Lead Independent Director
Board Member since: 2015
Board Committees:
- Compensation & Human Capital Management
- Governance (Chair)
Qualifications – With more than 30 years of leadership experience, Mr. MacLennan brings to the Board significant strategic planning skills, as well as extensive knowledge and insight in corporate governance, risk management, financial management and global business practices.
Biography – Former Executive Chair of the Board of Cargill, Incorporated, a privately held company and world-leading producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services.
Mr. MacLennan served as CEO of Cargill from 2013 to 2022 and Chairman of the Board of Cargill from 2015 to 2022 before becoming Executive Chair of the Board and retiring at the end of 2023. He was the 9th CEO since the company's founding in 1865. He began his Cargill career in 1991 in Cargill’s Financial Markets Division in Cargill’s Minneapolis and London offices. He later moved to Geneva before becoming Chief Financial Officer in 2008, and Chief Operating Officer in 2011. Prior to joining Cargill, he began his career in the futures and securities sector in Chicago. He was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and Board of Options Exchange, and later in his career, president of fixed income capital markets at USBancorp Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis.
Other directorships held during the past five years – Director of Caterpillar Inc. Formerly a director of Cargill, Incorporated.