DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Syngenta announced strategic leadership appointments supporting the growth and investment in its North America and global seeds business.
David Hollinrake, currently regional director North America Seeds, was appointed head global Seeds Strategy and Portfolio. In his new role, Hollinrake will lead long-term strategy development and planning for the global seeds business to continue to deliver increased choice and innovative products for growers, with primary focus on the important U.S. seeds market.
Hollinrake joined Syngenta in 2017 and brings nearly 30 years of experience in agriculture with numerous senior leadership roles in business development, strategic and product planning and sales and marketing at Bayer Monsanto, Solae and Adayana Inc.
“Since joining Syngenta, David has led our $400 million investment in the U.S. Seeds business, including a new $30 million corn Trait Accelerator facility in Nampa, Idaho, a 15% increase in R&D in corn and soybean and increased trialing to meet the needs of farmers locally. He has significantly increased the number of people providing deep agronomic advice to farmers on the ground and built our digital agronomy capabilities,” said Jeff Rowe, president Syngenta Seeds.
Justin Wolfe, currently regional director for Europe, Africa and Middle East Seeds, was appointed regional director North America Seeds. Wolfe joined Syngenta in 2018 and has over 26 years of agricultural industry experience.
Prior to joining Syngenta in 2018, Wolfe was with Monsanto for over 20 years, most recently as Europe and Middle East Commercial Operations vice president.
“U.S. farmers are the most productive in the world. Justin’s depth of experience and strong leadership will enable us to continue to drive our investment to do more for U.S. farmers to give them the world-leading products, service and innovation they need to thrive,” Rowe said.
“Based at our global and North America Seeds headquarters in Illinois, at the heart of the U.S. Corn Belt, Justin will focus on expanding the choice and quality of products we offer in North America, leveraging our broad germplasm pool — now one of the broadest in the industry — and offering growers digital platforms like E-Luminate seed placement tool to increase return on investment and building our team of agronomists standing side-by-side with U.S. farmers.”
The Syngenta EAME Seeds region will now be led by Gaël Hili, currently Syngenta Crop Protection East Europe head.
All appointments will be effective June 15. All three individuals will report to Rowe.