, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, announced the appointment of Zanna McFerson as chief business officer, effective March 4, 2013. She will be responsible for the commercial and product line activities of Amyris.
“Over a two decade career at Cargill, Zanna helped commercialize new, breakthrough products in complex global specialty markets. Her proven track record at developing the necessary commercial arrangements, supply chain, and marketing strategy will serve Amyris well as we build on the successful start of our industrial plant and focus on sales growth,” said John Melo, president and chief executive officer of Amyris.
Previously, McFerson was vice president of Cargill, serving as business director of Truvia®, a leading global natural sugar substitute business she helped create over the past decade. In this position, she directed an extensive global team with resources across research and development, agronomy, supply chain, scientific and regulatory affairs, sales and marketing.
A native of Finland, McFerson joined Cargill in 1990 as a commodity trader and held various roles in sales, business management and new product development.
“Amyris has proven its technology at scale, and I look forward to bringing my experience to meet growing customer demand for breakthrough renewable products that deliver on innovation at competitive prices,” said McFerson.