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Cargill CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, David MacLennan is the Cargill's CEO. Cargill has 166,000 employees, of which 34 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Cargill executive team is 26% female and 74% male.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of Cargill management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
David MacLennan

CEO

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cargill, Incorporated, a privately held company and world-leading producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services. Director of Ecolab since 2015. Vice Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Governance Committee.

Mr. MacLennan has served as Chairman of the Board of Cargill since 2015 and as Chief Executive Officer since 2013. He held the offices of Chief Operating Officer and President from 2011 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2013. Prior to these roles, Mr. MacLennan held several other positions with Cargill, including Chief Financial Officer, President of Cargill Energy and Managing Director of the Value Investment Group. He has also held various management positions with US Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Goldberg Securities.

Qualifications - With more than 25 years of leadership experience at Cargill, Mr. MacLennan has developed significant leadership and strategic planning skills, as well as extensive knowledge and insight in corporate governance, risk management, financial management and global business practices.

William Cargill

Founder

Roger Watchorn

Agricultural Supply Chain & Corporate Trading

Ruth Kimmelshue

Corporate Senior Vice President

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David Webster

Chief Risk Officer

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Jon Nash

Senior Vice President

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Julian Chase

Business Operations and Supply Chain, Chief Transformation Officer

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Pilar Cruz

Chief Sustainability Officer

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Jennifer Hartsock

Chief Information & Digital Officer

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Jen Hartsock is a VP/CIO at CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORP and Chief Information & Digital Officer at Cargill. She has worked as Chief Information Officer at Baker Hughes, CIO:Construction Industries at Caterpillar Inc., and Chief Information Officer at GE Oil & Gas. Jen studied at Illinois State University.

Brian Sikes

Chief Operating Officer

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Experienced leader in the global food and agriculture industry, committed to nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Driving strategic disruptions and delivering products for today’s customers and the next generation of global consumers. Proven record of managing risk, leading effective global operations and commercial teams. Focused on developing a deep bench of leaders and mentoring people with unconventional career paths.

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William Cargill

Founder

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Name & TitleBio
David MacLennan

CEO

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cargill, Incorporated, a privately held company and world-leading producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services. Director of Ecolab since 2015. Vice Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Governance Committee.

Mr. MacLennan has served as Chairman of the Board of Cargill since 2015 and as Chief Executive Officer since 2013. He held the offices of Chief Operating Officer and President from 2011 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2013. Prior to these roles, Mr. MacLennan held several other positions with Cargill, including Chief Financial Officer, President of Cargill Energy and Managing Director of the Value Investment Group. He has also held various management positions with US Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Goldberg Securities.

Qualifications - With more than 25 years of leadership experience at Cargill, Mr. MacLennan has developed significant leadership and strategic planning skills, as well as extensive knowledge and insight in corporate governance, risk management, financial management and global business practices.

Ross Hamou-Jennings

Chair of Asia Pacific

Bernard Poussot

Board Member

Gregory R. Page

Board Member

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cargill. Mr. Page served as Executive Director of Cargill from 2015 to 2016, Executive Chairman from 2013 to 2015, Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2013, and President from 2000 to 2007. He was elected to the Cargill Board of Directors in 2000 and elected Chairman of the Board in 2007. He is past-chair of the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, past president of the Northern Star Council of the Boy Scouts of America and continues to serve on both boards as well as the board of Alight (formerly known as the American Refugee Committee). Mr. Page is on the board of the following public companies in addition to 3M: Eaton Corporation, Deere & Company. Mr. Page also serves as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Corteva Agriscience.

Director since 2016.

Louis R. Chenevert

Board Member

Richard Anderson

Board Member

Cargill leadership demographics

Cargill gender distribution in management team

  • The Cargill executive team is 26% female and 74% male.
  • Cargill is 37% female and 63% male company-wide.
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Male
74%
Company-wide: 63%
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Female
26%
Company-wide: 37%

Cargill executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Cargill executive officers is White.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of Cargill's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 64% of employees are White.
  • 16% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 9% of employees are Black or African American.
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What employees say about the executives at Cargill

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2023
Pros of working at Cargill

Values

Cons of working at Cargill

Nothing

Cargill benefits

I got expanded work experience and skills like agility, adaptation, leadership skills

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2022
Pros of working at Cargill

Good co-workers

Cons of working at Cargill

Equipment breaks down often, equipment doesn’t work, problems don’t get handled and stay a problem

Cargill benefits

Learning opportunities and working with a great team

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at Cargill

Benefit package

Cons of working at Cargill

Prejudice/individual supervisors, Their point system

Cargill benefits

Discount on food

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2020
Pros of working at Cargill

working with Cargill was one of the best thing i can ever think off. yes i said was because i was working with Cargill cocoa and chocolate research west Africa as a country lead of Cameroon. i had to move over to be with my family in the US after 7 years. As an African, it was just so great to see a Company that treat all the workers with love , dignity and respect. supervisors will criticizes what you do wrong but will also appreciate what you do right and train you for future success. promotion is open to all who are capable to do the job, not about who you know or were you came from. Just that team work, interactions among workers, safety and all the advantages is what i think all will like to work with cargill.

Cons of working at Cargill

well among all the good points, Cargill also have some issues. Is very challenging to move from one city or country and gain a job in cargill in another country. Can't say much about what i don't like about Cargill because i have not work with them here in the US.

Cargill benefits

The team work, the good communications and the conducive working environment .

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2020
Pros of working at Cargill

Cargill is an amazing company with high morals and work ethic! Cargill is composed of leadership that values hard work and creates an inviting diverse community.

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