Board and Executive Responsibilities
- General and active management and supervision of the business of the company
- Chairman of the Monsanto Board of Directors with a term that expires in 2015
- Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Monsanto Board of Directors
Work History
- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- Managing Director, all Monsanto business units in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand
Other Public Company Board Memberships
- Board of Directors of PPG Industries, Inc., member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Officers-Directors Compensation Committee
Education
- B.S. (Honors) degree in Molecular Biology and Agricultural Zoology, Glasgow University
- Post Graduate Diploma in Agriculture, Edinburgh University
- MBA degree, International Management Center, Buckingham, U.K.
Memberships/Affiliations
- Board of Trustees of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- Board of Trustees - Washington University in St. Louis
- Board Member of CropLife International
- Member of Civic Progress
- Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Board of Commissioners of the St. Louis Science Center
