Lyon, France: Envu has announced that Lars Oestergaard will join the company on October 1 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will oversee global finance, legal and compliance functions, providing strategic leadership for the company’s financial operations, planning and risk management. 

Oestergaard has more than two decades of finance, accounting and business leadership experience in multi-national organisations. He will join Envu from Syngenta, a leading agricultural company where he has held senior finance roles for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, most recently leading finance for Crop Protection North America.

His experience spans building high-performing teams, strengthening stakeholder trust and credibility, and working closely with capital markets through investor relations. 

Gilles Galliou, Envu’s CEO, said: “Since our inception nearly four years ago, Envu has built a strong financial framework, enabling us to better serve our customers and create value for all our stakeholders. We look forward to welcoming Lars Oestergaard as CFO. His combination of finance leadership, value creation and capital markets expertise will help us continue delivering on our commitments while advancing our ambitious growth plans.”

Oestergaard said he has followed the progress Envu has made since its launch in 2022 and is impressed by the company’s growth and achievements. 

Oestergaard said: “Envu has already shown what is possible as a standalone environmental science company, and I’m excited to join at such an ambitious stage of its journey. The company’s focus on broad-based innovation, customer-driven solutions and sustainable value creation is deeply compelling, and I’m eager to help build on that momentum.”

Oestergaard will succeed Troy Randolph, who will leave Envu at the end of September to pursue another opportunity. Oestergaard will initially be based in the Envu office in Lyon, France, and travel regularly to the company’s headquarters in Cary, North Carolina, as well as other Envu offices around the world.

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