Nyon, Switzerland
November, 2008
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order to fill the new position of Director Seed Technology and
Trade, the International Seed
Federation had received 30 applications for the position.
Out of this group 4 candidates were invited for an interview,
and ISF is very pleased to announce that Mr. Piero Sismondo has
been selected to fill the new function. Mr. Sismondo comes to
ISF with a very long tradition in the seed business. After
graduating as an Agronomy engineer at the University of Bari
(Italy), he started his career in 1976 at the company Maccarese
Spa.
After that he worked in different positions first with Asgrow
Italia as Area Sales Manager, then with Asgrow Europe as
International Product Manager and later on with Monsanto Italia
as Operations Lead and Country Seed Supply Lead. He brings with
him a vast amount of knowledge and experience about seed
production. During this period he has been very active in
national and international seed associations. Within the Italian
Seed Association AIS he was chairman of the Oilseeds Section and
is currently chairing the Maize and Sorghum Section. Within ISF
he has been an active member of the Industrial Crops Section and
the Maize and Sorghum Section. He is currently a member of the
Field Crops Section Board. Mr. Sismondo speaks English, Spanish,
French and Italian.
He will start at the ISF secretariat from the 1st of February
2009 and will be moving to the Nyon area in the coming months. |
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