Peter Cimmet joins Arysta LifeScience as Head of Business Development
TOKYO, April 21, 2005 – Arysta LifeScience Corporation announced today
that Peter Cimmet has joined its executive team as head of Business
Development. Cimmet will focus on expanding Arysta’s business globally
through strategic acquisitions in its core businesses of crop
protection and life science. In this new role, Cimmet will work closely
with President and CEO Dr. Christopher Richards and Tatsumi Ikeda,
Arysta’s global head of Acquisitions & Licensing. Cimmet will be
based in the company’s San Francisco office.
"Strategic acquisitions are an important part of our growth strategy
and Pete's breadth of mergers and acquisitions experience across a
number of industries will be a key asset for Arysta LifeScience," said
Richards. "We are excited to have him as part of the team."
Cimmet comes to Arysta LifeScience from Goldman, Sachs & Co.
where he was a vice president in the Technology, Media and
Telecommunications Group, based in San Francisco. He has more than 11
years of investment banking experience and spent the past five years as
a senior member of the Goldman Sachs mergers and acquisitions team
covering the technology industry. Cimmet holds a Masters in Business
Administration from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and a
B.S. from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Arysta LifeScience is an
entrepreneurial provider of crop protection and life science products
in more than 60 countries worldwide. Arysta LifeScience is the largest
privately-held company in the agricultural chemicals industry with
revenues of approximately US$1 billion in 2004. The company is growing
by building a world-class business in the development, marketing and
distribution of respected crop protection brands and an intimate
understanding of the needs of global producers. For further information
about Arysta LifeScience Corporation, please see: www.arystalifescience.com.
For more information, please contact:
Donna Uchida
Global Communications
Arysta LifeScience Corporation
Phone: (415) 536-3465
Email: duchida@arvesta.com