Syngenta announced today that Robert Berendes, Head Business Development, will be leaving the company at the end of the first quarter to become co-owner and partner of a-connect, the global consulting firm specializing in strategy implementation, growth projects and change management. Robert joined Syngenta in 2002 from McKinsey & Company where he was a partner, and became a member of the Syngenta Executive Committee in 2007.



Mike Mack, Syngenta CEO said: “I should like to thank Robert for his outstanding contributions to Syngenta over the past 11 years, including most recently his ad interim leadership of R&D for the last 14 months. On behalf of the Executive Committee, I wish him every success in his new endeavor.”



Further information on a-connect and Robert Berendes is available here.



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