London, England: Sean Loakes has been appointed as Syngenta Professional Solutions Technical Manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Loakes expands the existing Syngenta technical and business team, offering further specialist trials expertise and developing new integrated solutions for turf, landscape, ornamentals production and pest control. 

Loakes’ role is dedicated to customers in the UK and Ireland, and will also support the continued work of Glenn Kirby, who now has the extended responsibility as Technical Manager for Turf & Landscape across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

“Syngenta is committed to developing its unrivalled technical solutions. Sean’s science and research background brings further experience and innovation to support customers with new products and achieving the best possible results,” said Daniel Lightfoot, Business Manager for North West Europe at Syngenta, an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.

A qualified biologist, Loakes has had a career in environmental science and research through practical field trials and laboratory studies, primarily focused on pesticide efficacy and best practice. 

Loakes said: “With the increasing importance of bio-pesticides within integrated management programmes, there’s an exciting opportunity to develop new strategies to meet the evolving challenges for customers.

“Syngenta has an exciting pipeline of R&D products and services. I look forward to working with customers, researchers and the industry to develop new solutions.”