Michel Demaré

Biography

Functions in Syngenta Vice Chairman of the Board, non-executive Director and Lead Independent Director  Member of the Governance & Nomination Committee and Corporate Responsibility Committee He is also Chairman of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. Professional background Michel Demaré was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of ABB from 2005 to February 2013, serving in addition, between late 2008 and March 2011, as the company’s President of Global Markets. Between February and September 2008, he was ABB’s acting Chief Executive Officer. Previously he had been Chief Financial Officer Europe for Baxter International Inc. He joined Baxter in 2002 after 18 years at the Dow Chemical Company, where he held various treasury and division CFO positions in Europe (including Switzerland) and the USA. He joined the Board of Directors of Syngenta in 2012, and was appointed Chairman in 2013 until the sale of the company. Apart from his functions in Syngenta, Michel Demaré is currently holding the following Board memberships: – Listed companies: Vice Chairman of UBS Group AG – Non-listed companies: Member of the Supervisory Board of Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings B.V. In addition, he is Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of IMD Business School in Lausanne and a member of the Advisory Board at the Institute of Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich. Michel Demaré holds a License in Applied Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and an MBA from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) in Belgium.

Research Interest

Business