Michael Leader is responsible for regulatory policy and stakeholder engagement for Bayer CropScience in Asia. In this role he drives engagement with key stakeholders to advance science-based regulation of agricultural innovations, and to make Bayer a credible scientific partner of choice in the region. He is currently Chair of the Asia Pacific Seed Association’s Plant Breeding Innovation Standing Committee and immediate past-Chair of CropLife Asia’s gene editing taskforce. In previous roles in Bayer, he has led the Asia Pacific Seed Association’s International Trade and Quarantine Standing Committee as well as the International Seed Federation’s phytosanitary committee, and been elected to the position of President of the Australian Seed Federation. He has also worked in government biotechnology and quarantine regulatory agencies in Australia, as well as in international life science industry associations. Michael has a Law Degree and a Science (First Class Honors) Degree in molecular biology from the Australian National University.