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10 John Deere finance leaders
These ten current and former John Deere finance leaders include chief financial officers, vice presidents of finance, financial reporting and credit, and a former comptroller. A reader can learn how John Deere's finance organization approaches financial reporting, division finance, credit and international finance.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aussama Bazaraa
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Financial Reporting · John Deere
Vice President, Financial Reporting at John Deere since May 2026. The profile also lists John Deere roles as Director, Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting (2023–2026), Senior Manager of Technical Accounting (2022–2024), Manager of International Accounting (2017–2022) and Corporate Financial Analyst (2013–2017).
Belma Jusufovic
LinkedInExperience: Chief Credit Officer, VP Credit US & Canada · John Deere
Chief Credit Officer, VP Credit US & Canada at John Deere since May 2026; her profile headline places the role at John Deere Financial. At John Deere she was also Director, John Deere Financial Transformation Office (2024–2026) and Director Global Credit Management (2022–2024), and she was Business Banking Manager and VP at Wells Fargo (2018–2019).
Boon Tay
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · John Deere
Chief Financial Officer at John Deere since July 2022, based in Brisbane; his profile headline lists Australia & New Zealand and CPA Australia. At John Deere he was also Managing Director (2017–2022) and Wholesale Credit Manager (2016–2017), and he held two Controller roles (2012–2013 and 2013–2015).
Brent Norwood
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · John Deere
Chief Financial Officer at John Deere since January 2026. His profile also lists Vice President & Finance Director for Construction & Forestry John Deere Power Systems (2023–2026), where it says he led the global finance and accounting function, as well as Head Of Investor Relations (2018–2023) and Corporate Strategy & Business Development (2015–2018) at John Deere.
Christopher Samec
LinkedInExperience: VP & Finance Director, Small Ag & Turf · John Deere
VP & Finance Director, Small Ag & Turf at John Deere since January 2026. At John Deere he was also Finance Director, Lifecycle Solutions, Supply Management, Customer Success (2024–2026), Operations Group Controller - Business Model Transformation (2024) and Operations Group Controller R4 Production & Precision Ag (2020–2024).
Greg Greazel
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Finance Director Construction & Forestry and John Deere Power Systems · John Deere
Vice President and Finance Director Construction & Forestry and John Deere Power Systems since May 2026. At John Deere he was also Strategic Project Manager (2025–2026), Global Group Controller (2023–2025), Group Controller (2020–2023) and Financial Controller (2019–2020).
Josh Jepsen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · John Deere
Former Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of John Deere (2022–2026), and Deputy Financial Officer at John Deere before that (2022). He was also Director, Investor Relations (2018–2022) and Manager, Investor Communications (2015–2017) at John Deere, and he has been SVP & CFO at Honeywell Aerospace since February 2026.
Mark Ferres
LinkedInExperience: Regional Finance Director -John Deere Financial · John Deere
Managing Director at John Deere since 2024; his profile headline names the business as John Deere Financial Ltd. He was Regional Finance Director -John Deere Financial (2014–2024), Interim Managing Director (2023–2024) and Financial Director (2007–2014) at John Deere, and his profile says he became a Partner with Deloitte.
Richard Lynn
LinkedInExperience: V.P. and Comptroller · John Deere
Former V.P. and Comptroller at John Deere (2019–2023); his profile headline says he has retired from Deere & Co. At John Deere he was also Director, Financial Reporting (2014–2019), Director Corporate Consolidations (2014) and Assistant Treasurer, International Finance Group (2012–2014).
Stefan von Stegmann
LinkedInExperience: Vice President International Finance · John Deere
Former Vice President International Finance at John Deere (2014–2020); his profile headline says the role covered Europe, CIS and Africa and that he is retired. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of John Deere Bank S.A. (2014–2021) and Member Board of Directors of John Deere Bank S.A. (2009–2014).
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Match the person's scope to your question: corporate CFO, comptroller and financial reporting leaders suit questions about reporting, controls and investor communication, while division, regional and credit leaders suit questions about product-line economics, dealers or financing. Check whether each John Deere role is current or past before asking about recent practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does John Deere's finance team partner with production divisions on pricing, costs and capital spending?
- 02What does strong financial reporting and SEC reporting look like at a large equipment manufacturer?
- 03How does a captive finance and credit business support equipment sales through dealers?
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