A senior grain executive search following a major cooperative merger After two agricultural cooperatives joined forces, the newly combined organization faced a gap neither legacy team could fill. It needed a senior executive to lead a substantial grain business spanning origination, merchandising, risk management, storage, transportation, and commercial strategy. The…
More DetailsA family business governance case study: rebuilding the board for growth A family-owned business had reached a governance inflection point. Its outside independent directors — loyal, long-serving — had grown so comfortable in their roles that they'd stopped challenging the status quo. As the family looked ahead, it recognized the…
More DetailsA family business succession planning case study in agriculture A closely held, family-owned agricultural company faced a family business succession planning challenge with unusual complexity: its long-tenured CEO, CFO, and Head of Operations were approaching retirement together, creating both urgency and opportunity. Beneath the executive transition ran a deeper generational…
More DetailsA VP search for a biotech company's sorghum seed operation A high-growth, entrepreneurial biotechnology company had acquired a new business unit focused on sorghum seed production. To ensure the unit's continued growth and development, and also help it play a vital role in the capture of bioenergy crop opportunities, the…
More DetailsA CEO search for a high-profile African agricultural initiative The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, a major development effort led jointly by the Bill & Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations, was poised for a high-profile rollout. This unique start-up venture already had Kofi Annan as chairman of its…
More DetailsA CEO search for a high-profile African agricultural initiative The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, a major development effort led jointly by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, was poised for a high-profile rollout. This unique start-up venture already had Kofi Annan as chairman…
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