Mr. Atkin is retiring after a formidable 37 year career in agriculture, of which the last 25 have been with Syngenta and its legacy companies as a widely respected authority in the crop protection industry. He has been Chief Operating Officer at Syngenta since the foundation of the company in 2000.(..) He will be succeeded by Jon Parr, who will assume responsibility for two of the company‘s four regions: Europe, Africa and the Middle East and Latin America. North America and Asia Pacific will remain under the leadership of Davor Pisk, Chief Operating Officer.