Clara Simon

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About Clara Simon

Highly skilled and results-driven Agronomic Engineer and PhD in Plant Science with over 13 years of experience in the coordination, management and successful plant breeding in the very competitive seed industry. Powered by a passion for nature and research, hard worker specialized in business engineering and laboratory fundamental research which bridges a complementary double skill. Versatile, strong skills in mobilizing and leading teams to achieve targets thanks to very good interpersonal skills. Curious and quick learner, providing productive and stable varieties to farmers confirmed my commitment to participate in a more resilient agriculture. Comitted to use my strong organizational skills, enthusiasm and cooperative spirit to sustain agriculture. As a Head of the Rapeseed Breeding Program at Limagrain, contributed to improving the turnover of the rapeseed business unit by + 70%, to wining + 30% of market share, and to positioning Limagrain as the 1st European brand for this species jumping from 4th place in 2010 to 1st place since 2021. If you are interested to learn more, feel free to drop me a line.