Stoppert Named as President and CEO at Breakthrough Renewable Technology Firm Segetis, Inc
The board of directors of Segetis, Inc has announced the appointment of James Stoppert as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company.
Stoppert comes to Segetis from Cargill, where he led The Industrial BioProducts Business Unit focused on renewable routes to chemicals and plastics. Two of the opportunities developed, Elevance and BiOH, are now standalone businesses. Stoppert has more than 35 years of commercial experience in the chemicals industry. In 1997 he was appointed CEO of Cargill Dow LLC (now NatureWorks LLC). Prior to Cargill Dow LLC, he held several positions with Dow Chemical, managing several major Dow Plastics businesses as well as major environmental issues for Dow’s Global Plastics business.
According to the company, Segetis is the first and only company to unlock the chemical “binary code” for developing a wide range of industrial chemicals and plastics that are ultimately derived from non-food agricultural and forestry sources. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Segetis is focused on developing a broad portfolio of bio-based materials made entirely or in a major part with use of proprietary renewable binary monomers.
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