Personnel News: REPLOID Group AG appoints Keith Driver as Head of Business Development, North America

Personnel News: REPLOID Group AG appoints Keith Driver as Head of Business Development, North America

EQS-Media / 15.07.2026 / 10:30 CET/CEST

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Personnel News: REPLOID Group AG appoints Keith Driver as Head of Business
Development, North America
 

WELS, Austria – July 15, 2026 – REPLOID Group AG (“REPLOID”) is pursuing a
dynamic growth trajectory. Alongside its core European markets and other
international regions, the company has identified North America as a key
growth market.

To support its regional expansion, Keith Driver joins the International
Sales & Business Development team as Head of Business Development, North
America. He has been a consistent leader in the North American insect
agriculture space as the former Project Director for Ty-Pro LLC, as a
board member for NACIA (the North American Coalition for Insect
Agriculture), founder of The Frass Institute and as the former CEO of
Enterra Corporation. More broadly over the past three decades, he has
established himself as a leader in agriculture, carbon management, and
strategic development across North America.

He brings extensive experience in corporate development, strategy, project
execution, and technology commercialization, along with a strong track
record of working across multiple jurisdictions. Throughout his career, he
has developed broad expertise spanning entrepreneurship, research,
business development, and finance across diverse sectors.

Keith Driver holds a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from
the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of Calgary (Canada). He also serves as
an adjunct professor in the Departments of Entomology and Engineering at
the University of Arkansas.

Philip Pauer, CEO and Founder of REPLOID, commented: “We are pleased to
leverage Keith Driver’s experience and network as we expand into the North
American market. As in other regions, the treatment of food waste and the
production of insect protein, high-quality fats, and organic fertilizers
are becoming increasingly important, providing a strong foundation for our
development in this region.”

Keith Driver added: “I look forward to supporting REPLOID’s expansion in
North America. The company is well positioned to capture significant
opportunities with its innovative and scalable approach to sustainable
food waste valorization.”

 

About REPLOID GROUP AG

REPLOID offers an innovative system for the industrial valorization of
regional organic residues from the food industry.

The company builds and services modular and scalable insect-rearing plants
for its customers – the REPLOID ReFarmUnits. In these plants, young Black
Soldier Fly larvae supplied by the company receive a site-specific feed
mix. This mix is developed on the basis of REPLOID’s own research and
development using residual materials from the regional food value chain.
After rearing, customers either use the larvae and/or their by-products
themselves, or REPLOID takes them back for centralized marketing or
further processing.

REPLOID sells the reared larvae either directly or, after further
processing into proteins and fats, for example, to customers in the animal
feed industry. From the by-products of insect rearing (insect frass), the
company produces premium organic fertilizer.

With decentralized upcycling on an industrial scale, REPLOID provides an
economically attractive solution within the circular economy. Food
residues and unused food are utilized efficiently, helping to conserve key
resources over the long term.

REPLOID Group AG was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Wels,
Austria. The company has a global focus and has been listed since July
2025 on the Vienna Stock Exchange’s direct market plus segment (ticker
symbol: HRX5). The Group employs more than 190 people.

Contact

Hans Lang | Director Group Communications | +43 660 693 45 63 |
presse@reploid.eu

 

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Issuer: REPLOID Group AG
Key word(s): Enterprise

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Language: English
Company: REPLOID Group AG
Durisolstraße 6
4600 Wels
Austria
Phone: +43 660 / 776 50 40
E-mail: office@reploid.eu
Internet: reploid.eu
ISIN: AT0000A3HRX5
Listed: Vienna Stock Exchange (Vienna MTF)
LEI Code: 529900KNZ7JJ6VLDJL12
EQS News ID: 2366228

 
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