Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today named Ben Bard vice
president and global chief compliance officer. Bard will be responsible
for ADM’s Office of Compliance and will oversee the company’s compliance
policies and programs, including the code of conduct, ethics helpline,
global anti-corruption program, trade compliance, antitrust and
competition law, data protection, privacy, and conflict of interest
policies. His appointment will be effective Jan. 20, 2014.
“Ben has extensive experience in managing global compliance and ethics
programs, and his expertise and leadership will be invaluable as we
continue to focus on policies and programs that reinforce ADM’s
commitment to conducting business ethically and responsibly,” said
Cameron Findlay, ADM senior vice president, general counsel and
secretary.
About Benjamin Bard
Bard joins ADM after seven years at The Coca-Cola Company. As the
principal ethics and compliance counsel within Coca-Cola’s global ethics
and compliance office, he managed programs covering global trade
sanctions, anti-corruption, third-party-integrity, due diligence and
conflicts of interest. Prior to his time at Coca-Cola, Bard worked in a
variety of compliance and risk management roles for Capital One
Financial Corporation.
Bard earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in
Evanston, Ill., and a Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University
School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio.
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company
(NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve vital needs.
Today, 30,000 ADM employees around the globe convert oilseeds, corn,
wheat and cocoa into products for food, animal feed, industrial and
energy uses. With more than 265 processing plants, 460 crop procurement
facilities, and the world’s premier crop transportation network, ADM
helps connect the harvest to the home in more than 140 countries. For
more information about ADM and its products, visit www.adm.com.
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