Leadership

Alan Shaw, Ph.D.

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. 

Lori Giver, Ph.D.

Lori Giver, Ph.D. was named Chief Science and Sustainability Officer in 2022. She joined Calysta in 2013 and served as Vice President, Research and Development. Previously, Dr. Giver was with Codexis, Inc., where she held a number of positions including Vice President of Systems Biology, Senior Director of Technology and Innovation, and Manager of Market Development. Prior to Codexis she was head of the Core Technology Group at Maxgyen, Inc.

Dr. Giver has focused her career on the directed evolution of nucleic acids, proteins and organisms. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California-Berkeley and Ph.D in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology from Indiana University, Bloomington. Dr. Giver did her post-doctoral research at the California Institute of Technology in the laboratory of Dr. Frances Arnold, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Berend Jan Kingma

Berend Jan has wide experience leading scale-ups in the food ingredients and agricultural sectors in emerging markets, guiding companies through complex transitions, turnarounds and leadership successions from founders. He has previously been CEO at Miro Forestry & Timber Products in Ghana and Sierra Leone, CEO at InspiraFarms and the First Wave Group, both based in East Africa, and Managing Director of FrieslandCampina’s activities in China — a country and market he holds a deep affection for and where he lived for 5 years. Berend Jan started his career as a consultant at McKinsey and also worked in renewable energy. Berend Jan holds Masters degrees in Engineering and Economics. He is a father of two and an avid cyclist.