Encina Development Group (Encina), a company that produces circular chemicals from waste plastics, announced the appointment of Carlos Cabrera to its board of directors.

“We are honored to welcome Carlos Cabrera to the Encina board,” said David Schwedel, Executive Director of Encina. “Carlos’s global industry expertise and strong leadership will be invaluable to Encina as we grow our business to deliver highly-valued circular chemicals to the marketplace.”

“Circular economy inspires a different way of thinking about waste and production,” said Cabrera. “Encina’s unique plastics-to-circular-chemical technology helps customers advance their sustainability goals and practices.”

Cabrera currently serves as the executive chairman of the board of directors of Genomatica, a leader in bioengineering and commercial biobased processes. He is a member of the board of directors of the Gas Technology Institute, and a distinguished associate at FGE, a global energy consultancy.

He was formerly chairman, president, and CEO of UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company, that supplies and licenses process technology and services to the petrochemical, refining, and gas processing industries. He received the Honeywell 2008 Senior Leadership Award, the company’s highest honor awarded to its leaders. He previously served as the executive chairman of Ivanhoe Energy; a director at Gevo; and the CEO of China’s National Institute of Low Carbon and Clean Energy.