Luke Kissam

Luke Kissam is the chief executive officer of the Corteva crop protection business and will become chief executive officer of “New Corteva,” the future publicly traded, differentiated crop protection company, at the time of the current company’s planned separation.

Luke brings to the role extensive experience in specialty chemicals as well as agriculture: he previously served as chairman, president and CEO of Albemarle Corporation, a global specialty chemicals leader, until his retirement from the company in June 2020.

Luke joined Albemarle in 2003 as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary and served as senior vice president, manufacturing and law, and corporate secretary from 2008 until his promotion to president in 2010. Prior to joining Albemarle, Luke served as vice president, general counsel and secretary of Merisant Company, having previously served as associate general counsel at Monsanto.

He currently serves as board chair of The Citadel Foundation and as board chair of Cirba Solutions, a leading battery recycling materials management company. Previously, Luke served on the boards of DuPont de Nemours, Inc., OGE Energy Corp., and Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

Luke earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from The Citadel and a magna cum laude law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Luke Kissam

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