Change in the management of Syngenta Switzerland

Dutch-born Ward Clevers (38) will take over the management of Syngenta Switzerland on February 1, 2025. The EPFL graduate succeeds Stefan Odermatt, who is retiring after eleven years at Syngenta.

Commercial Lead CP and Seeds at Syngenta Switzerland Stefan Odermatt (left) and his successor Ward Clevers (right) (Photo: Business Wire)

Ward Clevers has held various positions at Syngenta in Switzerland and the Netherlands for more than ten years. He worked in crop protection, seeds, and seed treatment and most recently headed marketing for crop protection in Switzerland.

Roman Mazzotta, Country President of Syngenta Switzerland, said, ″Under the leadership of Stefan Odermatt, Syngenta has succeeded in further expanding its position as the leading supplier of crop protection products and seeds in Switzerland in recent years. Thanks to his forward-looking commitment, the company has also successfully established itself in the biologicals sector. Biological pest control has become significantly more important in recent years. We wish him all the best for his well-deserved retirement and are pleased that we have been able to find a very good internal solution with Ward Clevers so that Syngenta will continue to be the preferred contact for farmers in Switzerland in the future.″ 

Stefan Odermatt holds a doctorate in agronomic engineering from ETH Zurich and started working at Syngenta in January 2014 as Sales Manager for Crop Protection and Seeds Switzerland. After a year, he took over the management of the Switzerland business unit. Stefan Odermatt represented the company in various specialist committees in Switzerland, including the industry association ScienceIndustries. He was a long-standing board member of Swiss-Seed and a member of the Board of Directors of Syngenta Agro AG.