David Colligan

David Colligan has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies. David started their career at Hepworth Building Products in 1993 in a role related to manufacturing and operations management. David then moved on to work at Cemex Ltd. in sales and marketing roles from 1994 to 1998. After that, they joined Capgemini as a managing consultant, where they led projects related to demand and supply planning processes for global tobacco companies and business process redesign for Syngenta. In 2004, they joined Syngenta and took on roles such as the global head of supply chain and integrated business planning lead. In 2009, they joined Arysta LifeScience as the global transformation program lead, where they played a key role in implementing a cost reduction program. In 2011, they returned to Syngenta as the global head of integrated business planning. David'smost recent role was at Nufarm, where they served as the head of acquisitions and integration, head of strategic alliances, global head of strategic alliances, and currently as the head portfolio solutions for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

David Colligan obtained a Masters degree in Management Information Systems from The University of Sheffield, graduating in 1998. Prior to that, they earned a BEng (Hons) degree in Engineering & Business Studies from Sheffield Hallam University, completing their studies in 1993.