3.1
Syngenta Global
At an international level Syngenta is owned and
operated by Syngenta International AG based in Switzerland.
a. Contact Details
Syngenta International AG
Schwartzwaldallee 215,
4058 Basel,
Switzerland.
Tel +41616971111
www.syngenta.com
b. Directors
Syngenta International AG is run by the
following board of directors[14]
Heinz Imhof
Chair of the board of directors of Syngenta and head of the chair's
committee. Previous appointments include Head of Novartis' Agribusiness
division and a member of the Novartis executive committee; Deputy
Executive Head Novartis Agribusiness and Head of Novartis Seeds; Deputy
Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz Corporation in New York;
Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation
in East Hanover, New Jersey; member of the Sandoz Ltd. executive committee
and president of Sandoz Agro and Sandoz Seeds.
Sir David Barnes
Vice Chair of the board of directors of Syngenta and member of
the chair's committee. Previous appointments include director of ICI
PLC, Chief Executive of Zeneca Group PLC, deputy chair of AstraZeneca
and deputy chair of Business in the Community. Currently also serving
as a non-executive deputy chair of the board of directors of Astra-Zeneca,
non-executive director of Prudential Corporation PLC, non-executive
chair of Imperial Cancer Research Technology (ICRT) Limited, member
of the board of trustees of the British Red Cross and a member of
the board of governors of Ashridge Management College.
Michael Pragnell
Chief Executive Officer and director of Syngenta and member of
the chair's committee. Previous appointments include Chief Executive
Officer of Zeneca Agrochemicals, director of Zeneca Group PLC (responsibility
for the Agrochemicals business and Asia Pacific), member of the Advanta
B.V. Supervisory Board, executive director of AstraZeneca, director
of Courtaulds PLC and non-executive director of David S. Smith (Holdings)
PLC. He is also president of the European Crop Protection Association
(ECPA).[15]
Peggy Bruzelius
Director of Syngenta. Currently also chair of Grand Hotel Holdings
and Lancelot Asset Management AB, director of AB Electrolux, Scania
AB, Ratos AB, AB Drott, Axfood AB, Axel Johnson AB and the Swedish
Trade Council. Senior advisor to Lehman Brothers. Previous appointments
include Chief Executive Officer of ABB Financial Services AB, executive
vice president of SEB, a member of the board of the Swedish Government
Bank Support Authority member of the board of Trygg Hansa Mutual Life
Insurance Company and Celsius AB.
Peter Doyle
Director of Syngenta. Previous appointments include director of
Zeneca Group PLC and director of ICI. Doyle is a non-executive director
of Oxford Molecular Group PLC and Oxagen. He is currently chair of
the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSCR)
and a trustee of the Nuffield Foundation.
Rupert Gasser
Director of Syngenta. Previous appointments include Executive
Vice-President and Head of Nestlé Technical Production and
R&D since 1990, and Senior Vice-President and General Manager/Executive
Vice-President at Nestec SA.
Pierre Landolt
Director of Syngenta and Novartis and previously a director of
Sandoz AG since 1986. Previous appointments include director of Banque
Edoard Constant S.A. (Geneva, Switzerland). Currently also serves
as chair of Emasan AG (Basel, Switzerland), Sandoz Family Foundation
(Glaris, Switzerland), Curaçao International Trust Company,
CITCO, and as vice-chair of Parmigiani Mesure et Art du Temps (Fleurier,
Switzerland) and Sandoz Family Foundation Holding Bancaire et Financière
(Pully, Switzerland). Also a board member of Intercom Ltd. (London,
United Kingdom). He is also a partner and serves on the board of Mocó
Agropecuária Ltda, Patos, Pb (Brazil), Fair Corretora de Câmbio
e Valores (Brazil) and Misú Irrigação Indústria
e Comércio Ltda, Patos, Pb (Brazil), and he is partner in and
chair of Banco Axial S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil,). He is currently
a partner of Pabco International Ltd. and Pabco S.A. (Pully, Switzerland)
Pedro Reiser
Director of Syngenta. Previous appointments include Member of
the Board and Adviser of Novartis Pharma Japan until 2001, President
and CEO for Sandoz and Novartis since 1995. Prior to that Reiser held
a number of senior and management positions at Sandoz. Reiser was
also President and CEO of Holvis AG in Basel, Switzerland.
