J. Erik Fyrwald

Mr. J. Erik Fyrwald took over the role of Chief Executive Officer at the Syngenta Group in June 2016. From May 2012 to May 2016, he was Chief Executive Officer of Univar, a market-leading wholesaler of chemicals and related services. After a 27-year career at DuPont, he joined Nalco, a leading provider of water treatment products and services, in 2008, where he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer until December 2011, when Nalco merged with Ecolab Inc. After the merger, Erik Fyrwald was President of Ecolab, a global provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies. From 2003 to 2008, he was Group Vice President in the Agriculture and Nutrition Division at DuPont Company. Prior to that, from 2000 to 2003, Erik Fyrwald was Vice President and General Manager of DuPont's Nutrition and Health business.

Erik Fyrwald is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Syngenta Group, Bunge, CropLife International, Eli Lilly, the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and the Farm to Market Alliance of the United Nations World Food Program. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture.

Erik Fyrwald holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware (1981) and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.