Mark Zenuk

About Me

Mark Zenuk is a highly respected innovator and leader in the agriculture industry with over 30 years of experience. He has been instrumental in contributing to the $1.2 trillion gross domestic product generated by the agriculture, food, and related industries in the United States. In 1993, Zenuk started as a Marketing Manager for the Canadian Wheat Board, a Canadian Commodity Monopoly. Later, he became the Commodity Marketing Group General Manager for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. He managed the commercial trading operations of 344 primary and inland terminals, six special crop processing plants, five ports, and an organic flour mill. From 2000 to 2010, Zenuk held multiple international and domestic executive leadership positions with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest agri-food processors worldwide. 

He was the President of the Oilseeds business unit and the top executive of ADM's largest international business. Under his leadership, over 8,600 employees generated over $24 billion in revenue and $1.3 billion in operating profit. The operation of 116 inland commodity ports and terminals and 112 oilseed processing, industrial, refining, and packaged food operations in 20 countries was also part of the scope of his position. Zenuk held various positions in ADM, such as Managing Director for Europe and Asia, Senior Vice President of North American and European Oils, Fats and Biodiesel, Vice President of North American Oils and Fats, and Vice President of Moormans/ADM Animal Health and Nutrition. Zenuk’s experience has made him an expert in crop inputs, ports, commodity origination handling, oilseed processing, blue water shipping, vegetable oil refining and packaging, and branded and private-label food marketing and manufacturing.