LanzaTech Appoints Joseph Blasko as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

By: LanzaTech NZ, Inc. via Business Wire

January 04, 2023 at 08:00 AM EST

LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (“LanzaTech”), an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation (“CCT”) company that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products that people use in their daily lives, announced today that it has appointed Joseph C. Blasko as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

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Mr. Blasko previously led the global legal and compliance department at James Hardie Industries plc, an Irish-domiciled, NYSE/ASX-listed global building materials company. Prior to joining James Hardie Industries, Mr. Blasko served as General Counsel of Liebert Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles within the legal department at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and practiced law at Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP, with a broad focus on regulatory, commercial and products liability litigation.

“We are thrilled to welcome Joe to the LanzaTech team,” said LanzaTech CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren. “Joe brings extensive public company experience to LanzaTech that will be critical as we enter the next stage of the Company’s growth. We look forward to accelerating and scaling our carbon transformation solution to change how the world procures, uses and disposes of carbon.”

Mr. Blasko received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, International Relations, Law & Organization from Georgetown University, and a Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

About LanzaTech

Headquartered in Skokie, Ill., LanzaTech transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products. Using a variety of waste feedstocks, LanzaTech’s technology platform highlights a future where consumers are not dependent on virgin fossil feedstocks for everything in their daily lives. LanzaTech’s goal is to challenge and change the way the world uses carbon, enabling a new circular carbon economy where carbon is reused rather than wasted, skies and oceans are kept clean, and pollution becomes a thing of the past. For more LanzaTech visit https://lanzatech.com.