Syngenta Chief Executive Officer succession plan
Syngenta announced that Michael Pragnell (60) will retire from Syngenta at the end of 2007 when he also intends to step down from the Board. Mike Mack (47), currently Chief Operating Officer Syngenta Seeds, is to be appointed Chief Executive Officer with effect from January 1, 2008.
Mike Mack, a US citizen, joined Syngenta in 2002 as Head of Crop Protection NAFTA. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in his current role in January 2005. Before joining Syngenta in 2002, Mike Mack was President of the Global Paper Division of Imerys SA, a French mining and pigments company, from 1999 when it merged with English China Clays Ltd. where he was Executive Vice President, Americas and Pacific Region as well as an Executive Director of the Board. From 1987 to 1996 he held various roles within Mead Corporation. He graduated in economics from Kalamazoo College in Michigan, studied at the University of Strasbourg and has an MBA from Harvard University.
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