Syngenta India appoints Susheel Kumar as MD

NEW DELHI:

Agricultural firm Syngenta India

on Sunday announced appointment of

Susheel Kumar

as the new country head and managing director of the company.

Kumar takes over from

Rafael Del Rio

, who served as managing director for the past four years, the company said in a statement. Rafael has now been appointed as non-executive chairman of Syngenta India, one of the biggest agricultural companies in the world, selling seeds and crop protection chemicals.

Kumar, who hails from Haryana, is a hard-core sales and marketing strategist and has logged many milestones in his 12 years of career in Syngenta India.

He recently completed an international assignment in Basel,

Switzerland

, where he worked on global strategic as well as projects for commercial excellence.

Kumar holds an MBA degree in Agribusiness Management from Symbiosis Institute of International Business, and a bachelor's degree in Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.