Agilyx Adds William K. Caesar to its Board of Directors

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Apr 01, 2019, 08:05 ET

TIGARD, Ore., April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilyx Corporation, the leader in converting waste plastics to low carbon fuels and chemicals, today announced the appointment of William K. Caesar to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Caesar currently serves as the CEO of WCA Waste Corporation, a vertically integrated, non-hazardous solid-waste services company based in Houston, TX. Mr. Caesar has held this position since October 2014. Prior to WCA Waste, Mr. Caesar held several positions with Waste Management Inc. ("WM"). He joined WM in 2010 as the Chief Strategy Officer and in 2012 became the President of WM Recycling and the WM Organic Growth Group, where he developed the industry-leading recyclable materials business for Waste Management and oversaw its portfolio of strategic technology and services investments. Prior to joining WM, Mr. Caesar was a principal in the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company, a leading global consulting and advisory firm. During his 13-year tenure at McKinsey, Mr. Caesar advised clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including waste management, on corporate strategy, growth initiatives, performance improvement and sales strategies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University, a masters' degree from Georgetown University, and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

"I am excited about the addition of Bill to our Board," said Joe Vaillancourt, Agilyx's Chief Executive Officer. "We are advancing several strategies over the next 6-18 months, including a vertically integrated plastic feedstock management program that will help advance and scale our chemical recycling platform. We believe Bill's experience and expertise will enhance our ability to achieve our goals."

"Agilyx is developing and bringing to market technologies that have the potential to change the game in the recovery of post-industrial and post-consumer plastics, something I care about a lot, and I want to help the team in any way I can," said Mr. Caesar.

About Agilyx
Agilyx, based in Tigard, Oregon, is the leader and pioneer in chemically recycling difficult-to-recycle mixed waste plastic streams into high value low carbon circular feedstocks and fuels. The Company has developed the first system capable of recycling polystyrene waste into styrene monomer, which is then used to remake new polystyrene ("PS") products. The company also has commercialized a technology that converts mixed plastics to high quality crude oil. From these first to market products, the company has since expanded its product platform into a broad range of customized low carbon chemicals, polymers and fuels. Agilyx is working with waste service providers, municipalities, refiners, and private and public enterprises to develop closed-loop industrial solutions for mixed waste plastics.

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