Aemetis, Inc. has appointed J. Michael Rockett as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. Mr. Rockett brings over 28 years of relevant experience to the company. Prior to joining Aemetis, he was Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of InEnTec Inc., a developer of technology and facilities to convert waste into renewable fuels and chemical products.

Mr. Rockett was formerly an attorney at the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco, and a Trial Attorney in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C. and San Francisco. He obtained his law degree, magna cum laude, from Lewis and Clark College and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College. Between college and law school, Mr. Rockett worked as an economist at a consulting firm providing services to energy companies.