Bayer CropScience Vegetable Seeds announces changes to its management team.
Frank Claessens will replace Vicente Navarro as the new managing director operations. Claessens began his career with Vegetable Seeds in 1989 as a research analyst in seed technology, after which he took on various leadership positions in quality assurance and then in seed processing, both within operations. In 2011 he was appointed global head of supply chain.
Navarro will replace Ko Remijnse as managing director marketing & sales. Navarro began his career in 1985 as product manager and was responsible for the vegetable seed business in Spain. He held several management positions in marketing & sales before he was promoted to global head of marketing in 2005. In 2011 he became part of the management of vegetable seeds as managing director strategy & staff functions and assumed the responsibility of managing director operations & strategy in 2013. Since 2013, he is also chairman of the vegetable & ornamental crops section of the International Seed Federation (ISF).
More information is available here: http://www.nunhems.com/www/NunhemsInternet.nsf/id/CW_EN_Management-changes-BCSVS