Biography

Before joining LanzaTech, Babette Pettersen was Director of Business Development at Ginkgo Bioworks, an early-stage leader in synthetic biology. Prior to this, Babette was the Chief Business Development Officer at Capricorn Venture Partners, a European manager of venture capital and equity funds; Chief Commercial Officer for BioAmber, a market leader in renewable chemicals; and VP New Business Development for Performance Materials at Royal DSM. She also held Marketing & New Business Development roles in different industry groups for over 20 years at Dow Corning.

Babette has a B.Sc. in Biology from Wellesley College, USA and an MBA from INSEAD, France.