PHILADELPHIA, March 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), an agricultural sciences
company, today announced Darren
Dillenbeck, president, FMC U.S.A., has been elected vice president and
president of FMC North America. The company also announced that
Renato Guimarães will join FMC as vice president and president of
FMC Latin America. Both appointments are effective
April 1.
Under Dillenbeck's leadership, FMC has grown market share and
successfully introduced several new products in the U.S. and
Canada, including
Altacor® Evo insecticide, Coragen® MaX
insecticide and Ethos® Elite insecticide/biofungicide.
Dillenbeck joined FMC in 2018 and led the company's Canadian
business until being named president of FMC U.S.A. in 2022. He has more than 25
years of experience in the agricultural industry, including
commercial leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Dow
AgroSciences. He will join the FMC Operating Committee and will
report to Ronaldo Pereira, executive
vice president, president of FMC Americas.
"Darren is an exceptional commercial leader who has delivered
strong results in the U.S. and Canada," said Mark
Douglas, president and CEO. "His strategic acumen and
customer orientation will continue to serve as a bridge to bring
our organization closer to the distributors, retailers and growers
we serve. In recent years, FMC has accelerated the introduction of
new products in North America, and
we expect this trend to continue as we prepare to launch several
technologies in the coming years, including new active ingredients,
new biological products and applications for precision agriculture.
Darren will play an instrumental role leading the region on this
exciting journey."
Guimarães brings more than three decades of agribusiness
experience to his new role leading FMC's Latin America region. He most recently served
as CEO of one of the largest and fastest-growing crop protection
retailers in Brazil. He held sales
and marketing leadership roles of increasing responsibility and
scope for more than two decades at Sandoz/Novartis/Syngenta in
Brazil.
"Renato is a highly respected leader in the crop protection
industry in Brazil and throughout
the region," Douglas added. "With extensive experience across the
value chain, including at tier-one crop protection companies,
retailers and operating his own farm, he has a comprehensive view
of agriculture and the opportunities in crop protection today and
in the future. He arrives at an important time in our Latin America business as we emerge from
organizational changes over the last several months and focus on
profitably growing our business, strengthening our relationships
with growers and introducing a pipeline of new products in
Latin America, including recently
launched Onsuva® fungicide, Premio® Star
insecticide and Presence® Full bionematicide."
Guimarães graduated as an agronomist from the School of
Agriculture of Lavras (ESAL) in Brazil and earned his MBA from Fundação Dom
Cabral. He will be based at the company's Latin America regional headquarters in
Campinas, Brazil. Guimarães will
join the FMC Operating Committee and report to Pereira.
About FMC
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company
dedicated to helping growers produce food,
feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population
while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative
crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition,
digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers
and turf and pest management professionals to address their
toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment.
With approximately 6,600 employees at more than 100 sites
worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide,
insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations
and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the
planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us
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