Ryan Campbell

Ryan Campbell is President, Construction & Forestry Division and Power Systems, a position he assumed in May 2022. In this role, Campbell leads a team focused on the sustainable, profitable growth of the company's construction and forestry equipment business around the globe as well as the continued success of the Wirtgen Group. He also has responsibility for the company's engine and powertrain businesses.

Campbell brings 25 years of wide-ranging experience to his current position. Prior to assuming his current role, he was Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, where he had overall responsibility for John Deere’s finance functions. In this job, he worked closely with other company leaders in launching John Deere’s Smart Industrial strategy. Its goal is to deliver intelligent, connected machines and applications that will revolutionize production systems in agriculture and construction, while unlocking customer economic value across the full lifecycle of their products in a sustainable way. Under Campbell’s leadership, the company also introduced its Leap Ambitions, which align the company’s business and sustainability goals.

Throughout his career, Campbell has spearheaded strategic initiatives focused on enhancing the company’s profitability and strategic positioning, developing future leaders. He has been an unrelenting advocate for driving higher levels of commitment to economic and environmental sustainability through John Deere’s digitalization journey. Under Campbell’s leadership as CFO, the company achieved record levels of financial performance. He also led the charge to implement ambitious goals focused on more environmentally sustainable outcomes.

Campbell earned an accounting degree from Simpson College and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.