Agriculture
10 CFOs in Agriculture
These ten finance leaders have served as CFOs of agriculture companies in areas that range from farming operations to crop protection and agribusiness. Readers can learn how agriculture CFOs approach planning, risk management and capital decisions in agricultural businesses.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anders Wind Svejborg
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Ingleby Farms
Chief Financial Officer at Ingleby Farms since 2025; the profile says the role aims to ensure that strong financial governance goes hand in hand with responsible, long-term farming. Former Head of Finance at DOF Denmark (2024–2025) and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis at A.P. Moller Holding (2019–2023).
Brent Hocklander
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CFO, Simplot Company · Simplot Company
SVP & CFO, Simplot Company since 2024; the profile describes Simplot as a family-owned global agriculture company with food, fertilizer and farming operations. Former VP Finance, Food Group at Simplot Company (2020–2025) and Director, Corporate FP&A Global Cost Consolidation at Micron Technology (2015–2020).
Brian James, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Bowles Farming Company, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer at Bowles Farming Company, Inc. since 2022; the profile describes Bowles Farming as specializing in agriculture and crops, with a history of farming in California including cotton and organic crops. Former CFO VP of Finance & Accounting at Sebastian (2021–2022) and VP - Finance at O'Neill Vintners & Distillers (2012–2021).
Christina Economou
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Novus Ag
Chief Financial Officer at Novus Ag since 2024; the profile says Novus Ag partners with local entrepreneurs to start, scale and professionalize agriculture businesses. Former Chief Financial Officer at Gowan Company (2009–2024), and former President of the Board of Directors at GOWAN ITALIA S.R.L. (2018–2023).
Dan Hennessy
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Meristem Crop Performance
Chief Financial Officer at Meristem Crop Performance since 2025; the profile describes Meristem as providing direct-to-farm service to American farmers. Former Land O'Lakes, Inc. roles include Vice President Animal Nutrition Marketing (2021–2024), Vice President Land O Lakes International (2020–2021) and CEO Bidco Land O Lakes (2019–2020).
Jason Pearce
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Maple Leaf Farms
Chief Financial Officer at Maple Leaf Farms since 2026 and former Chief Financial Officer at Wyffels Hybrids (2020–2026); the profile lists financial leadership as CFO of a $350M family-owned agricultural company. Former Divisional CFO - Large Power Systems Division at Caterpillar Inc. (2017–2019).
Kevin Cooney
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Ravensdown
Chief Financial Officer at Ravensdown since 2023, responsible according to the profile for group finance, corporate strategy, M&A, risk and a business model transformation. Former Chief Financial Officer & Head of Strategy (2018–2021), Chief Executive Officer (Acting) (2021) and Chief Operating Officer (2021–2023) at Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited.
Luciano Salvatierra
LinkedInExperience: Bunge North America - VP, CFO · Bunge
Former Bunge North America - VP, CFO at Bunge (2018–2020) and CFO - Bunge Mexico (2014–2018); other Bunge roles include Senior Vice President - Global FP&A (2020–2022) and Senior Vice President - Renewable Fuels (2022–2026). Chief Financial Officer at PureField Ingredients since 2026, with a profile headline describing an integrated agribusiness and energy transition executive.
Rupesh Gupta
LinkedInExperience: CFO - UPL Corporation Ltd. (Global Crop Protection Business) · UPL
CFO - UPL Corporation Ltd. (Global Crop Protection Business) at UPL since 2026, which the profile describes as a global ~$5Bn business, and former CFO - UPL Sustainable Agri Solutions Ltd (UPL India Business) (2019–2026). The profile cites 18+ years across agri, FMCG, pharma and chemicals; former Director & Head - North America Finance at Cipla (2017–2019).
Shane Steffensen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Christensen Farms
Chief Financial Officer at Christensen Farms since 2024; the profile describes Christensen Farms as a family-owned pork producer. Former Chief Financial Officer and General Manager-Custom Brands (2018–2024), COO and GM - Custom Branded Solutions (2019–2023) and Chief Financial Officer (2015–2018) at Lube-Tech.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's business type to yours, since a family-owned farming operation, a cooperative and a global agribusiness face different financing and governance questions. Check whether the CFO role is current and whether it covered a whole group, a country business or one division.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you manage working capital and borrowing across the agricultural season?
- 02What approaches have you used to manage commodity price and weather risk in the financial plan?
- 03How do you decide between investing in land, equipment or processing capacity?
Reaching CFOs in Agriculture
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