Syngenta AG (SYT)

Executive Committee

Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Committee is responsible for the operational management of the Company. It consists of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officers of the Crop Protection and Seeds businesses, together with the Heads of Syngenta’s functional activities: Finance, Research & Technology, Global Operations and Human Resources, Business Development and Legal & Taxes.

Under the direction of the CEO, the Executive Committee is responsible for the operational management of the Company. It consists of the CEO, the Chief Operating Officers of the Crop Protection and Seeds businesses, together with the Heads of Syngenta’s functional activities: Finance, Research and Technology, Global Operations and Human Resources, Business Development and Legal and Taxes.

Appointment of Directors and Members of the Executive Committee

The shareholders in a shareholders’ meeting appoint the members of the Board of Directors. The articles of incorporation of Syngenta provide that the term for which Directors are appointed must not exceed three years (one year within the meaning of this provision is the period from one ordinary shareholders’ meeting to the next ordinary shareholders’ meeting). A year for the purpose of determining any term of office is the interval between two ordinary general shareholder meetings. Directors may be re-elected. The members of the Executive Committee are appointed and removed by the Board of Directors.