UK: Agrovista appoints Chris Clayton as Managing Director
Before this he held various marketing and operational roles within Syngenta, including Country Head for Hungary and the UK business’s Head of Sales and Marketing.
Chris is a graduate of Newcastle University with a BSc in Agriculture. His early career started with ICI Agrochemicals, where he spent five years in sales in Central Southern England.
Commenting on the appointment, James Robertson, Group Chairman said that “Chris’s experience and knowledge of Agrochemicals, seed and European markets matches Agrovista’s development plans perfectly. As a division of the Marubeni Corporation, our aim is to capitalise on the wider business’s other activities. For example, Marubeni is the second largest grain shipper in the world with a substantial fertiliser activity; both these areas present huge opportunities for the growth of Agrovista’s UK business.”
Commenting on the announcement of his appointment, Chris outlined that he is planning on taking Agrovista into its next phase of growth and success, building on the strong culture already existing in the business. “This will come from leveraging the outstanding technical knowledge within the team, coupled with the market-renowned development work being generated from the Agrovista R&D platform. We also have some very strong relationships with progressive key suppliers, which when linked to the rapid developments in the agricultural market will bring many exciting new solutions to growers all over the UK.