Who are Archer-Daniels-Midland's decision-makers?

Juan R. Luciano leads Archer-Daniels-Midland as Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. Key leaders include Monish Patolawala (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer), Nandha Kumar (Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Officer), Christopher M. Cuddy (Senior Vice President; President, Carbohydrate Solutions and North America), Regina Jones (Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer).

The practical reading is that strategy and capital allocation sit with the CEO, CFO, board, and business-unit leaders, while execution happens through regional, plant, field, commercial, quality, supply-chain, IT, and procurement teams.

Large purchases are rarely owned by one executive. Finance usually tests payback and budget fit, procurement controls process and supplier onboarding, IT/security validates data and integration risk, legal manages contract exposure, and business-unit or site leaders own the operating outcome.

For sellers, the first champion may be in operations, food safety, agronomy, R&D, supply chain, commercial, or digital transformation, but the final approval path usually includes economic, technical, and risk stakeholders.

Archer-Daniels-Midland combines corporate leadership with product, region, facility, farming, processing, distribution, or brand teams. That creates separate buying centers for corporate systems, plant technology, logistics, ingredients, quality, sustainability, finance, HR, and commercial tools.

A strong account plan maps each use case to the level where the pain is measured: headquarters for enterprise platforms, business units for strategic programs, and plants, farms, labs, or distribution sites for operational ROI.