Sola Biu

Sola brings 17 years of Brand Marketing and Communications experience in travel, design, and finance to Amyris. She has a track record of advancing craft, innovation, and culture primarily within companies at the forefront of radically transforming societal and cultural norms.

Most recently, she served as a Director of Brand Strategy for Robinhood instituting the brand foundations needed for the company to make finance more accessible to a new generation of investors. Prior to this, she was the Head of Airbnb’s Design Brand Marketing and Communications Group, a team focused on forging the company’s creative identity at its infancy, building its global design community, and scaling its creative and learning culture. During her tenure, she played a pivotal role in establishing design as a strategic differentiator for the company, a key contributing factor to its successful IPO in 2020. She holds a B.A. in Communications and Journalism from the University of Virginia Tech. She also serves as an advisor to the Institute of Black Imagination.