Florian Schattenmann

Florian Schattenmann is Cargill’s Chief Technology Officer, driving innovation across the company and leading global R&D teams for Cargill’s Food and Bioindustrial enterprises.

In this role Florian accelerates the development of market and customer-driven solutions that shape the future of the food and agriculture industries. He also oversees the company’s food, safety, quality and regulatory team and chairs Cargill’s Ventures Board.

Florian joined Cargill in 2018 and brings more than 25 years of innovation leadership ranging from deep science to transformational change. Under his leadership, Cargill teams have received numerous accolades for breakthrough innovations including Edison Awards and Fortune America’s Most Innovative Companies.

Prior to joining Cargill, Florian spent eight years at The Dow Chemical Company leading innovation across a diverse set of businesses, leveraging unique chemistries and advanced technology to drive market-focused product development. Earlier in his career, Florian held leadership roles at SulphCo Inc., Momentive Performance Materials, General Electric (GE)-Bayer Silicones and the GE Global Research Center.

Florian is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, holds seven U.S. patents and has numerous publications. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), and Vernay Laboratories Inc., in addition to multiple advisory boards including the College of Science and Engineering at University of Minnesota, the Department of Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison and the American Chemical Society CTO forum.

He holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his Diplom Chemiker degree from the Technische Universität München in Munich, Germany.