Corteva, Inc.’s Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Chuck Magro as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective November 1, 2021.
He will also join Corteva’s Board of Directors. Magro most recently served as CEO of Nutrien and brings to Corteva extensive experience leading global agriculture companies to support value creation for all stakeholders.
He succeeds James C. Collins, Jr., who will work with Magro to assure a smooth transition and will retire from Corteva at year-end.
“Chuck has an extensive, proven track record driving profitable growth through innovation and execution in the agriculture industry," says Greg Page, independent chairman of Corteva.
"During nearly a decade of strong leadership at Nutrien and its predecessor Agrium, Chuck led the creation and integration of the world’s largest crop inputs, services, and solutions company and established a culture with a clear commitment to operational excellence and advancing sustainable agriculture solutions.”
“Corteva has established itself as the premier global agricultural technology company and I am excited to build on the momentum Jim Collins and this terrific team have generated,” says Magro. “With an unparalleled tradition of innovation, exceptionally strong customer relationships, and sustainability at the core of its business, we have an incredible opportunity to accelerate Corteva’s growth and value creation. Corteva is ideally equipped to advance the transformation of agriculture, helping farmers become more productive and sustainable and enabling us to feed a growing population while finding new ways to protect the planet. I can’t wait to get started.”
Magro served as president and CEO of Nutrien from the company’s launch in 2018 until April 2021. Prior to that, for four years Magro served as president and CEO of Agrium, which merged with PotashCorp to create Nutrien.
Before his appointment as CEO of Agrium in 2014, Magro held various other key leadership roles, including chief operating officer, chief risk officer, executive vice president of corporate development, and vice president of manufacturing. He joined Agrium in 2009 following a productive career with NOVA Chemicals.
Magro serves an active role on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. He was also vice chairman of the International Fertilizer Association and past chair and board member of The Fertilizer Institute, and served as a board steward for the World Economic Forum’s Food Systems Initiative, providing strategic leadership to build inclusive, sustainable, efficient, and healthy global food systems.
Magro holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (chemical engineering) from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Windsor.
About Corteva
Corteva, Inc. is a publicly traded, global pure-play agriculture company that provides farmers around the world with the most complete portfolio in the industry – including a balanced and diverse mix of seed, crop protection and digital solutions focused on maximizing productivity to enhance yield and profitability.
