LOS ANGELES, March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentech, Inc. (AMEX:RTK) announced today the hiring of Tom Sayles as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Government Affairs. Mr. Sayles will coordinate Rentech's corporate positioning and government initiatives. Mr. Sayles will report to D. Hunt Ramsbottom, president and CEO of Rentech, Inc.
With a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Stanford and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard University, Mr. Sayles comes to Rentech with over 28 years of experience in communications, governmental affairs and law.
Since 1994, Mr. Sayles served as Vice President, Government and Community Affairs for San Diego, California based Sempra Energy. Prior to joining Sempra Energy, he served as California's Secretary of Business Transportation and Housing and as a member of the cabinet of California Governor Pete Wilson. In that position, he managed numerous state departments, including the Department of Transportation, with a budget in excess of $7 billion and approximately 40,000 employees. Additionally, Mr. Sayles has served on numerous public and private sector boards including California Federal Bank, the University of California Board of Regents, and Unified Western Grocers.
"We are extremely pleased that Tom Sayles is joining Rentech," stated D., Hunt Ramsbottom, president and CEO of Rentech, Inc. "Tom's extensive experience in the private and public sector will be tremendously valuable as we move forward with the commercialization of the Fischer-Tropsch process for the production of ultra-clean fuels," continued Mr. Ramsbottom. Mr. Sayles stated, "I am delighted to be joining a company that is committed to producing fuels that will reduce emissions and America's dependency of foreign oil." About Rentech, Inc.
Rentech, Inc., a Colorado corporation formed in 1981, offers energy independence solutions utilizing American resources to economically produce ultra-clean fuels. To execute this strategy, it will utilize its patented and proprietary Fischer-Tropsch process for conversion of synthesis gas made from natural gas, coal, petroleum coke, biomass and other solid or liquid carbon-bearing materials into clean-burning, ultra-low sulfur and ultra-low aromatic fuels.
For more information please contact: Mark Koenig, Director of Investor Relations, Rentech, Inc. at 303-298-8008, extension 116, or by email at , or see the Company's website at: http://www.rentechinc.com/; or Kevin Theiss, CEOcast, Inc. at 212-732-4300 or by email at . DATASOURCE: Rentech, Inc.
CONTACT: Mark Koenig, Director of Investor Relations of Rentech, Inc., +1-303-298-8008, ext. 116, ; or Kevin Theiss of CEOcast, Inc., +1-212-732-4300, , for Rentech, Inc.
Web site: http://www.rentechinc.com/
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