Pierre Eschenbrenner will retire at the end of 2012 as SynTech France’s MD, having worked in agricultural product development in France for over 40 years. After 15 years in technical and management positions in ICI/Zeneca/Syngenta, Pierre joined SynTech Research in 2002, as co-founder of SynTech France. Since then, as well as managing SynTech France, he has assisted in development of company strategy and management of EU projects. Pierre will continue to work part-time for SynTech as Managing Director for SynTech Germany, commencing February 2013.