Chad Elected to Deere & Company Board of Directors

DuPont Chairman and CEO Chad Holliday has been elected to the board of directors of Deere & Company, effective May 30.

Founded in 1837, Deere & Company is the world’s leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. Headquartered in Moline, Ill., the company also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment.

“Chad is a distinguished global business leader and John Deere is fortunate that he has agreed to join the Deere & Company board of directors,” said Robert Lane, chairman and CEO, Deere & Company. “While guiding DuPont’s extensive worldwide operations, Chad has nurtured the broader business community’s understanding of profit opportunities from sustainably serving society. His grasp of complex societal issues, emerging global trends, and promising business opportunities, including those rooted in agriculture around the world, will further strengthen the Deere board.”