Mr. Fyrwald succeeds Hans-W.
Reiners of BASF who is stepping down from the CropLife post
as he is taking up a senior executive role heading the
styrenics business of his company.
Erik Fyrwald said of his
appointment, "I am honoured to serve and lead the global
federation that is playing a crucial role as an ambassador
for our industry. I will strive to make CropLife
International an even more effective organisation in
advocating for sound science- and risk-based regulatory
regimes and conventions, strengthening the stewardship of
plant science technologies and ensuring a policy environment
that is conducive to the plant science industry."
"We will continue to work to
demonstrate the pivotal role that both crop protection and
plant biotechnology play in producing better crops. We will
do this in our true spirit and values of openness and
dialogue with all stakeholders." Fyrwald said.
He concluded by paying tribute
to the role that his predecessor has played. "Hans Reiners
has done much in his short tenure in the post to raise
awareness of the innovative power of the plant science
industry and what this innovation is doing to serve
agriculture as an increasingly important sector in
sustainable development."
Mr. Fyrwald will be assisted
in the CropLife International presidency by two Vice
Presidents: Prof.
Friedrich Berschauer, Chairman of the Board of Managers of
Bayer CropScience, who was newly elected to the post, and
Mr. Katayanagi, representing the Japan Crop Protection
Association who continues in the post.
