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Grant, Hugh
Employed by Monsanto since 1981 in sales and management, including global strategy director of the agriculture division, responsible for Roundup herbicide, 1991; managing director of Asia-Pacific region, 1995; co-president of agriculture division, 1998; president and CEO of the new Monsanto Co., May 2003, and chairman, October 2003. (1)
Trustee of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.Board member of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).Member of the advisory group of CropLife International. (2)
In 2002 Grant joined the advisory board of Scottish Enterprise (Scotland's agency for economic development). Board members included the CEO of AstraZeneca and the senior vice-president of Genzyme. (3)
Endnotes:
(1) Tucci, Linda. Monsanto's Chief Sees the Future of Biotech in Our Back Yard. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dec 3, 2004. At http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=8419
(2) Monsanto website at http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/about_us/leaders/grant_web_bio.asp , accessed Dec 14, 2004
(3) GMWatch biography at http://www.gmwatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=118 , accessed Jan 12, 2005
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