Martin Taylor
Director of Syngenta. Previous appointments include, Chief Executive
Officer of Barclays PLC and a director of Courtaulds plc fr, becoming
the Chief Executive of Courtaulds Textiles plc upon its demerger from
Courtaulds plc in 1990. Currently also an international advisor to
Goldman Sachs and the Chair of the WH Smith Group PLC, as well as
director of Antigenics, Inc. and of Buttonwood Focus Fund Ltd. He
has also chaired and sat upon various United Kingdom government task
forces, including heading a Task Force looking at options for the
reform of the tax and benefit systems.
Peter Thompson
Director of Syngenta. Previous appointments include President
and CEO of Grand Metropolitan Foods Europe, President of Walkers Snack
Foods in the U.K. and President of PepsiCo Foods International's Europe,
Middle East and Africa Division. Other positions currently held are
President and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi-Cola International,
Director of Pepsi-Gemex, S.A. de C.V. and Sopresa, soft drink bottlers
in Mexico and Venezuela respectively and a director of the US-Russia
Business Council. Also director of the Immigration & Refugee Services
of America and Boy Scouts of America and a trustee of the Stanwich
School, Greenwich.
Rolf Watter
Director of Syngenta. Other appointments currently held include
partner in the law firm Bär & Karrer in Zurich, Professor
at the Law School of the University of Zurich, board member of Forbo
Holding AG, Eglisau, A.W. Faber-Castell (Holding) AG, Kusnacht and
Galileo Switzerland AG, all of which are Swiss companies.
Felix Weber
Director of Syngenta. Dr. Weber is currently also Chief Financial
Officer and Senior Vice President of Adecco SA. Previous positions
held include partner in McKinsey & Company, managing director
of Alusuisse South Africa Pty, from 1982 to 1984 and a member of the
board of Alusaf Aluminum Smelter, a joint venture company formed by
the Industrial Development Corporation and Alusuisse in South Africa.
He was area sales manager between 1980 and 1982 in the United States
and Europe for Alesa Alusuisse Engineering, and from 1976 to 1980
a project manager at ABB in Switzerland. Dr. Weber graduated in 1975
from the University of St. Gallen with a Lic. Oec. grade in operations
research and finance and in 1978 with a Ph.D. in business administration
from the University of St. Gallen.
c. Shares
An up to date share price for Syngenta AG can be obtained from <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=syt&d=t>
Details of major share holders in Syngenta AG can be found at <http://biz.yahoo.com/hd/s/syt.html>
d. Subsidiaries
The following companies do not operate under the Syngenta name but
are subsidiaries of Syngenta International AG
New Farm Crops www.newfarmcrops.co.uk
UK cereal plant breeders, originally bought by Ciba Geigy . The company
is based in Lincolnshire with satellite breeding stations in Cambridgeshire
and abroad. New Farm Crops conducted the world's first field trials
of GM wheat in 1994.
Northrup King Co (NK) www.nk.com
US based maize seed breeder and supplier originally acquired by Sandoz
Seeds in 1976. NK supplies maize, soyabeans, sunflower, winter oilseed
rape and other field crops seeds worldwide. Syngenta markets GM corn
through NK in the US.
Hilleshög www.hilleshog.com
Swedish based sugar/fodder beet breeder and supplier, originally acquired
by Sandoz Seeds in 1989. Currently the 3rd largest suppliers of sugarbeet
seed. Hilleshög have trailed both GM sugar/fodder beet and maize
in the EU.[16]
Sluis & Grut (S&G) www.sg-flowers.com
Dutch vegetable and flower seed breeder and supplier, originally bought
by Sandoz Seeds as part of the Zaaduine Group in 1980. S&G supplies
Syngenta vegetable seeds in Europe, Africa and Asia, and Syngenta
flowers worldwide.
Rogers www.rogersadvantage.com
US breeder and supplier of vegetable seeds and sweet maize in particular,
originally acquired by Sandoz Seeds in 1975. Rogers supplies Syngenta
vegetable seeds in the Americas
e. Acquisitions
The following companies or interests have
been acquired by Syngenta or their predecessors and appear to no longer
operate under their original name.[17]
Funk Seeds
In 1974 Ciba Geigy purchased all the public shares of this company
and made it a wholly owned subsidiary.
Sturdy Grow Hybrids
Novartis brought the germplasm assets of this developer of white
corn hybrids in 1998. White corn is used in tortillas and other Mexican
food.
Wilson Seeds
Novartis acquired a 50/50 share of this company with Land O'Lake
in 1998. The Company will focus on the production of white corn hybrids.
Agritrading (Italy)
Novartis Seeds S.A. acquired 100 percent of the shares of this privately
held Italian seed company in 1998. Agritrading specializes in research,
development and supply of high performance corn germplasm, inbred
lines and hybrids.
