Greg Heckman

Greg Heckman is Bunge’s Chief Executive Officer, a position he has held since 2019. He joined the company’s board of directors in October 2018.

With over four decades of experience in the agriculture, energy, and food processing industries, Mr. Heckman leads a team of approximately 37,000 employees dedicated to delivering results as a premier agribusiness solutions provider. During his tenure, the company completed its merger with Viterra, building on its unique role in the supply chain to become a leading, innovative global agribusiness company, well-positioned to navigate the complexities of modern markets and provide enhanced service to farmers and end-consumers. Under his leadership, the company has taken a global approach to its value chains, strengthened its financial discipline, improved operational efficiency, and spearheaded innovations to address the pressing needs of food security - market access for farmers, efficiency for end-customers, and sustainable food, feed and renewable fuel production. In 2023, Bunge was selected to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the premier stock index in the U.S. that is made up of 500 leading publicly traded companies on U.S. exchanges.

Before leading Bunge, Mr. Heckman was a Founding Partner of Flatwater Partners and served as the CEO of The Gavilon Group from 2008 to 2015. At Gavilon, he oversaw significant growth in the agriculture and energy sectors, culminating in the sale of the agriculture business to Marubeni Corporation and the energy business to NGL Energy Partners. Prior to that, he held positions as the Chief Operating Officer of ConAgra Foods Commercial Products and President and COO of ConAgra Trade Group.

Beyond his executive roles, Mr. Heckman serves on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and is a non-executive director on the Board of Directors of OCI NV, a global producer of fertilizer and chemicals. He is also a member of the CEO Council for the NYSE Board Services and actively participates in the Executive Committee of the Chair’s Council for Greater St. Louis, Inc.

Mr. Heckman holds a B.S. in agriculture economics and marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.