Monday, November 20, 2006
Dr. Joachim Schneider is the new Head of BioScience at Bayer CropScience
Monheim – Dr. Joachim Schneider has been Head of BioScience at Bayer CropScience since November 1, 2006. Effective the same date, he was appointed to the Executive Committee of Bayer CropScience.
Dr. Joachim Schneider was born in Bensberg, Germany, in 1956. After studying agricultural engineering in Bonn, Germany, and gaining his PhD in plant pathology from the University of Gießen and the University of the South Pacific in West Samoa, he started his career at various positions in Research and Development in 1984, at what was then Bayer’s Crop Protection Business Group in Monheim. In 1990, he went to Kansas City to work at Miles Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Bayer, for four years, ultimately as Head of Product Development. In 1994, he returned to Monheim and took over as Head of Biological Development/Herbicides. After various strategic assignments, he was appointed Head of the Herbicides Business Unit in Monheim in 1998. In 2001 he transferred to Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom, where he held responsibility for Bayer’s crop protection business in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Following the establishment of Bayer CropScience in 2002, he was appointed Country Head for the United Kingdom and Ireland and Managing Director of Bayer CropScience Ltd. in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Bayer CropScience, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about €6 billion, is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 19,000 and is represented in more than 120 countries.
Monheim, November 2006
Your contact:
Annette Josten, Tel.: +49 2173 / 38-5788
E-Mail: annette.josten@bayercropscience.com
www.bayercropscience.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer CropScience AG management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future consolidated results, financial situation, development or performance of the Bayer CropScience AG or our parent company, Bayer AG, and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer AG's public reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including Bayer AG's Form 20-F). Neither Bayer AG nor Bayer CropScience AG assumes any liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
Dr. Joachim Schneider was born in Bensberg, Germany, in 1956. After studying agricultural engineering in Bonn, Germany, and gaining his PhD in plant pathology from the University of Gießen and the University of the South Pacific in West Samoa, he started his career at various positions in Research and Development in 1984, at what was then Bayer’s Crop Protection Business Group in Monheim. In 1990, he went to Kansas City to work at Miles Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Bayer, for four years, ultimately as Head of Product Development. In 1994, he returned to Monheim and took over as Head of Biological Development/Herbicides. After various strategic assignments, he was appointed Head of the Herbicides Business Unit in Monheim in 1998. In 2001 he transferred to Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom, where he held responsibility for Bayer’s crop protection business in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Following the establishment of Bayer CropScience in 2002, he was appointed Country Head for the United Kingdom and Ireland and Managing Director of Bayer CropScience Ltd. in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Bayer CropScience, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about €6 billion, is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 19,000 and is represented in more than 120 countries.
Monheim, November 2006
Your contact:
Annette Josten, Tel.: +49 2173 / 38-5788
E-Mail: annette.josten@bayercropscience.com
www.bayercropscience.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer CropScience AG management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future consolidated results, financial situation, development or performance of the Bayer CropScience AG or our parent company, Bayer AG, and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer AG's public reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including Bayer AG's Form 20-F). Neither Bayer AG nor Bayer CropScience AG assumes any liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
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