Adriano Marcon

About Adriano

Adriano leads Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business. With 18,000 employees in more than 40 countries, the global business is an industry leader in optimal nutrition and farm management solutions for livestock, aquaculture and feed manufacturers.

Adriano has spent his 30-year career helping animal protein and nutrition companies strengthen their competitive advantages and grow, including 16 years of global general management experience in Private Equity-backed and large private organizations in the food and agribusiness sector. He has led businesses in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia, where he has overseen organizations through periods of organic growth, strategic acquisitions, asset-light models, and transformational business turnarounds.

Adriano started his career in 1994 as a livestock nutritionist in a broiler integrator in Brazil. In 1998, he joined Provimi, a global leader in animal nutrition supplements for industrial livestock. There he held several business leadership positions, including managing director for Brazil and the Latin America region. 

Adriano joined Cargill in 2012 as vice president, Cargill Animal Nutrition in Latin America. Since, he has held business leadership positions in different geographies, including North America, Iberia and China. In 2018, he became president of Cargill Aqua Nutrition, a global leader in salmon and shrimp nutrition. In 2019, Adriano became president of Cargill Animal Nutrition, where he led a business redesign, merger and transformation of two global businesses to create Cargill Animal Nutrition. In 2022, he oversaw the transformation of the Cargill Health Technology group, forming a new business focused on specialties, Cargill Micronutrition & Health Solutions. 

Adriano is Brazilian and enjoys leading differentiation-driven and customer-focused organizations. He holds an Agronomy and a Business Administration degree, a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidade Federal of Santa Catarina in Brazil, as well as an MBA. He also holds an Advanced Management Program degree from INSEAD. Since 2020, he has served on the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) Supervisory Board.

For Marcon, superior results are achieved when organizations provide employees fulfilling work experiences, contribute distinctively to customers’ success and help shaping industries to achieve their full purpose.