President & CEO J. Eric Fyrwald resigns from Univar

Global chemicals and food ingredients distributor Univar, Inc.  (Downers Grove [Chicago], IL, United States),  announced last week the voluntary resignation of J. Erik Fyrwald from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer, and from the Board of Directors of Univar, effective 31. May 2016.

Fyrwald will become Chief Executive Officer of Agrochemicals Multinational Syngenta AG (Basel, Switzerland), effective 01. June 2016. There he will succeed Jon Ramsay (CFO), who has been CEO ad interim since November 2015.

Syngenta and Univar press releases

HGE / DCG – 09.05.2016