Speaker profile
Dr Christoph Grondal
Christoph joined Eurofins on May 1st 2020 as Head of Business Development and Strategy for the European Chemistry & Ecotox business of Eurofins Agroscience Services. Christoph has a deep understanding of the Agroscience sector. After gaining a PhD in organic chemistry from RWTH Aachen (D) and a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University (US), Christoph joined Bayer CropScience as a lab leader in active ingredient research, followed by an assignment as plant manager of the glufosinate ammonium production. He then moved into Bayer’s Procurement function to head the Procurement R&D team for CropScience. He led the establishment of a strategic R&D Procurement footprint for the entire CropScience R&D organization and was also in charge of the post-merger integration of the Monsanto acquisition for the Procurement R&D organization.