LongPing appoints new Director of Field Operations.

With extensive experience in the seed and commercial crop sector, Diego Vilarinho (pictured) has taken on a new role as Director of Field Operations at LongPing High Tech. The executive will be responsible for coordinating the company's operations in Brazil and Africa/Tanzania, encompassing activities such as external trials for genetic research, production of mother seeds of corn, soybeans and sorghum, as well as commercial production.

Based in Paracatu (MG), Vilarinho has over eight years of experience at LongPing. Prior to his new role, he held the position of Sales Director, leading commercial operations in the Southeast, Northeast, and part of the North of the country.

The executive has 18 years of experience in agribusiness and also built a nine-year career at Dow AgroSciences. He is an agricultural engineer graduated from the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), holds a master's degree in vegetable production from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), and an MBA in Business Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV).