ADAMA Ltd. announced that its board of directors has appointed Gaël Hili as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2024. Hili will join the Syngenta Group Leadership Team and will be based in Tel Aviv. Mr. Hili will succeed Steve Hawkins, who has been appointed President of Syngenta Crop Protection and a member of the Syngenta Group Leadership Team, based in Basel, effective October 1, 2024.

Steve will continue to be fully dedicated to driving ADAMA's ongoing business and transformation plan until his official appointment. Mr. Hili has dedicated most of his career to the agriculture industry, starting with operational and commercial roles at Dow AgroSciences in Europe and later at Dow Chemical Company, where he served as Global Marketing Director. In 2017, he joined Syngenta as Head of Europe East, where he led the team to significant market share growth in both the Seeds and Crop Protection businesses.

Since December 2023, he has served as the Head of Europe Syngenta CP and Seeds Field Crops. Mr. Hili holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France.