Terrell K. Crews

Terry Crews joined ADM’s board of directors in May 2011. He serves as chairman of its audit committee and is a member of the executive and sustainability/corporate responsibility committees.

Crews retired from Monsanto in November 2009 following a 32-year tenure with the company that culminated in nearly a decade of service as its executive vice president and chief financial officer. Crews also served as CEO of Monsanto’s vegetable division from August 2008 until his retirement.

Earlier, he was the global finance lead for Monsanto’s Global Seed Group, where he oversaw the financial integration of 11 acquired seed companies. And in 1997, he was appointed the company’s general auditor following assignments as controller for Latin America and as CFO of Monsanto’s Asia-Pacific operations.

Crews is a member of the board of directors of Hormel Foods Corporation, where he serves as chairman of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee, and WestRock Company, where he serves as the chairman of the finance committee and is a member of the audit committee. He is also lead director at Teays River Investments, is a member of the board of trustees at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn., and serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis.

Crews holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Freed-Hardeman University and a master’s degree in management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.