Kristen Eshak Weldon

Kristen Eshak Weldon is Head of Food Innovation & Downstream Strategy at Louis Dreyfus Company. An American and British national, Kristen joined the Group in 2019 after 13 years at Blackstone, where she held several positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Senior Managing Director (Partner) and Co-Head of the London office, with oversight of the London investment team and supervising legal, compliance, investor relations and business development activities. Prior to Blackstone, she worked in commodity derivatives at JPMorgan in London and New York. Kristen also served as Founding Board Member of 100 Women in Finance Ltd. between 2007 and 2017. In addition to pursuing a Sloan Fellowship Master’s degree in Leadership and Strategy at London Business School, she holds a degree in Finance & International Business from Georgetown University (US), UK and US securities regulatory FCA qualifications, and received several awards over the years recognizing leading women in finance.