James C. Collins Jr.

James Collins joined ADM’s board of directors in August, and is a member of the compensation and succession, and sustainability and corporate responsibility committees.

From 2019 to 2021, Collins was CEO and a member of the board of Corteva Agriscience, a Fortune 200 agricultural and seed company with 22,000 employees around the globe. Prior to that, he served in a variety of leadership positions in the agriculture business at Corteva’s predecessors, DowDuPont and DuPont, including chief operating officer and executive vice president. His leadership experience during his 37 years at the company spanned engineering, supervision and business and strategic management.

Collins served on the board of CropLife International, the advisory board for the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, and the board of trustees of the Hagley Museum and Library. He also was a member of the US China Business Council, and the Business Roundtable, where he served on the Special Committee on Equity and Racial Justice and the Climate Policy and Trade Committees. He currently serves on the University of Tennessee Lone Oaks Farm Advisory Council and the Board of Trustees of Longwood Botanical Gardens.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Christian Brothers University in Tennessee, and an MBA from the University of Delaware.