RE:RE:U.K. Cambridegeshire Feel the Buzz Agritech April 26 BVT Actually Ashish Malik was directly involved in a Bayer buyout prior to the one you mention. So yes, that is a possibilty going forward.
Part of an old post here concerning that..
In 2011 Ashish Malik was the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and a member of the executive team with Agraquest, a supplier of biological pest control products.
Agraquest's revenue in 2011 was $40 million.
A year later...
In 2012 Bayer Cropscience with revenues of €1.8 billion in 2011 purchased Agraquest for approximately $500 million!! which included milestone payments and Ashish Malik joined their team as Vice President of Global Marketing for Biologics.
Here's a link concerning that transaction
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bayer-buys-agraquest-adds-to-biopesticide-lines-2012-07-04