Susan Fornaro

Susan joined UPL in January 2023 and is responsible for all legal matters of the global crop protection. Susan joins us from Klöckner Pentaplast, a food and pharmaceutical packaging company, where she was General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary.

Susan is a commercially minded international lawyer who comes with diverse leadership experiences. After honing her skills at international law firms, she has served for over 20 years as in-house counsel for companies in various sectors, including with Boston Scientific Corporation as International Counsel and Lead Counsel for Latin America and Middle East before moving to Cabot Corporation for seven years, where she was Counsel for EMEA and South America and was later promoted to Chief Counsel. She later moved to Valspar and then BMI Group as General Counsel before joining Klöckner Pentaplast. Susan is a graduate from the Tulane University Law School in the US.