internal
James Zallie
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
8 yr
4 reports
Ingredion Incorporated ·INGR
Interim CFO inserted under long-tenured CEO after retirement
Food, Beverages & Tobacco · Fortune #498 · Functional structure · 11K employees · Westchester, Illinois
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4
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 8)
4
Avg span
moderate
2
Max depth
2 levels
3.8 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
50%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$7.2B
Operating income
$1.0B
Net income
$729M
Total assets
$7.9B
Shares out
63M
Sourced from Ingredion Incorporated DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-08 ↗ View on SEC
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Ingredion currently operates with a combined Chairman and CEO and an interim CFO following a March 2026 retirement. This page maps the executive structure, summarizes recent leadership changes, and compares Ingredion’s lean C-suite to food ingredient peers.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Jason Payant joined as Interim Chief Financial Officer
Appointed effective April 1, 2026.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Appoint Permanent CFO Transition from interim to permanent CFO to stabilize long-term financial leadership.
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The people
Who's running this
5 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Jason Payant
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Finance
0 yr
0 reports
Tanya Jaeger de Foras
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
Legal
4 yr
0 reports
Robert Ritchie
Executive Vice President, Food & Industrial Ingredients, Americas
Commercial
3 yr
0 reports
Eric Seip
Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Operations
4 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.
James Zallie $12.9M
- Base salary
- $1.29M
- Stock awards
- $6.51M
- Option awards
- $2.00M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.19M
- Pension change
- $665K
- Other
- $281K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Ingredion Incorporated divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Finance
500 employees
Interim Chief Financial Officer (Jason Payant)
Oversees financial reporting, planning, treasury, and investor-related finance activities.
Legal & Compliance
120 employees
SVP, Chief Legal Officer (Tanya Jaeger de Foras)
Manages corporate governance, compliance, ethics, and regulatory affairs globally.
Global Operations & Supply Chain
6K employees
SVP, Global Operations (Eric Seip)
Runs manufacturing, sourcing, logistics, and supply chain across global facilities.
Food & Industrial Ingredients
3K employees
EVP, Food & Industrial Ingredients (Robert Ritchie)
Leads commercial strategy and product solutions for food and industrial ingredient markets.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Ingredion’s most distinctive current structural feature is the insertion of an interim CFO reporting directly to a long-tenured CEO following a retirement, rather than an immediate permanent succession.
This creates a temporary but visible finance leadership gap at the C-suite level.
The organization otherwise remains a traditional functional structure, with major global functions—finance, legal/compliance, operations, and commercial ingredients—reporting directly to the CEO. There is no separate COO role; instead, global operations and supply chain are consolidated under a single SVP role.
This structure reflects stability at the top, with James Zallie combining Chairman and CEO roles since February 2026, while allowing flexibility in finance leadership during the transition from James Gray to a permanent CFO.
- Interim CFO appointed after retirement
- Chairman and CEO roles combined
- No standalone COO role
The comparison
How Ingredion Incorporated stacks up
Compared with similarly sized global food ingredient peers, Ingredion operates with a relatively lean C-suite and a combined Chair/CEO role. Many peers maintain a permanent CFO and, in some cases, a COO to separate operational oversight. Ingredion’s interim CFO arrangement is more conservative and internally focused, …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
Ingredion Incorporated
2 levels
4 levels
5 levels
Tate & Lyle
4 levels
Kerry Group
5 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
Ingredion Incorporated — no COO — no CAIO
Tate & Lyle — no COO — no CAIO
Kerry Group ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
Ingredion appointed an interim CFO in April 2026 following the retirement of its long-serving CFO.
- new
- departedJames Gray Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Retired effective March 31, 2026.
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-08
- CEO
- James Zallie
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 3.5 yr
CFO transition announced but not yet effective at filing.
Named executive officers (5)
- James Zallie - President and CEO since 2017
- James Gray - EVP and CFO since 2018
- Tanya Jaeger de Foras - Chief Legal Officer since 2021
- Robert Ritchie - EVP, Food & Industrial Ingredients since 2021
- Eric Seip - SVP, Global Operations since 2020
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-09
- CEO
- James Zallie
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 3.2 yr
Stable executive team with no major C-suite changes.
Named executive officers (2)
- James Zallie - President and CEO since 2017
- James Gray - EVP and CFO since 2018
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-10
- CEO
- James Zallie
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 3 yr
Continuity in CEO and core executive roles.
Named executive officers (1)
- James Zallie - President and CEO since 2017
Year-over-year changes
The key change was the planned retirement of the CFO, setting up an interim succession.
- CEO span: 4 → 4
- C-suite size: 5 → 5
- Avg tenure: 3.2 → 3.5 yr
- departed James Gray - EVP and CFO (was EVP and CFO) (DEF 14A filed 2026-04-08)
The board
Board of directors
1 directors. 1 of 1 independent (100%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Victoria J. Reich
Lead Indep. Independent
Former CFO, Essendant Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Ingredion?
James Zallie has served as President and CEO since 2017 and also became Chairman in February 2026.
What type of organizational structure does Ingredion use?
Ingredion uses a functional organizational structure with major global functions reporting to the CEO.
How many direct reports does Ingredion's CEO have?
As of 2026, the CEO has four direct executive reports.
How has Ingredion's leadership changed recently?
In March–April 2026, the long-serving CFO retired and an interim CFO was appointed from internal leadership.
Does Ingredion have a COO?
No, Ingredion does not have a standalone COO; global operations are led by an SVP reporting directly to the CEO.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Mar 25, 2026
- Company 8-K, Jan 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Ingredion Incorporated DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Ingredion Incorporated 10-K Annual Report
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