FIVE POINTS, Calif., Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) announced today that Mark Wong, Chairman of Agrivida, has been elected to its Board of Directors at the 2014 annual meeting of its stockholders on December 9, 2014.
Mark Wong has more than 35 years of experience in agribusiness with particular expertise in technology integration and commercialization. Since 2008, he has been Chairman of the Board or CEO of Agrivida, a company that is developing and commercializing high-performance products that incorporate novel, regulated proteins precisely engineered for specific applications in a variety of markets, including animal nutrition, bio-based fuels and chemicals, and industrial enzymes. Concurrently, from 2009 to the present, he is a founding partner at Colorado Financial Holdings, a private venture investment and investment bank that specializes in the agricultural, energy and biotechnology sectors. From 1999 to 2006, he was founder and CEO of Emergent Genetics, Inc., an international seed biotech company. Previous to that Mr. Wong founded and/or served as Chairman or President at companies ranging from Agrigenetics (Founder and COO), a seed and biotechnology company, and BioFuel Energy Corp. (Chairman), a corn ethanol company. Mr. Wong has extensive experience in operations management, technology assessment, business acquisition and divestiture, and international business. Mr. Wong holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of Finance.
Mark Harvey, chairman of the board of S&W Seed Company, commented, "We are pleased that someone with agriculture industry expertise the caliber of Mark Wong is joining the Board of S&W Seed Company. Mark has a strong background of developing ag businesses with leading biotechnology traits that have subsequently been acquired by a number of the world's largest seed companies. As S&W advances in the deployment and integration of biotech capabilities into its leading seed varieties, Mark's experience and industry relationships should prove to be extremely valuable for S&W Seed Company."
About S&W Seed Company
Founded in 1980, S&W Seed Company is a global agricultural company, headquartered in the Central Valley of California. The Company is the largest producer of non-dormant alfalfa seed varieties in the world, with production operations in the San Joaquin and Imperial Valley's of California, as well as in South Australia. The Company has worldwide sales and distribution through both a direct sales force as well as dealer-distributors. The Company's proprietary varieties are designed to meet the shifting needs of farmers that require high performance in poor and highly saline soil conditions and have been verified over decades of university-sponsored trials. Additionally, the company is utilizing its research and breeding expertise to develop and produce U.S.-based stevia leaf. Stevia is an all-natural, zero calorie sweetener for the food and beverage industry. For more information, please visit www.swseedco.com.
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Company Contact: |
Investor Contact: |
Matthew Szot, Chief Financial Officer |
Joe Dorame, Robert Blum, Joe Diaz |
S&W Seed Company |
Lytham Partners, LLC |
Phone: (559) 884-2535 |
Phone: (602) 889-9700 |
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