Management

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist with lifelong commitment to agriculture and renewable energy. Founding shareholder of $800 million revenues Pacific Ethanol ($85m Bill Gates equity). Founding shareholder of several publicly-held energy companies: Evolution Petroleum, Pacific Asia Petroleum, Particle Drilling Technologies, World Waste Technologies and Solargen Energy. Has funded more than twenty-five companies as principal investor, and has founded seven public companies with a combined high market value of $4 billion.

Joined Aemetis in 2007 as Corporate Controller and became CFO in 2010. Previously held senior financial management roles with Apple, Inc. for 12 years. Prior to Apple, worked with Ernst & Young and Litton Industries.

Since joining Aemetis in 2006, Andy Foster has held senior leadership positions including Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and his current role as President of the renewable fuels business of the company. Previously, he served as an executive at Marimba, Cadence Design Systems, and eSilicon Corporation. From 1989 to 1992, he served in the George H.W. Bush White House, and was Deputy Chief of Staff for Illinois Governor Edgar.

Joined Aemetis in 2007 as head of Biofuels Marketing and became Managing Director of Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India in 2008. Experienced global marketer of specialized chemicals and oils. Previously head of petrochemical trading company with about $250 million of annual revenues and offices on several continents. Previously General Manager of International Marketing for Britannia Industries, a subsidiary of Nabisco Brands, in India.