Tina Lawton
Tina Lawton (born 1967) is Operating Director in Paine Schwartz Partners. Ms. Lawton has broad international management experience in the agricultural industry having worked for Syngenta and its legacy companies, including AstraZeneca, in North America, Europe, and Asia from 1989 to 2019. Her tenure culminated in her role as Regional President for Asia from 2013, where she successfully grew the business and improved customer satisfaction, and employee engagement despite challenging market conditions. In recognition of her leadership, she received the WBCSD Leading Women Award in 2018 for fostering inclusive partnerships across the agricultural value chain, advancing the region’s sustainability agenda, and empowering women and girls in agriculture. Today, Ms. Lawton serves as a professional Non-Executive Director (NED) and Operating Director, applying her strategic leadership and agricultural expertise to a portfolio of companies spanning the agricultural value chain. In these roles, she focuses on strategy development and implementation, contributing to sustainable growth, governance excellence, and transformational change. By bringing deep industry insight and operational expertise, she ensures organizations are well-positioned to navigate opportunities and challenges effectively.
Ms. Lawton also sits on the boards of AgroFresh, a Portfolio Company of Paine Schwartz Partners and Unifrutti, a Portfolio Company of ADQ.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Pure and Applied Biology from the University of Oxford.
She is independent of Yara’s board and executive management.
