Jim Collins

James C. Collins, Jr. currently serves as a Director on the Board of Archers Daniels Midland (ADM) and recently retired as Chief Executive Officer of Corteva AgriscienceTM. He was previously Chief Operating Officer for the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont. Prior to the DowDuPont merger, he was an Executive Vice President for DuPont responsible for the agriculture segments, which included DuPont Crop Protection and Pioneer Seed.

Starting with the announcement of the DowDuPont merger, Mr. Collins led the integration of legacy DuPont and Dow agricultural businesses to drive readiness for the ultimate spin of Corteva – a new leading pure-play agriculture company – which successfully separated from DowDuPont on June 1, 2019. During this time- period, Mr. Collins drove execution actions that lead to the realization of aggressive mid-term net sales and operating EBITDA growth targets for the business. This includes launching 14 new products from the innovation pipeline, implementing a multi-channel, multi-brand growth strategy, and making significant progress toward a best-in-class cost structure more than doubling the value of the company in three years.