Soren Schroder

Soren Schroder
Born	Søren Wølck Schrøder[1][2] 1962 or 1963 (age 61–62)[3] Aarhus, Denmark[1][2]
Nationality	Danish[4]
Alma mater	Connecticut College
Occupation	businessman
Title	CEO, Bunge Limited
Term	June 2013-
Predecessor	Alberto Weisser

Søren Wølck Schrøder (born 1962/63) is a Danish businessman,[1][2] the CEO of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, since June 2013.[5][6]

Early life

Søren Wølck Schrøder was born in Aarhus in Denmark, but moved to the United States to study at Connecticut College, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics.[1][3][5]

Career

After finishing his bachelor's degree, Schroder worked for Continental Grain for more for than ten years and then transferred to Cargill for a shorter period.[2] From 1997 to 2000, Schroder was a board member of the Danish company Scanola, but otherwise he has worked exclusively abroad.[1]

He has worked for Bunge since 2000, initially as Protein Director at Bunge Global Markets.[1][3] From 2010 to 2013 he was CEO of Bunge North America.[7] He became CEO of Bunge Limited in June 2013, succeeding Alberto Weisser.[8] On December 10, 2018, Bunge announced Soren will be stepping down as CEO as soon as a replacement has been found.

References

1. Bindslev, J.C.; Westermann, C. (October 5, 2015). "'Ukendt' dansker til tops i udlandet: Er han verdens bedst betalte dansker?" (in Danish). TV2 News. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
2. "Soren Schroder er en dansk stjerne i toppen af en af verdens største virksomheder" (in Danish). vl.dk. March 24, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
3. "Executive Profile: Soren W. Schroder". bloomberg. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
4. "Søren Wølck Schrøder" (in Danish). udvandrerne.dk. February 7, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
5. "Soren Schroder | World Economic Forum". Weforum.org. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
6. Polansek, Tom (April 17, 2015). "Bunge boss of two years faces pressure to improve results". Reuters. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
7. "Management". Bunge. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
8. Weiderman, Greta (February 7, 2013). "Bunge appoints Soren Schroder as CEO". www.bizjournals.com. St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved June 12, 2017.