Juan Gonzalez-Valero is Head Public Policy and Sustainability at Syngenta. He is integrating sustainability aspects into core business practice. He has shaped the company’s ‘Good Growth Plan’ and oversees its implementation and company performance against it.
He is lecturer in leadership skills at the University of St.-Gallen.
Prior to his current position, he served as Head of Ecological Risk Assessment, Head of Sustainable Use and Stewardship, and Head of Corporate Responsibility within Syngenta. Before joining Syngenta, he was Head Ecotoxicology at Novartis.
He served on the board of a number of non-forprofit organizations, among them the Fair Labor Association and the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Dr. Gonzalez-Valero earned his PH.D in Biology, from the University of Hamburg with specialization in Ecology and Environmental Toxicology.