Agra (Italy) Agrosem (France) Koipesol Semillas
(Spain)
Acquired by Novartis from Eridania Beghin-Say and accounted for
the majority of their seed activities. This deal increased Novartis'
market share in sugar beet and oilseeds.
American Sunmelon
Novartis purchased this leader in the American Seedless Watermelon
market in 1999 to add to its existing watermelon sales of Rogers and
S&G
Stauffer Chemical BV
Bought by AstraZeneca in 1987, Stauffer manufactures agrochemicals
and is based in the Netherlands. Ordered by the US Environmental Protection
Agency to clean up 16,000 cubic yards of soil on its ex DDT production
plant in Florida. The site also contains toxaphene and chlordane.
Ishirara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd
Bought by AstraZeneca in 1998 this Japanese chemical company produces
the 'chlorothlonil' fungicide sold as Bravo.
Mogen
Dutch plant biotechnology company acquired by Zeneca in 1997.
Shortly after acquiring the company for US$74m, a Zeneca-Mogen research
plant was opened in Leiden (NL). The Leiden research plant was closed
by Syngenta in late 2001.[18]
Crop protection business of Oriental chemical
Industries (OCI)
South Korean company acquired by Novartis in 1998 giving them
access to the eighth biggest national market in the world. OCI was
South Korea's second largest producer of agrochemicals in 1997.
3.2
Syngenta in the UK
The following section gives details of UK
companies owned by Syngenta International AG and where available their
location and contact details.[19]
3.21. Contact Detals
a. Principle Offices
Syngenta
European Regional Centre -- Regional Headquarters
Priestley Road
Surrey Research Park
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7YH
Ph : +44 (0) 1483 260000
Fax : +44 (0) 1483 260001
This address is also the registered office for the
following Syngenta companies
Syngenta Ltd, Syngenta Epsilon Ltd, Syngenta Europe Ltd, Syngenta
Grimsby Ltd, Syngenta Holdings Ltd, Syngenta Pensions Trustee Ltd,
Syngenta Theta Ltd, Syngenta Treasury Ltd
Syngenta
London Office
6th Floor, Aldwych House,
81 Aldwych,
London
WC2B 4RP
This address is also the registered office for the following
Syngenta companies
Syngenta Name Protection Ltd, Syngenta Agribusiness Ltd, Syngenta
UK Ltd, Syngenta Crop Protection Ltd
b. Crop Protection Business
Syngenta Crop Protection
Syngenta Crop Protection UK Limited -- Sales Office
Whittlesford, Cambridge
CB2 4QT
customer.services@syngenta.com
Ph : +44 (0) 1223 833621
Fax : +44 (0) 1223 493700
Syngenta Crop Protection
Syngenta Bioline -- Sales Office
Telstar Nursery
Holland Road, Little Clacton
Clacton-on-Sea
Essex
CO16 9QG
syngenta.bioline@syngenta.com
Ph : +44 (0) 1255 863200
Fax : +44 (0) 1255 863206
c. Seed Business
Syngenta Seeds
Syngenta Seeds - New Farm Crops/NK/Hilleshög -- Sales & Marketing
Office
Hill Farm Road
Whittlesford, Cambridge
CB2 4QT
Ph : +44 (0) 1223 833621
Fax : +44 (0) 1223 493700
Syngenta Seeds
Market Stainton, Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
LN8 5LJ
Ph : +44 (0) 1507 343348
Fax : +44 (0) 1507 343526
Syngenta Seeds - S & G -- Sales Office
17 Summerwood Lane
Ormskirk, Lancshire
L39 8TH
Ph : +44 (0) 1704 882882
Fax : +44 (0) 1704 841176
Syngenta Seeds
New Farm Crops -- Sales Office
Pampisford Road, Great Abington
Cambridge
CB1 6AH
Ph : +44 (0) 1223 893409
Fax : +44 (0) 1223 893371
d. Research Station
Syngenta
Jealott's Hill International Research Centre -- Research
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG42 6EY
Ph : +44 (0) 1344 424701
Fax : +44 (0) 1344 455629
Following the closure of the Syngenta/Mogen research centre in Leiden,
Netherlands in 2001 it is thought that Jealotts’s Hill is Syngenta’s
only remaining research and development centre in Europe.
3.22 Directors
of Syngenta Ltd [20]
The following people are directors of Syngenta Ltd
Matthew Bayliss (Secretary)
Robert Bissell
Neil Dempsy
Keith Hill
Christopher Richards
Kevin William
