Green Plains Inc. announced the appointment of three executives to its leadership team. Chris Osowski joins as Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology, Jim Stark joins as Executive Vice President and Anand Sundaresan joins as Senior Vice President. Chris Osowski, Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology, will be responsible for leading the operations organization, including safety, environmental and operational performance.

He will also be focused on leading innovation and operational excellence initiatives across the organization. Prior to joining Green Plains, Mr. Osowski spent nearly a decade with ADM, most recently serving as Vice President, Global Technology where he led strategic capital expenditure planning, coordinated technology centers and implemented new technology. Prior to ADM, Mr. Osowski held various roles at POET, Renewable Energy Group and Tate & Lyle Jim Stark, Executive Vice President, will help drive tactical execution of key initiatives that underpin company's strategic transformation to the biorefinery platform of the future.

Prior to rejoining Green Plains, Mr. Stark was Vice President, Investor Relations at Darling Ingredients. Prior to that role, he led Investor Relations at Green Plains for over 10 years, where he was involved in numerous strategic initiatives that spanned the organization. Anand Sundaresan, Senior Vice President, will focus on marketing, strategic customer relationships and product innovation.

Mr. Sundaresan was most recently Vice President, Human Health and Nutrition, Asia Pacific with Royal DSM. Prior to that, he held a number of roles at The Dow Chemical Company leading several business units with increasing responsibility in foods, glycols and polyols.