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Donald Pierce named President of GreenField Ethanol’s Advanced Biofuels Group

TORONTO

GreenField Ethanol, Canada’s largest ethanol producer, announced today the appointment of Donald Pierce as President of its Advanced Biofuels Group. In this new role, Pierce has overall corporate responsibility for leading GreenField’s cellulosic biofuels initiatives toward commercial viability. He also maintains his responsibilities as the company’s Executive Vice President.

“An international race is on to be the first to make the economics work for cellulosic ethanol, and Don has proven he is the best person to lead our expansion into this next generation of renewable fuels,” said GreenField Ethanol President and CEO Robert Gallant. “Don will work to ensure GreenField’s competitiveness in this exciting new growth sector.”

Don Pierce has over 30 years of experience practicing commercial real estate, project finance and commercial law. A former senior partner in the Toronto office of Goodmans LLP where he headed the Infrastructure Group and specialized in large infrastructure projects, he is also a civil engineer with a broad base of experience in land development as well as engineering and construction contracts. Pierce joined GreenField Ethanol in January 2006 as Executive Vice President responsible for the company’s fuel ethanol growth plan, including site development, financing, construction and commercial agreements.

“GreenField Ethanol is leading in the advancements of next generation ethanol because we have the experience and know-how to put new technologies to work. We are engaging in highly practical R&D and are seeing very promising results,” said Pierce.