John Vaske

Mr. Vaske has been a member of the board since December 2019. Mr. Vaske is a Senior Managing Director at Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, which is the sole owner of Fullerton Fund Investments Pte Ltd, which is the sole owner of Maju Investments (Mauritius) Ptd Ltd, the Company’s largest stockholder. As Senior Managing Director, Mr. Vaske serves as both Head of Americas as well as Global Head of Agribusiness. He is also a member of Temasek’s Strategy, Portfolio and Risk Committee.

Prior to joining Temasek in 2016, Mr. Vaske was Co-Chairman of Global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Vaske joined Goldman in 1988 as an Analyst with the M&A team in New York. He relocated and worked in Tokyo from 1989 to 1991 before returning to New York in 1991 and remained with the M&A team until 1997. In 1997, Mr. Vaske was asked to head the Chemicals Group, which later merged into the Natural Resources Group. He relocated to London in 2005 to head the European Natural Resources Group. In March 2010, he returned to New York as Co-Chairman of Natural Resources Group and was promoted to his role as Co-Chairman of Global M&A in 2015.