Juan R. Luciano
Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
11 yr
5 reports
Archer Daniels Midland Company ·ADM
Three global business presidents run ADM’s operating P&Ls
Food & Agriculture · Fortune #42 · Divisional structure · 41K employees · Chicago, IL
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5
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 9)
5
Avg span
wide
2
Max depth
2 levels
4 yr
Avg tenure
↓ 1.0yr from FY2024
60%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$25.0B
Net income
$1.1B
Total assets
$52.4B
Shares out
481M
Sourced from Archer Daniels Midland Company DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-26 ↗ View on SEC
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ADM is organized around three global operating segments, each led by a President with full P&L responsibility reporting directly to the CEO. This page maps ADM’s divisional structure, executive team, segment leadership, recent changes, and peer comparisons.
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Latest signal Vikram Luthar departed as Former Chief Financial Officer
Resigned effective September 30, 2024 following administrative leave.
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The people
Who's running this
6 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
Monish Patolawala
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
1 yr
0 reports
internal
Gregory A. Morris
Senior Vice President and President, Ag Services and Oilseeds
Ag Services & Oilseeds
6 yr
0 reports
internal
Christopher M. Cuddy
Senior Vice President and President, Carbohydrate Solutions
Carbohydrate Solutions
5 yr
0 reports
internal
Ivan Pinner
Senior Vice President and President, Nutrition; Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Nutrition
4 yr
0 reports
internal
Regina B. Jones
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Legal
3 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Juan R. Luciano $23.9M
- Base salary
- $1.49M
- Stock awards
- $17.70M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.83M
- Pension change
- $114K
- Other
- $1.75M
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
Stock ownership requirements
10×CEO base salary
4×NEO base salary
5×Director cash retainer
Stock ownership guidelines disclosed in proxy statement.
| Holder | Shares | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Juan R. Luciano | 1.92M | <1% |
The businesses
How Archer Daniels Midland Company divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Ag Services & Oilseeds
18K employees
President, Ag Services & Oilseeds (Gregory A. Morris)
Manages global origination, merchandising, logistics, and oilseed processing operations.
Carbohydrate Solutions
12K employees
President, Carbohydrate Solutions (Christopher M. Cuddy)
Produces and markets sweeteners, starches, ethanol, and industrial carbohydrates.
Nutrition
8K employees
President, Nutrition (Ivan Pinner)
Delivers human and animal nutrition ingredients, flavors, and health solutions.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
ADM’s most distinctive structural feature is that its three global operating segments—Ag Services & Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions, and Nutrition—are each led by a President who reports directly to the CEO.
This places full P&L accountability at the divisional president level rather than diffusing it across regional or functional leaders.
The structure reflects ADM’s asset‑intensive, commodity‑exposed businesses, where scale operations, logistics, and risk management matter more than product-line proliferation. Finance and Legal remain centralized, while sales leadership is embedded within the Nutrition segment, signaling that commercial differentiation is most critical in higher‑margin ingredients.
Compared with peers, ADM runs relatively lean at the top, with no standalone COO and a CEO span anchored by business presidents rather than functional chiefs.
- Three segment presidents are named executive officers
- No Chief Operating Officer role
- Sales leadership embedded in Nutrition segment
The comparison
How Archer Daniels Midland Company stacks up
Relative to peers like Cargill (private) and Bunge, ADM’s structure is more transparently divisional, with clearly named segment presidents disclosed as NEOs. Unlike some food multinationals that layer regional CEOs or a COO, ADM concentrates authority at the segment level, keeping the CEO’s span focused on business …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
Archer Daniels Midland Company — no COO — no CAIO
Nestlé ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most consequential recent change was the appointment of Monish Patolawala as CFO in August 2024.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-26
- CEO
- Juan R. Luciano
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 4 yr
Leadership centered on three segment presidents as NEOs.
Named executive officers (5)
- Juan R. Luciano - CEO since 2015
- Monish Patolawala - CFO since 2024
- Gregory A. Morris - President, Ag Services & Oilseeds
- Christopher M. Cuddy - President, Carbohydrate Solutions
- Ivan Pinner - President, Nutrition
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-03-25
- CEO
- Juan R. Luciano
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 5 yr
CFO transition year with interim leadership.
Named executive officers (5)
- Juan R. Luciano - CEO since 2015
- Vikram Luthar - CFO
- Gregory A. Morris - President, Ag Services & Oilseeds
- Christopher M. Cuddy - President, Carbohydrate Solutions
- Ivan Pinner - President, Nutrition
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-03-25
- CEO
- Juan R. Luciano
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 6 yr
Stable divisional leadership structure.
Named executive officers (1)
- Juan R. Luciano - CEO since 2015
Year-over-year changes
The primary change was a CFO transition, slightly reducing CEO span and average tenure.
- CEO span: 6 → 5
- C-suite size: 6 → 5
- Avg tenure: 5 → 4 yr
- new Monish Patolawala - Chief Financial Officer (DEF 14A, Mar 2026)
- departed Vikram Luthar - Chief Financial Officer (was CFO) (DEF 14A, Mar 2025)
The board
Board of directors
2 directors. 1 of 2 independent (50%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Juan R. Luciano
Chair Inside
Chair and CEO, ADM
Terrell K. Crews
Lead Indep. Independent
Retired Executive
The board, organized
Board committees
1 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Archer Daniels Midland?
Juan R. Luciano has served as Chair, President and CEO of ADM since 2015.
What type of organizational structure does Archer Daniels Midland use?
ADM uses a divisional structure organized around three global operating segments.
How many direct reports does Archer Daniels Midland's CEO have?
ADM’s CEO has five direct reports, primarily segment presidents and core functional leaders.
How has Archer Daniels Midland's leadership changed recently?
ADM appointed Monish Patolawala as CFO in August 2024 following the departure of the prior CFO.
Does Archer Daniels Midland have a COO?
No, ADM does not have a Chief Operating Officer; operational authority sits with the segment presidents.
Sources
- DEF 14A, filed Mar 2025
- DEF 14A, filed Mar 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Archer Daniels Midland Company DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Archer Daniels Midland Company 10-K Annual Report
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