Soo Keong “SK” Tan – Head, South Asia and China Business Unit

Soo Keong Tan is the business unit head of Arysta LifeScience South Asia and China.  He is responsible for the company’s crop protection business in China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and other emerging countries in South Asia.

Before joining Arysta LifeScience in 2010, Tan served as business director for DuPont Crop Protection in Southeast Asia and deputy managing director of DuPont Malaysia Pte Ltd. He has 24 years of crop-protection industry experience – including sales & marketing, product development, production and seed business – with a proven track record of leading growth in emerging geographies.

Tan has a degree in agricultural science from the University of Agriculture Malaysia, and an executive diploma in management from the Malaysian Institute of Management.