Alexandra Brand (1971) joined the Board of Siegfried Holding AG in 2022. She has been holding various senior management positions with Syngenta since 2015. In 2021, she was appointed Regional Director for EAME Crop Protection. In prior functions, she served as Syngenta’s Chief Sustainability Officer and as Regional Director, Europe, Africa & Middle East. Prior to joining Syngenta, Alexandra Brand held various positions with increasing importance and responsibility with BASF for more than 15 years. In 2019, Alexandra Brand was elected to the board of directors of Azelis, a PE-owned leading global distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients. Alexandra Brand studied Chemistry at the University of Darmstadt, where she also received her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 1998.