10 Cargill operations leaders
Koen Baars, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Ag & Trading at Cargill, is one of ten Cargill operations leaders listed here, alongside people who hold vice president operations and manufacturing and supply chain roles at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Cargill from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Adebowale Alabi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain Food APAC · Cargill
Adebowale Alabi has been Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain Food APAC at Cargill since January 2025, working from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to the profile. Adebowale Alabi was FIBI APAC Operations and Supply Chain Lead from 2023 to 2025, Regional Operations Lead CSST Asia from 2021 to 2023 and Operations Lead CSST SEA from 2019 to 2021, and was a Plant Manager at the company from 2017 to 2019.
Enrique Villars
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Enablement – NA Food · Cargill
Enrique Villars has been Vice President, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Enablement – NA Food at Cargill in Wichita, Kansas, since December 2024. Enrique Villars was Manufacturing Excellence Lead (2023–2024), Supply Chain Sr. Director – Co Manufacturing (2022), Business Operations and Supply Chain Leader - Asia & Europe (2019–2022) and Regional Supply Chain Director (2017–2019) at Cargill.
Kim Woodburn
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain APAC · Cargill
Kim Woodburn has been Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain APAC at Cargill in the Greater Melbourne Area since December 2024, and has served as a director of Cargill Processing Limited, Cargill Australia Limited and AWB Grainflow Pty Ltd since 2016. Kim Woodburn was Managing Director Group Business Operations and Supply Chain APAC from 2022 to 2024.
Koen Baars
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Ag & Trading · Cargill
Koen Baars has been Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Ag & Trading at Cargill in Wayzata, Minnesota, since September 2024. Koen Baars was VP, Global Business Operations & Supply Chain, Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain (2023–2024), VP, Global Operations and Environment, Health & Safety (2019–2023) and VP, Global Director of Operations, Cargill Animal Nutrition (2014–2017) at Cargill.
Leon Fletcher
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Cargill
Leon Fletcher has been Vice President Operations at Cargill in Wichita, Kansas, since August 2020, and the profile headline names the role as Vice President of Operations for the Primary Division. Leon Fletcher was Director of Operations (2018–2020), Complex General Manager (2015–2018), Plant Operations Manager (2012–2015) and Operations Manager (2011–2012) at Cargill.
Leslie Milligan
LinkedInExperience: Edible Oils North America Operations Vice President · Cargill
Leslie Milligan has been Edible Oils North America Operations Vice President at Cargill in Marysville, Ohio, since December 2024. Leslie Milligan was Site Leader (2021–2024), Refinery Superintendent (2019–2021), Value Engineering Manager (2018–2019) and New Product & Process Lead - Operations Value Engineer (2017–2018) at Cargill.
Mark Fox
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain · Cargill Animal Nutrition
Mark Fox has been Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Cargill Animal Nutrition in Overland Park, Kansas, since October 2022, and the profile headline names North America as the scope. Mark Fox was Supply Chain Director (2018–2022), Regional Director of Operations (2010–2018) and Plant Operations Manager (2004–2015) at Cargill, and held plant engineer and plant manager roles at Cargill Juice (1999–2004).
Matthew Pearson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain - Foods NA · Cargill
Matthew Pearson has been Senior Vice President Manufacturing and Supply Chain - Foods NA at Cargill in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since December 2024. Matthew Pearson was Vice President Business Operations and Supply Chain - Food Solutions Americas (2022–2024), Director Business Operations Supply Chain for global edible oils (2020–2022) and Director Of Operations (1999–2020) at Cargill.
Mike Christensen
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations - Starches, Sweeteners and Texturizers North America · Cargill
Mike Christensen has been Vice President Operations - Starches, Sweeteners and Texturizers North America at Cargill in Excelsior, Minnesota, since March 2025. Mike Christensen was Operations Manager - GEOS North America (2021–2025), Global Category Lead - Food Service Oils (2020–2021), Regional Operations Manager (2017–2020) and Facility Leader (2015–2017) at Cargill.
Vanessa Rocha Pereira
LinkedInExperience: Vice President for Manufacturing Ag & Trading Latam · Cargill
Vanessa Rocha Pereira has been Vice President for Manufacturing Ag & Trading Latam at Cargill in São Paulo, Brazil, since February 2025. Vanessa Rocha Pereira was North America Strategy and Strategy Activation Leader (2024–2025), North America Supply Chain Leader (2020–2024) and South America Supply Chain Leader (2019–2020) at Cargill, and the profile describes a career in supply chain, operations and strategy across Latin America and North America.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's business and region, such as food in North America or Asia Pacific, edible oils, starches and sweeteners, animal nutrition or agricultural supply chains, to the operation you are weighing. Weigh whether they run a global manufacturing network or a regional set of plants, since each sees different tradeoffs.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which plant or supply chain measures matter most in the network you run?
- 02How do you decide where to invest in capacity, automation or safety across many sites?
- 03What have you learned about running plants in different regions?
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