Martin Zuijderwijk

Martin Zuijderwijk has over 28 years of experience in the agriculture industry. Martin is currently a Director of Technical Support Services at Biobest Sustainable Crop Management since October 2019. Previously, they worked at Bioline Agrosciences Ltd from 2016 to 2019, where they held the roles of Commercial Manager for North and Central Europe and Commercial Director.

Before that, Martin worked at Syngenta from 2000 to 2016, where they served as the Bioline IPM Lead for active greenhouses and flowers and later as a Business Development Manager for Bioline. Martin'sresponsibilities included implementing Bioline's strategy within the Syngenta organization, managing a team, achieving marketing and sales targets, and developing and maintaining distribution networks.

Martin began their career at DLV Plant in 1992 as a Gewasbeschermingsspecialist, where they worked as a consultant and helped growers with technical questions, developed education programs, and organized events to develop hygiene protocols for virus diseases in cucumber and tomato.

Throughout their career, Martin has gained expertise in marketing, sales, business development, and technical support services in the agriculture industry.

Martin Zuijderwijk has a diverse education history. Martin completed their Bachelor's degree in Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services at HAS Delft from 1988 to 1992. In 2006 and 2007, they pursued further education in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, obtaining a Nima-A degree from ICM opleidingen en trainingen. In 2007, they also achieved a Nima-B degree from the same institution.

Continuing their education, Martin enrolled in internal training programs at Syngenta in 2010 and 2012, specializing in Organizational Leadership. In 2012, they also attended the INSEAD Marketing and Sales Excellence Academy. Martin further expanded their language skills by completing Spanish A2 at Eurocom from 2012 to 2014 and French A2 at Ceran in 2017.

In 2015, Martin undertook the Market Edge Horizons Training program, which awarded him a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a focus on Business Finance, Marketing, and Sales. Martin continued to enhance their knowledge and skills, completing the Project Management Foundations: Teams certification course from LinkedIn in March 2020.

No specific end dates were provided for Martin's education at INSEAD and Syngenta internal training, indicating that they are still engaged in these programs or has completed them recently.