Monheim, Germany - September 24, 2010, Monheim, Germany - Bayer CropScience announced that Lykele van der Broek, head of the Animal Health Division at Bayer Health Care, will take the newly-created post of COO of Crop Protection and BioScience operations, effective November 1.
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Mr. van der Broek has been a member of the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee since October 1, 2006, where he has been responsible for the Animal Health Division. Mr. van der Broek graduated from the Agricultural University in Wageningen, Netherlands, with a Master of Science degree specializing in Phytopathology and Business Administration. He started his career at the Plant Protection Service of the Netherlands.
From 1984 to 1991, he acted as Deputy Director and Director of the Netherlands Inspection Service for Arboriculture (NAKB). He then held different positions in seed and plant biotech companies. After joining the vegetable seed group Nunhems in 1999, he was responsible for the Asia Pacific region and strategy. In 2001, he became CEO and retained this position after Bayer’s acquisition of Aventis CropScience in 2002. In 2003, he was appointed Head of BioScience at Bayer CropScience.
From November 1, the four existing Crop Protection regions North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe & Tamecis as well as the BioScience business unit will report to the newly-appointed Chief Operating Officer Lykele van der Broek.
At the same time, the company will bring its Strategic Planning and Mergers & Acquisitions functions together into one central unit, namely Strategy & Business Management, to be led by Dr. Rüdiger Scheitza, who is currently in charge of Portfolio Management.
Mr. Scheitza has been a member of the Board of Management of Bayer CropScience and Labor Director since July 1, 2004. Having finished his studies in agricultural science at the Technical University of Munich/Weihenstephan with a PhD in plant pathology, he joined Bayer AG in 1982, where he held a number of positions until he became Head of Marketing for crop protection in Western Europe in 1993. ■