Pioneer Hi-Bred Names Chairman, President

By Scott C. Lucas|12 November 2007

Dean Oestreich, DuPont vice president and president of Pioneer Hi-Bred, has been named chairman of Pioneer, and Paul Schickler has been named DuPont vice president and president of Pioneer.

“Given the incredible growth opportunity for the Pioneer business and the importance of Pioneer to the success of DuPont, we needed to expand the leadership capacity for longer-term planning and execution,” said J. Erik Fyrwald, group vice president – DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition.

Oestreich has served as Pioneer president since 2004. He joined Pioneer in 1974 as a corn breeder and has held several leadership positions within the company.

Schickler also joined Pioneer in 1974 in corporate accounting, and has held a number of administrative leadership roles before being named a Pioneer vice president in 1995. He assumed responsibility for Pioneer Latin America operations in 1999 and all Pioneer business operations outside of North America in 2003.