Kip Underwood

Kip Underwood is the Chief Executive Officer at Burcon NutraScience Corporation, a position held since November 2022. Prior experience includes serving as GM & Vice President of Sales at Benson Hill, where efforts were focused on developing a start-up ag-tech company into a thriving food ingredient business. Additional roles encompass Commercial Vice President at Aptar, NAFTA Regional President and Specialty Protein Vice President at DuPont Nutrition & Health, and various leadership positions at Solae, LLC. Kip Underwood's expertise spans commercial strategy, sales leadership, and market development, supported by an educational background in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and an International MBA from Saint Louis University.