Spring Semester

Carl Hausmann

CEO Bunge North America
April 9-10, 2009

Hausmann was appointed CEO of Bunge North America in January 2004.

He was most recently the CEO of Bunge Europe, the position he held since coming to Bunge with the acquisition of Cereol S.A. in 2002. He was previously president and CEO of Cereol. He has also held chief executive positions with Cereol affiliates Eridania Béghin-Say, Cereol Europe and Central Soya.

Hausmann began his career in 1978 at Continental Grain, where he worked in South America, Europe, Africa and the United States. He is a past president of Fediol, the European association of oilseed crushers.

He received a B.S. in business from Boston College and an M.B.A from the INSEAD.

He is married to Silvia and they have two daughters—one in college (Wash U) and the other in high school. Silvia is originally from South America. He served in the military in Vietnam and was on the same boat as John Kerry.  Described as incredibly "down to earth" and interested in college recruiting, he frequently visits college campuses.

Hausmann visited MU in September 2005 with CAFNR alum Aaron Wiegand (1997 B.S. Gen Ag). They met with Dean Payne, FAPRI, John Gardner, Marc Linit, and Mike Nolan as well as John Walker from Life Sciences. They indicated interest in internships and FAPRI.

About Bunge

Bunge Limited (www.Bunge.com, NYSE: BG) is a leading global agribusiness and food company founded in 1818 and headquartered in White Plains, New York. Bunge's over 25,000 employees in over 30 countries enhance lives by improving the global agribusiness and food production chain. The company supplies fertilizer to farmers in South America, originates, transports and processes oilseeds, grains and other agricultural commodities worldwide, produces food products for commercial customers and consumers and supplies raw materials and services to the biofuels industry.

Current Partnerships/Giving to MU

The current research funding MU receives from Bunge came through the Solae Company (an alliance between Bunge and DuPont to get soy-foods in the marketplace) to support Fu-hung Hsieh's research in 2007 and 2008. Mizzou has also received funding from Bunge in the form of matching gifts, as Bunge employee donations to MU are matched by the company. Those donations amount to $2,500 total to MU.

CAFNR Alumni at Bunge

Aaron Wiegand (1997 B.S. Gen Ag) Commercial Manager
Jerry Gibson (1974 B.S. Ag) Regional Manager
Justin McAllister (2007 B.S. Ag Bus Mgmt) Export Grain Trader
Timothy Ridgley (1999 B.S. Ag Econ) Grain Elevator Manager

John Brown Scholars hired by Bunge:
Laura Bolte
Jessica Francka
John Halcomb
Justin McAllister