Regina Jones

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Archer Daniels Midland

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Regina Jones has been Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of ADM since September 2023 and is a member of its Executive Council. She oversees the agribusiness company’s global legal and regulatory affairs, compliance and integrity initiatives, security operations and government relations. Before ADM she was chief legal officer of Baker Hughes from 2020 to 2023 and executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Delek US Holdings from 2018 to 2020. ADM says she spent the first ten years of her career leading teams in information technology before moving into law, and has held global roles based in Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States. She is a director of the National Association of Manufacturers. She came to law after a decade in technology.

Career Highlights

• Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of ADM since September 2023.
• Chief Legal Officer of Baker Hughes, 2020 to 2023.
• Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Delek US Holdings, 2018 to 2020.
• Director of the National Association of Manufacturers.
• Member of the Economic Club of Chicago.

Professional Journey

Jones earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in general business from Sam Houston State University and a JD from South Texas College of Law with an emphasis in computer and technology law, according to ADM. The company says she led teams in information technology for the first ten years of her career and has held global legal roles based in Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States.

From May 2018 to April 2020 she was executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Delek US Holdings, and from April 2020 to September 2023 chief legal officer of Baker Hughes, according to ADM’s 10-K.

She joined ADM in September 2023 as senior vice president, chief legal officer and secretary, overseeing legal and regulatory affairs, compliance and integrity, security operations and government relations, and signs the company’s current reports to the SEC. She serves on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, and has served on the boards of South Texas College of Law, the March of Dimes in Houston and the State Bar of Texas. 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

South Texas College of Law

JD, Emphasis in computer and technology law

Sam Houston State University

Bachelor of Business Administration, General business