Soren Schroder | |
Birth Name: | Søren Wølck Schrøder[1] [2] |
Birth Place: | Aarhus, Denmark |
Nationality: | Danish[3] |
Alma Mater: | Connecticut College |
Occupation: | businessman |
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.[4] [5]
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] [6] [4]
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] 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.