ECPA names new Director General
Date:10-18-2013
ECPA, the European Crop Protection Association, aisbl, has chosen Jean-Charles Bocquet to be its new Director General, effective on 5 November 2013. Bocquet will replace Dr. Friedhelm Schmider, who is retiring after having held the top ECPA position since 1 May 2002.
Bocquet is French and has been the Director General of the Union des Industries de la Protection des Plantes (UIPP), the French crop protection association, since 2002. He previously held executive positions with DuPont and Roussel Uclaf, and earned a degree in Plant Protection and Environment from the Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique in Rennes, France.