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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Bayer Environmental Science today announced that Chris Pienaar has been named head of the U.S. Professional Pest Management group. Pienaar joins the team from Bayer in Isando, Johannesburg, South Africa, where he held the position of country group manager of Sub Saharan Africa for four years.
"We are thrilled to welcome Chris Pienaar to the team," said Peter Farno, director of marketing, PPM. "His vast product experience abroad, extraordinary skill set, and fresh vision will be an asset to guiding Bayer in the U.S. market." Pienaar brings 12 years of experience in pest and vector control in Africa and Asia, where he assembled an impressive knowledge in both sales and marketing management. His skill set includes building multinational partnerships with commercial, nongovernmental and donor organizations from various G8 countries.
"My skills have been well developed by the diverse and dynamic environments I have had the opportunity to work in," Pienaar says. "The U.S. market offers a great new challenge for me, and my focus is to ensure that we at Bayer clearly understand our customer needs during the transition the market is making."
Pienaar was born and raised in South Africa and attended two different universities there. He graduated from Randse Afrikaanse University with a dual degree in physical sciences and chemistry, and started his career as an industrial chemist. As his career developed, he began to focus on the commercial field, taking his background in science a step further. He attended the University of South Africa, and obtained a post-graduate diploma in marketing management and a master’s degree in business leadership.