Miller Magazine Issue: 136 April 2021

52 MILLER / aprıl 2021 NEWS Two new members are joining Cargill’s executive team as the company makes leadership changes to implement strategic growth initiatives. The leadership changes will be effective April 1, 2021. “These leaders are committed to our customer-driven growth strategy and have deep experience in, and a pas- sion for, innovation, disruption and building safe, respon- sible and sustainable solutions in food and agriculture,” said Dave MacLennan, Cargill chairman and CEO. “As we accelerate our growth strategy into specialties and value-add spaces, I’m confident this is the team to lead Cargill forward.” Jon Nash is joining the company’s executive team as the leader of the global protein and salt enterprise. He succeeds Brian Sikes, who was recently named the com- pany’s chief operating officer (COO). Nash led the North American protein business since 2019. Since joining Car- gill in 1998, he has held commercial, operations and fi- nance leadership roles in the protein business. Nash is based in Wichita, Kansas. Pilar Cruz joins the company’s executive team as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. In this role, she will have responsibility for the company’s sustainability, corporate responsibility and global communications functions. Cruz currently leads the company’s global aqua nutrition busi- ness, which recently announced the SeaFurther Sustain- ability program to help salmon farmers reduce the envi- ronmental footprint of their fish by 30% by 2030. Ruth Kimmelshue will now lead Cargill’s animal nutri- tion and health enterprise after five years leading global business operations and supply chains. She has been a member of the executive team since 2015, and previous- ly held leadership roles in the protein and agricultural supply chain businesses. Julian Chase, who leads the company’s transformation initiatives, will take on additional responsibilities leading business operations and supply chains. He joined the ex- ecutive team in 2018 and is driving a culture of continuous improvement in both commercial and functional areas. David Webster will lead the food ingredients and bio- industrial enterprise. Webster joined the company’s ex- ecutive team in 2019. He spent several years leading the global edible oils business, and most recently headed the company’s animal nutrition and health enterprise. Currently based in the U.S., Webster will relocate to the Netherlands in 2022. JAMIE MILLER NAMED CARGILL’S CFO Jamie Miller has been named Cargill’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and will serve on the company’s executive team. She will join Cargill on June 1, 2021, at the start of its new fiscal year. Miller succeeds David Dines, who has held the CFO role since December 1, 2018. Miller was the senior vice president and CFO at GE from November 2017 until February 2020. She joined GE in 2008, holding various leadership positions, including serving as president and CEO of GE Transportation. She was also Chief Information Officer and led the digital technology function, and she held operational responsi- bility for GE Capital. Cargill announces leadership roles to accelerate strategic growth