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Kreido Biofuels CEO Steps Down; Board Names Interim
CEO Camarillo, Calif., July 27, 2007 -- The Board of Directors of Kreido Biofuels, Inc. (OTC BB: KRBF), a renewable energy company, announced today that it has accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Dr. Joel Balbien, effective immediately, and has appointed Kreido Board member G.A. Ben Binninger as interim Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Richard A. Redoglia and Murli Tolaney have been elected to the company’s board. Betsy Wood Knapp, Kreido’s Chair of the Board, stated, “We appreciate Dr. Balbien’s efforts on the part of Kreido. He led us through our public offering and helped set the course for commercializing our proprietary technology in biodiesel production and will remain available to provide advice and assistance to the company through October 31, 2007. I am pleased to appoint Ben Binninger as Kreido’s interim CEO. We are fortunate to have someone with Ben’s 30 years experience in fuels and chemicals to continue the progress being made in carrying out our business plan. Investors will continue to hear about our progress in the coming weeks and months.” Newly appointed Kreido interim
Chief Executive Officer Ben Binninger, remarked on his appointment, “I
look forward to helping the Kreido team demonstrate the value and capabilities
of the STT System by working
to execute on current initiatives so that our plants are online in 2008.
I am confident that my familiarity with Kreido’s technology, business
and people will enable me to be immediately effective.” The Board is conducting a comprehensive search to fill the CEO position with a leader who has the experience and skills to capitalize on all the opportunities Kreido has before it. Kreido Announces New Board Members Mr. Redoglia has more than 25 years of experience in the energy/finance industry including long tenures with two global financial institutions, running their energy institutional brokerage operations. He currently serves as Executive Director of Global Energy Horizons (GEH), a strategic investment firm focused on businesses within the energy industry. Prior to GEH, he was the Director of Global Energy Futures Group for ABN AMRO Inc. During his 15-year tenure with Merrill Lynch, Mr. Redoglia rose to the position of Director of the Energy Commodities Group. Mr. Tolaney is Chairman of Montgomery Watson Harza (MWH), a privately owned global environmental engineering, management, technology and construction company. Mr. Tolaney joined MWH in 1973 as a Senior Engineer and in 1992 became its Chief Executive Officer, a position he held until 2001 when he assumed his current post of Chairman of this 130 office worldwide, 6,000 employee firm. Realignment of Key Staff
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