Leadership
Kemin Leadership Teams
As a global company that thinks globally and acts locally, Kemin has both global and regional boards of advisors and leadership teams. Through these boards and teams, Kemin leadership is able to provide strategic direction and insight to support the long-term growth of Kemin.
Kemin is comprised of 16 independently operated business units and initiatives worldwide, each with its own president or general manager, leadership team, industry focus and regional customer segment. This structure helps each business unit act locally, strengthen its expertise in the industry and provide specialized solutions that truly meet its customers’ needs.
While each business unit operates independently, many of Kemin’s insights, best practices and breakthroughs can be shared and applied across the company. This allows Kemin to continually evolve, improve and strive toward a shared vision of transforming the quality of life.
Leadership Teams - Global and Regional | Kemin Industries
Kemin Executive Leadership Team
- R.W. Nelson | Chairman of the Board
- Mary Nelson | Corporate Vice President
- Dr. Chris Nelson | President and CEO
- Elizabeth “Libby” Nelson | Vice President and General Counsel
- Pat Wood | Chief Financial Officer
- Giuseppe Abrate | Worldwide Group President – Food and Human
- G.S. Ramesh | Worldwide Group President – Animal Nutrition and Health
- David Raveyre | Worldwide Group President
- R. Kannan | Worldwide Vice President, Human Resources
- Karen Li | Vice President, Worldwide Marketing
- Dr. Zhilin Gan | President, Animal Nutrition and Health – China
- Johan Opperman | President, Animal Nutrition and Health – Sub-Saharan Africa
- Daryl Schraad | President, Animal Nutrition and Health – North America
- João Gomes | President, Animal Nutrition & Health – South America
- R. Sureshkumar | President, Animal Nutrition and Health – South Asia
- Dr. Hai Meng Tan | President, Animal Nutrition and Health – Asia Pacific
- Dr. Stefaan Van Dyck | President, Animal Nutrition and Health – EMENA
- Leo Xie-Lei | President – AquaScience™
- José Piccolotto | President – Human Nutrition and Health
- Marsha Bro | President, Food Technologies – EMEA
- Marc Scantlin | President, Food Technologies – North America
- Michelle Lim | President, Food Technologies – Asia
- Bruno Palermo | General Manager, Food Technologies – Latin America
- Valter Dompe | President, Kemin Textiles Auxiliaries
- Lorenzo Cavallaro | General Manager, Crop Technologies
- Malek Abdelqader | General Manager, Biologics
- Kimberly Nelson | General Manager, Kemin Nutrisurance – North America
Commitment to Servant Leadership
Across all regions, departments and job functions, Kemin is committed to being a company with a culture of servant leadership.
Kemin leadership demonstrates and teaches all employees the key principles of servant leadership: respect, appreciation, competence, empowerment, modeling pioneering, service, trust and vision. These values are the essence of the culture at Kemin. The values define how we treat our colleagues, customers, business partners, communities and suppliers. The values of servant leadership remain constant in an ever-changing business, shaping Kemin’s culture and guiding our success.