Shell Finance Executive Streng Elected to Codexis Board

Codexis, Inc. today announced that Chris Streng, Vice President, Finance of Global Manufacturing for Royal Dutch Shell plc, has been elected to the Codexis Board of Directors, bringing the Board to eight members.

Mr. Streng is based in Houston, Texas, where he is employed by Shell Downstream Inc., and is responsible for finance for refinery and petrochemical plants in the Shell Group worldwide. He joined the Shell Group in 1990, and has held financial management positions in Shell’s exploration and production, refining and chemicals businesses, as well as the mergers & acquisitions and treasury functions. He also serves as a director or in an equivalent position for certain refining joint ventures in which Shell Companies are owners. Mr. Streng holds a master’s degree in finance from the London Business School and a master of science degree in business engineering from the University of Twente, The Netherlands.

"We are very pleased to welcome Chris Streng to our Board, as the second representative from Shell," said Alan Shaw, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer. "His experience in financial management of major businesses within Shell will be very valuable to Codexis as we work together to bring next generation biofuels to market."

Codexis Inc. is a clean technology company. The company develops industrial biocatalysts, including enzymes and microbes. Codexis technology is used in the energy industry to enable next generation, non-food biofuels and by global pharmaceutical companies for cost-effective manufacturing of human therapeutics. Future commercial applications include carbon management, water treatment and chemical manufacturing. For more information, visit www.codexis.com.

Contact: Lyn Christenson, lyn.christenson@codexis.com, 650-421-8144 or Saskia Sidenfaden, ssidenfaden@mww.com, 212-827-3771.