William M. Lewis Named Head of Arysta LifeScience North America
TOKYO, JAN. 18, 2006 – William (Bill) M. Lewis has been named
Business Unit Head of Arysta LifeScience North America. Lewis will
report to Chris Richards, Arysta LifeScience president and CEO, and
replaces Elin D. Miller.
"Bill brings extensive industry experience and has demonstrated his
ability to deliver business results," said Arysta LifeScience President
and CEO Chris Richards. "His global experience combined with prior
leadership of the U.S., Canada and Mexico is the perfect match with our
company’s direction."
Lewis joins Arysta LifeScience from Syngenta Crop Protection, where
he was vice president of Professional Products and Regional Business
for NAFTA and was responsible for the P&L of five non-Ag businesses
in the U.S. and the businesses in Canada and Mexico. Prior to that,
Lewis was director of Horticulture Business in the U.S. and Canada,
general manager of the UK and Ireland, business manager for Central
Europe and regional business manager for the Western U.S. for Zeneca
Agrochemicals, which merged into Syngenta. Other experience includes
ICI Americas Inc. Ag Products and USDA-APHIS. Lewis graduated from
Clemson University with a B.S. in Entomology.
"Under Elin Miller's leadership, our North America business has
grown even faster than our targets," said Richards. "We greatly
appreciate her contributions to the company as well as her efforts in
relocating the North America headquarters from San Francisco to our new
location in Cary, N.C." Miller will be assisting Lewis in his
transition.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Arysta LifeScience is the world's
largest privately-held crop protection and life science company with
2004 revenues of ¥103.2 billion (US$1 billion). An entrepreneurial
provider of crop protection and life science products in more than 100
countries worldwide, Arysta LifeScience specializes in the marketing
and distribution of respected crop protection brands and life science
products in harmony with the needs of global producers.
For more information, please contact:
Donna Uchida, Global Communications
Phone: (415) 536-3465
Email: donna.uchida@arystalifescience.com