Lee is departing Impossible on Jan. 22 to join AppHarvest, which is set to go public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company Novus Capital Corp.

AppHarvest's board members include TV personality Martha Stewart and investor Jeff Ubben.

David Borecky, currently vice president and chief accounting officer, will serve as interim CFO, Impossible Foods said.

(Reporting by Aditi Sebastian; Editing by Maju Samuel)