Joseph Taets
- Role
- Senior Vice President and President Asia Pacific at ADM
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joseph Taets
Experienced Senior Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the food…
Experience
Senior Vice President and President Asia Pacific
May 2021 — Present
Bio: Joe Taets is senior vice president and president, Asia Pacific (APAC) for ADM. In that position, he has oversight of all of ADM’s business activities and leads strategy and growth activity across ADM’s business lines in that region. Taets is a member of the company’s Executive Council, and serves as ADM’s executive champion for quality and food safety. Previously, Taets served as president, Global Business Readiness and vice president, Global Procurement. As such, he oversaw the company’s global initiatives to reduce costs, improve efficiency and standardize business practices, and lead ADM’s global procurement organization. Before that, Taets was president of what was then ADM’s Agricultural Services business unit, responsible for the commercial activities and operations of the company’s agricultural origination, wheat milling, and global trading businesses, as well as its global transportation network. He has also served as president, ADM Europe, Middle East and Africa, and president, Grain. Taets joined ADM in 1988. Taets serves on the boards of ADM International; American River Transportation Company; ADM Australia Holdings; and ADM Grain River System Inc. He also represents ADM on international boards in Canada, Germany, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Holland, Mexico, Panama and Switzerland. Taets is a member of the Board of Directors of Chicago-based Urban Initiatives and acts as a trustee for the Boys & Girls Club of America Midwest Region. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and an MBA from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Executive Management Course
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Executive Management Course
Iowa State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Agricultural Business and Management
1984 — 1988
Harvard University
Executive Management Course
Drake University
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
1990 — 1992
Skills
- Risk Management
- Management
- Negotiation
- Supply Chain Management
- Agribusiness
- Business Strategy
- Business Development
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Agriculture
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