Christopher Cuddy

Senior Vice President, President, Carbohydrate Solutions and President, North America Archer Daniels Midland

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Christopher Cuddy has been a Senior Vice President of ADM since 2015 and President of its Carbohydrate Solutions business unit, which covers the company’s global sweeteners, starches, ethanol, wheat milling and biosolutions businesses. Since 2025 he has also been ADM’s regional president for North America, overseeing its business across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, and he is a member of its Executive Council. Cuddy joined ADM in 1998 as a commodity trader and held merchandising and management roles including North American sales manager of ADM BioProducts, vice president of corn processing, president of the Almex joint venture in Mexico, president of sweeteners and starches and president of the corn processing unit. He has spent his career in ADM’s corn and carbohydrate businesses.

Career Highlights

• Senior Vice President of ADM and President of Carbohydrate Solutions since 2015.
• President, North America, since 2025.
• President of the Corn Processing business unit and of Sweeteners and Starches.
• President of Almidones Mexicanos (Almex), an ADM joint venture in Mexico.
• Joined ADM in 1998 as a commodity trader.

Professional Journey

Cuddy earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, and joined ADM in 1998 as a commodity trader, according to the company. He went on to merchandising and management roles including North American sales manager for ADM BioProducts and vice president of corn processing.

He was president of Almidones Mexicanos (Almex), an ADM joint venture based in Guadalajara, Mexico, then president of sweeteners and starches and president of what was then the corn processing business unit. In March 2015 he became president of the Carbohydrate Solutions business unit and in May 2015 a senior vice president of the company.

In 2025 ADM also named him president of North America, to support its business across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, according to its 2026 proxy, which lists him among its named executive officers. He is a member of the Executive Council and serves on the boards of the Corn Refiners Association, Red Star Yeast Company and Almex. ADM, based in Chicago, reported 2025 revenues of $80.3 billion across three reportable segments, Ag Services and Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions and Nutrition, according to its 10-K.

ADM’s 2026 proxy says the company’s 2025 results were affected by market volatility, shifting global trade conditions and continuing uncertainty around U.S. biofuel policy, factors its compensation committee weighed when setting annual incentive payouts for the named executive officers.

Education

Appalachian State University

Bachelor’s degree, Business administration