Board

Fabien Cohadon graduated from École Centrale de Nantes. He began his career in 2006 at Mazars, before joining Adisseo in 2014, where he held various positions including Strategic Studies Manager, overseeing Adisseo’s acquisitions and leading the acquisitions of Nutriad and Framelco, among others. He then moved into business roles as Finance Director for Specialties, and later for the Worldwide Sales & Marketing organization. In July 2025, Fabien was appointed Chief Strategy Officer.

Alan Shaw
Calysta

Alan Shaw, Ph.D., is President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Calysta, and a member of the Board of Directors. He joined in 2012. Dr. Shaw is a veteran biotechnology entrepreneur and chemical industry executive, with more than 25 years’ experience building and leading technology companies. Before joining Calysta, he was a Founder of Codexis (Nasdaq: CDXS), and served for 10 years as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director.

Prior to Codexis, Dr. Shaw held senior operating and business development positions in the United Kingdom for Chiroscience Group plc and for the chemical and biopharmaceutical units of Clariant and BTP plc from 1994-99. For the previous 15 years, he held management and scientific leadership positions for Imperial Chemical Industries plc (ICI)/Zeneca, including Business Head, Fine Chemicals and Marketing Manager, European Sales. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Teesside University and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Durham, England. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Mike Velings
Aqua-Spark

Mike Velings joined the Calysta Board of Directors and the Advisory Board in 2015. He is the founder and the driving force behind Aqua-Spark, a global investment fund for sustainable aquaculture, combining a healthy financial profit with environmental and social impact. A lifelong entrepreneur, Mike has spent decades jumpstarting a range of successful businesses. Among other ventures, he co-founded Connexie, which has helped catalyze a professional employment industry across the Netherlands. Mike naturally combines his business background with environmental and social engagement. He understands the potential for business to create durable solutions to complex world problems. With this in mind, Mike founded A-Spark: an investment company that assists entrepreneurs across the globe in realizing their visions of a start-up with a world-changing element. Through A-Spark he has invested in a broad range of ventures over the years– both in the developed and developing world. Mike serves on several boards and is also a member of the Chairman’s Council of Conservation International and an Honorary Global Marine Fellow.