Syngenta Appoints New Head for Corn and Soybean Seeds, NAFTA
12 9월 2008 - 9:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Syngenta announced
today that Jeff Cox, currently Head of NAFTA Corn and Soybeans, has
been appointed to lead the Company's new Lawn & Garden
business. Lawn & Garden combines the current global
Professional Products and Flowers organizations and presents a
strategic growth opportunity for Syngenta to further develop an
integrated offer in this market segment. Combined sales for the
business were around $750 million in 2007, following recent
acquisitions of US growing media producer Fafard and the German
flowers producer Fischer. Cox will start on 1 October, 2008 and
will be based in Basel, Switzerland. David Morgan, currently
Regional Head of Asia-Pacific (APAC) Seeds, will succeed him as
Head of NAFTA Corn and Soybeans, effective the same date. "We are
pleased to have senior executives with strong records of
accomplishment to lead these important organizations within
Syngenta," said Davor Pisk, Chief Operating Officer Seeds. "I want
to thank Jeff for his significant contributions in NAFTA. He has
successfully led the integration of NK, Garst and Golden Harvest,
and the introduction of our traited corn offer. His experience in
shaping businesses will be valuable in realizing the full potential
of Lawn & Garden." Since early 2007, David Morgan has driven
the rapid expansion of the Seeds business in APAC. He joined
Syngenta from Bayer where he was Head of Bioscience with
responsibility for their global seeds and traits business. Morgan
brings more than 25 years of experience in the agricultural sector
and has worked in the US, Canada, UK, France, Venezuela and
Singapore, across crop protection chemicals, seeds and
biotechnology. He will be based at Syngenta's NAFTA Corn and
Soybeans headquarters in Minneapolis, MN. Syngenta is a
world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture
through innovative research and technology. The company is a leader
in crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial
seeds market. Sales in 2007 were approximately $9.2 billion.
Syngenta employs over 21,000 people in more than 90 countries.
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