Anaergia announces expansion of leadership team

Anaergia Inc., Burlington, Ontario, has announced the appointments of Paula Myson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Hani Kaissi as Chief Development Officer (CDO), both effective Oct. 17.

Myson has more than 25 years of senior leadership experience in financing and operating businesses in the energy, natural resources and financial services industries. Most recently she was the CFO of a renewable energy company with an international portfolio of projects and operations. Prior to that, she was the CFO of a publicly listed gold producer.

In addition to providing financial leadership, she has been responsible for corporate development, investor relations, risk management and information technology. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Alberta, is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) and holds a Certified Professional in Investor Relations (CPIR) designation.

Kaissi joined Anaergia in 2010 and had been CFO of Anaergia since 2019. He has more than 25 years of experience in the water and waste industries. He started his career engineering and managing large-scale infrastructure projects and has since held senior operations, strategy, product management, corporate development, merger and acquisition and finance positions at Zenon Environmental and General Electric’s Water and Process Technologies. He’s earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the American University of Beirut and holds an MBA degree from McGill University.

“We are very excited to announce these appointments which enhance Anaergia’s team,” Anergia CEO Andrew Benedek says. “Paula Myson’s CFO experience and wide-ranging business expertise with publicly traded companies and companies that engage in international development projects will be a huge asset to Anaergia. Furthermore, with Hani Kaissi in the newly created CDO position, Anaergia is now better positioned to capitalize on growth opportunities around the world.”

Anaergia’s proprietary technology was created to eliminate a major source of greenhouse gas emissions by cost-effectively converting organic waste into renewable natural gas, fertilizer and water.