Growth Comes When You Least Expect It
Jim Collins
Wednesday, 05 Oct 2016 at 7:00 pm – Richard and Joan Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building
Jim Collins is executive vice president at DuPont. He currently leads the company's agricultural segment and is managing DuPont's integration with Dow AgroSciences. During his more than thirty years with the company, Collins has held leadership roles with the Crop Protection division as well as DuPont's Industrial Biosciences business, where he led the $7 billion acquisition and integration of Danisco. He began his career as a young chemical engineer in DuPont Manufacturing and has since worked in operations, sales, and marketing and had corporate responsibility for government affairs, communications, and international business management in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. William K. Deal Leadership Lecture and part of CALS WeekCosponsored By:
- CALS Week
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture Fund
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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