Jon Nash

Jon Nash is the Executive Vice President of Cargill’s Food enterprise, which operates in more than 50 countries and employs more than 80,000 people.

As a member of Cargill’s Executive Team, Jon oversees the company’s food solutions, ingredients, and protein businesses, serving food and beverage manufacturers, foodservice companies, restaurants and retailers worldwide.

Jon brings more than 25 years of commercial, operational, and financial leadership experience across Cargill’s food and protein businesses. Since joining the company in 1998 as a financial analyst at Cargill’s beef processing facility in Schuyler, Nebraska, he has held a series of leadership roles of increasing responsibility.

Throughout his career, Jon has led acquisitions, supported the integration of newly acquired protein facilities and advanced through multiple leadership positions within Cargill’s Protein & Salt enterprise. Prior to assuming his current role in September 2024, Jon led Cargill’s Protein & Salt enterprise for three years.

Jon holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Missouri–Columbia and a Master of Business Administration from Virginia Tech. He also completed executive education studies at Harvard Business School.