Sapphire Energy adds BP Global Refining head as President

In California, BP’s Group VP for Global Refining, Cynthia “C.J.” Warner, will leave the company to join algae-to-energy pioneer Sapphire Energy as President, as the #2 ranked company in the ‘50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” commences its transition from test and trial phase into production of green crude for transportation fuel markets.

More background on the factors that led to Sapphire’s high ranking, and high rankings for Coskata, Virent, Solazyme, POET, Range Fuels, Amyris and others, is in “Behind the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” story at biofuelsdigest.com.

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