Robert Berendes is head of business development at Syngenta Global, a world-leading agricultural business committed to sustainable agriculture and crop protection. From 2005 to 2006 he was Syngentas head of diverse field crops; from 2002 to 2005 he was head of strategy, planning, and mergers and acquisitions for Syngenta. Prior to working for Syngenta, Berendes was a partner of the European chemical practice at McKinsey & Company. Berendes received his PhD in Biophysics from the Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry at the Technical University of Munich.

Business, Business Growth, Agriculture, Strategic Leadership