On March 5, 2012, Stevia Nutra Corp. appointed Dr. Ahmed Attia El Sheikh as its Chief Agronomy Officer. Dr. Ahmed Attia El Sheikh, was a researcher, with the Breeding and Genetics Department at the Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt (1995-2011). He was responsible for the stevia program for developing stevia crop cultivation and breeding as a new crop in the Sugar Crops Research Institute.