Yield10 Bioscience (YTEN) Appoints Willie Loh to its Board

Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: YTEN) (“Yield10” or the “Company”), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that Willie Loh, Ph.D., was named to the Company’s Board of Directors effective October 4, 2022. Dr. Loh previously served as a Special Commercial and Technical Advisor to the Company. Dr. Loh was formerly Vice President, Market Development of Cargill Inc.’s Global Edible Oils Solutions group in North America. Cargill is a global food and agriculture company.

“We are delighted that Willie is expanding his role with Yield10 by serving on our Board of Directors,” said Oliver Peoples, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Yield10 Bioscience. “His extensive knowledge of the commercial landscape for commodity and specialty oils including leading the development of omega-3 canola oil as well as his global business and operational management experience in grain seed, grain and oil sales will provide our team with important insights as we continue to advance our commercial plans for Camelina and shape the future of Yield10. Willie brings critical value chain experience at a time when Yield10 is transitioning to a commercial operation to supply Camelina grain to the seed processing and biofuel sectors.”

“Despite recent supply chain challenges, there remains an unprecedented global demand for vegetable oil production across biofuels, human nutrition and animal feed markets,” said Dr. Loh. “Yield10’s leadership in the development of Camelina as a new commercial crop has the potential to address the growing gap between vegetable oil supply and demand. Based on the positive attributes of the crop, I believe Camelina represents a viable solution for long-term production, benefitting growers, energy users and consumers alike. I look forward to continuing to work with the Yield10 team and contributing to the Company’s commercial success.”

Dr. Loh retired in 2020 as Vice President of Cargill’s Global Edible Oil Solutions group in North America, where he was responsible for the market development of novel oil products and led its Project Management Office. Prior to this assignment, Dr. Loh led marketing professionals at Cargill responsible for strategic planning, new business development, product management and innovation in food ingredient oils, foodservice oils and planting seed. Dr. Loh joined Cargill in 1995 and led the specialty oils sales team for 10 years.

Dr. Loh earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Ohio State University. He earned an M.S. in Botany from Rutgers University and a B.S. in Biology from Columbia University. Dr. Loh also worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Virginia. He has published original research articles in Oil Chemistry, Oilseed Biochemistry, Microbial Physiology and Plant Molecular Genetics and has been granted more than a dozen patents in these areas.

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