Heinrich (Heiri) Gugger is a Managing Director at Kincannon & Reed, where he specializes in recruiting senior-level "impact players" for the biotech, agribusiness, and life sciences sectors. With over 13 years at the firm, he leverages his extensive background as a former senior executive to help organizations build high-performing leadership teams. Prior to his career in executive search, Heiri held several high-profile leadership roles, including CEO of QuoNova LLC and President and CEO of Icoria, Inc., where he led a significant turnaround and transformation into a diagnostics discovery company. Notably, he served as President of Syngenta Crop Protection, successfully leading the $2 billion merger between Novartis Crop Protection and Zeneca Ag-Chemicals. His early career included significant tenures at Ciba-Geigy and IBM Research. Heiri holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry and a Diplom Chemiker from the University of Bern.