EQS-News: Carbios appoints four new Board members to strengthen international expertise in brand development, business growth and scientific research

Carbios appoints four new Board members to strengthen international expertise in brand development, business growth and scientific research

• Carbios strengthens its Board of Directors with the appointments of Prof. Karine AUCLAIR, Sandrine CONSEILLER, Amandine DE SOUZA and Mateus SCHREINER GARCEZ LOPES
   
• Carbios has reached its CSR objective of 60% independent directors ahead of 2024 target date, and has increased its female representation

Clermont-Ferrand, France, 7 February 2023 (6.00pm CET). Carbios (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies for reinventing the life cycle of plastics and textiles, announces the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors.

Prof. Karine AUCLAIR, professor of Chemistry at McGill University, Sandrine CONSEILLER, former CEO of Aigle, Amandine DE SOUZA, General Manager of LE BHV MARAIS, Eataly and Home, DIY and Leisure Purchasing at Galeries Lafayette Group, and Mateus SCHREINER GARCEZ LOPES, Global Director for Energy Transition and Investments at Raizen, have all been appointed members of Carbios’ Board of Directors.  Three of the new members have strong, proven expertise in various industries covering fashion, retail and energy, as well as business development and change management in high-growth markets and sectors around the world.  The new scientific expertise will help enhance and advance Carbios’ research into biological solutions for the life cycle of plastics and textiles.  In addition, a sensitivity to CSR issues and proven results in this field was also a key selection factor to join the Board.  The new members’ combined strategic vision, solid industry experience and CSR commitments will support Carbios in its industrial and commercial plans.

In the new structure, Prof. Karine AUCLAIR succeeds Jacqueline LECOURTIER, Sandrine CONSEILLER succeeds Jean FALGOUX, Amandine DE SOUZA succeeds Alain CHEVALLIER, and Mateus SCHREINER GARCEZ LOPES succeeds Jean-Claude LUMARET.

“We wish to thank Jacqueline Lecourtier, Jean Falgoux, Alain Chevallier and Jean-Claude Lumaret  for their strong contribution to Carbios over the years, helping the company to grow from the early R&D phase to pre-commercial stage. As Carbios now moves towards its industrial and commercial stage, and envisions internationalization, bringing new expertise to the Board is key to success,” commented Philippe POULETTY, President of Carbios’ Board of Directors. “Furthermore the election of three new female board members, Prof. Karine Auclair, Sandrine Conseiller and Amandine De Souza, along with Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, all with stellar professional and complementary backgrounds, and who share our passion to help clean the planet with radical innovation, is a strong signal of Carbios’ commitment to ESG criteria.”

APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Members of Carbios’ Board of Directors:

• Dr. Philippe POULETTY, President
• Prof. Karine AUCLAIR
• Sandrine CONSEILLER
• Juan DE PABLO
• Amandine DE SOUZA
• Vincent KAMEL
• Emmanuel LADENT
• Isabelle PARIZE
• Laurent SCHMITT, representative for BOLD (Business Opportunities for l’Oréal Development)
• Mateus SCHREINER GARCEZ LOPES
• Nicolas SEEBOTH, representative for Michelin Ventures
• Alen VUKIC, censor

Visit the Carbios website for individuel Board Member biographies: https://www.carbios.com/en/governance/

About Carbios

Established in 2011 by Truffle Capital, Carbios is a green biotech company, developing biological and innovative processes. Through its unique approach of combining enzymes and plastics, Carbios aims to address new consumer expectations and the challenges of a broad ecological transition by taking up a major challenge of our time: plastic and textile pollution. Carbios deconstructs any type of PET (the dominant polymer in bottles, trays, textiles made of polyester) into its basic components which can then be reused to produce new PET plastics with equivalent quality to virgin ones. This PET innovation, the first of its kind in the world, was recently recognized in a scientific paper published in front cover of the prestigious journal Nature. Carbios successfully started up its demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand in 2021. It has now taken another key step towards the industrialization of its process with the construction of a first-of-a-kind unit in partnership with Indorama Ventures.

In 2017, Carbios and L’Oréal co-founded a consortium to contribute to the industrialization of its proprietary recycling technology. Committed to developing innovative solutions for sustainable development, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe joined this consortium in April 2019. In 2022, Carbios signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, PUMA, and Salomon, to develop solutions promoting the recyclability and circularity of their products.

The Company has also developed an enzymatic biodegradation technology for PLA-based (a bio sourced polymer) single-use plastics. This technology can create a new generation of plastics that are 100% compostable at ambient temperatures, even in domestic conditions, integrating enzymes at the heart of the plastic product.

For more information, please visit www.carbios.com/en   /  Twitter: Carbios LinkedIn: Carbios Instagram: insidecarbios

Carbios (ISIN FR0011648716/ALCRB) is eligible for the PEA-PME, a government program allowing French residents investing in SMEs to benefit from income tax rebates.

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