Corteva Agriscience, the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, announced a number of leadership changes on Sept. 18, which it said are designed to optimize the company’s ability to deliver growth and value for shareholders, customers, and employees as an independent, pure-play agriculture company.
James C. Collins Jr., who has served as chief operating officer of the Agriculture Division, will become CEO of Corteva Agriscience when it separates from the company, which is expected to occur by June 1, 2019. Corteva Agriscience combines the former DuPont Pioneer, DuPont Crop Protection, and Dow AgroSciences businesses.
The leadership team reporting to Collins includes Rajan Gajaria, who was formerly vice president of Crop Protection of the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont and will now be executive vice president of Corteva Agriscience’s Business Platform; Tim Glenn, former vice president of Seed of the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, now serving as executive vice president, chief commercial officer; Greg Friedman, who served as the head of finance of the Agriculture Division and vice president of Investor Relations for DowDuPont and is now Corteva’s executive vice president, chief financial officer; and Cornel Fuerer, head of legal for the Agriculture Division, who will now be senior vice president, general counsel.
“Over the past year, we have put in place a strong foundation to build Corteva into a global agriculture leader ideally equipped to grow by putting our customers at the center of everything we do,” said Collins. “Now we are putting the best people in the roles to accelerate the momentum we’ve built as a division and capture the dynamic opportunities we have to serve our customers as a multi-brand, multi-channel business and drive growth into the future.”