Flying high: Leadership changes at French insect protein company
Ÿnsect, a France-based insect protein and fertilizer producer, recently added to its management structure with three new hires.
Joining Ÿnsect’s executive committee are Shankar Krishnamoorthy – EVP, chief strategy officer, Tina Lawton – EVP, chief growth officer and Isabelle Toledano-Koutsouris – EVP, chief financial and administrative officer.
Shankar Krishnamoorthy [pictured] has nearly four decades of proven track record as a global executive in the energy sector, said Ÿnsect.
He has led multiple business entities across the globe, rising to the position of a member of the executive committee of Engie SA.
As the head of Asian business development and CEO of Middle East and Africa, Krishnamoorthy led the opening of new markets, leading the development, construction, and operation of several multi-billion energy infrastructure projects for the international growth of Engie as well as portfolio management including the IPO of the company’s Thai assets, commented Ÿnsect.
Tina Lawton comes to the French innovator with more than 25 years of experience in life sciences and adjacent industries.
Throughout her career, she has engaged a wide variety of stakeholders to achieve shared business objectives and achieve growth in both traditional, start-up and digital environments, said Ÿnsect.
She was previously global head of business transformation at Syngenta, and, in 2018, she won the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Leading Woman Award for growing the business sustainably and empowering women in agriculture.
Isabelle Toledano-Koutsouris has over 20 years’ international finance experience at top-tier investment banks. She has extensive expertise in international capital markets, most recently having ran the debt capital markets group, and later creating the private capital markets group at UBS in EMEA.
“With these three new appointments, Ÿnsect continues in its ambition to accelerate the consumption of protein and plants across the globe. We are delighted to now include Shankar, Tina and Isabelle as critical parts of our executive leadership team, particularly as we continue to strengthen our international expansion efforts,” said Antoine Hubert, CEO of Ÿnsect.
He added that 2021 has been a great year for the company.
“We have moved forward faster than expected, especially with the acquisition of Protifarm in the Netherlands. Today Ÿnsect has three sites, including two in production, and has expectations to hire 500 new employees by 2023.”
