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Glenn Stith
Seminis President
Glenn Stith was named Seminis President in May 2008. Previously, he was the vice
president of crop production at Monsanto, Seminis’ parent company, where he was
responsible for U.S. businesses that included chemistry, traits and seeds. Preete
joined Monsanto in 1985 and served in a variety of sales, marketing and commercial
development positions in both U.S. and international markets. He is a graduate of
the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in business and has his
master’s degree from Washington University.
Pierre Courduroux
Chief Financial Officer
Pierre Courduroux joined Seminis in 2007 as Chief Financial Officer. Previously
he was the Finance Director for Monsanto’s Europe & Africa region. Mr. Courduroux
joined Monsanto in 1990 and has served in a variety of finance positions in both
the US and international Markets. He is a graduate of The Lyon Graduate School of
management and has his MBA degree from Washington University
Marlin Edwards
Vice President, Research and Development
Dr. Marlin Edwards joined Seminis in 2005 as the vice president of company’s global
research organization. Most recently, he led Breeding Technology at Monsanto, where
he developed the world’s foremost high-throughput genotyping lab. This allowed as
much as 35% of Monsanto’s plant breeding programs to be based on genetic marker-enabled
selection. Dr. Edwards has been involved in multiple aspects of agricultural research,
plant breeding and biotechnology since he completed his post-doctoral research at
North Carolina State University, where he conducted pioneering research into the
application of molecular markers in plant breeding in the mid-1980s. He has experience
in breeding field corn, sweet corn, peppers and cucumbers. He earned a Ph.D. in
Plant Breeding and Genetics, a M.S. in Horticulture from the University of Wisconsin
at Madison and a B.S. in the Agriculture Honors Program from Kansas State University.
Ibrahim El Menschawi
Vice President of Strategy and Marketing
Mr. Ibrahim El Menschawi, who joined Seminis in 2006, leads the company's strategy
and marketing organization, including product portfolio management, market intelligence
and branding strategies. He has held various leadership positions in the seed industry
during his 16-year career, most recently as the Europe/Africa marketing lead for
Monsanto Europe. Prior to joining Monsanto, he held sales, marketing and general
management roles at one of Seminis' legacy vegetable seed companies. Mr. El Menschawi
earned his degree in Agricultural Engineering (BSc.) from the University of Nuertingen,
Germany.
Bill Hallman
Vice President, Manufacturing
Bill Hallman joined Seminis in 2006 as Vice President, Manufacturing. Previously,
he was the Director of Manufacturing in Monsanto’s Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Hallman
joined Monsanto in 2000 and has served in a variety of manufacturing, production
planning and inventory analysis positions in both U.S. and international markets.
Prior to joining Monsanto he held production management positions with Cargill,
Inc. in Iowa and Minnesota. He earned a B.S. in agricultural business from Western
Illinois University and attended the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of
Management.
Andrew Cole
Vice President, Human Resources
Aldo Noseda
Vice President, Information Technology
Aldo Noseda joined Seminis in 2005 as Vice President of Information Technology with
global responsibility for all IT functions. Mr. Noseda has worked for Seminis' parent
company, Monsanto, since 1991, holding a variety of positions in Latin America and
the United States. For the last five years he was the IT Director for the Monsanto
Latin America South region with extended responsibilities on the customer operations
business team. He graduated as an Information Systems Engineer with an executive
program in Business Administration from IAE University.
Melissa Duncan
General Counsel
Ms. Melissa Duncan was named General Counsel in 2007. Duncan joined Monsanto in
2000, and she has held a variety of positions within the legal department, including
litigation, international commercial, special projects, and most recently served
as the Law Lead for Asia Pacific/India. Prior to joining Monsanto, Ms. Duncan was
in private practice and represented a variety of clients in the agriculture industry.
She earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison,
and her J.D. from Drake University.
Regional Vice Presidents
Sebastian Langbehn
Vice President, Americas
Jorge Christlieb
Vice President, Asia
Mr. Jorge Christlieb was appointed Vice President of Asia in 2005 after serving
as Vice President of Marketing. Since he first joined one of Seminis' legacy companies
in 1987, he has held a number of leadership positions in sales, product development,
quality assurance and general management in Mexico and Holland. He earned his master's
degree in Horticulture/Genetics from North Carolina State University.
Thierry Boyer
Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
