Michael Pragnell
 Michael Pragnell     ( businessman) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 December 1946 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | UK | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | • St. John's College (Oxford) • INSEAD | |||||||||||
Syngenta cancer-causing pesticides CEO who then became chair of UK Cancer Council. Attended Bilderberg/2001 at a time when the chemical industry was lobbying heavily for permission to allow genetically modified food crops. One of the subjects was "What Should Governments Do About Food Quality?"
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Michael Pragnell is a British business executive who was CEO of Syngenta, producing cancer-causing pesticides, who then became chair of the UK Cancer Council. He attended Bilderberg/2001[1], at a time when the chemical industry was lobbying heavily for permission to allow genetically modified food crops. One of the Bilderberg subjects was "What Should Governments Do About Food Quality?"[2]
Career
He worked at First National Bank of Chicago, the textile group Courtaulds, then at Zeneca Group as Head of Department 1986-1992, Executive Director on the Board of Directors in 1990, and then Chief Financial Officer from 1992.[3]
He was appointed Executive Director of AstraZeneca, before becoming CEO of Syngenta in 2000. Syngenta was founded in 2000 by the merger of the agrichemical businesses of Novartis and AstraZeneca. At a time when the GM-industry was spending large sums on a propaganda campaign, Pragnell "expressed disappointment at European reluctance to consume genetically modifed produce".[4] He had the job until 2007.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2001 | 24 May 2001 | 27 May 2001 | Sweden Stenungsund | The 49th Bilderberg, in Sweden. Reported on the WWW. |
