ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss agrichemicals group Syngenta (S:SYNN) on Wednesday named J. Erik Fyrwald, chief executive of U.S. chemistry distribution company Univar Inc (N:UNVR), as CEO from June 1. He succeeds John Ramsay, who has been ad interim CEO since November 2015.
Fyrwald spent 27 years at DuPont (NYSE:DD). In 2008, he was named head of Nalco, a provider of water treatment and oil and gas products and services. He became CEO of Univar in May 2012, Syngenta said in a statement.