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.

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
• Kimberly Nelson | President, Kemin Textiles Auxiliaries
• Tammi Guldenpfennig | Chief Financial Officer
• Haley Stomp | Senior Vice President, Marketing
• Giuseppe Abrate | Worldwide Group President, Food and Human
• G.S. Ramesh | Worldwide Group President, Animal Nutrition and Health 
• Dr. Zhilin Gan | President, Animal Nutrition and Health, China
• Johan Opperman | President, Animal Nutrition and Health, Sub-Saharan Africa
• José Piccolotto | President, Animal Nutrition and Health, South America
• Daryl Schraad | President, Animal Nutrition and Health, North America
• R. Sureshkumar | President, Animal Nutrition and Health, India
• Dr. Hai Meng Tan | President, Animal Nutrition and Health, Asia 
• Dr. Stefaan Van Dyck | President, Animal Nutrition and Health, EMENA
• David Raveyre | President, Pet Food and Rendering Technologies
• Valter Dompe | President, Food Technologies, EMEA
• Marc Scantlin | President, Food Technologies, North America and Latin America
• Michelle Lim | President, Food Technologies, Asia 
• Marsha Bro | Executive General Manager, Crop Technologies 
• Riaan Van Dyk | General Manager, Kemin Biologics

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.