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Brad Williams

Data Management Lead, Global IT

Brad Williams is presently working as the Data Management Lead for Cargill as part of the Data and Business Intelligence team within Cargill's Global IT organization. Data Management encompasses Master Data Standards, Master Data Processes, Data Quality, Data Governance, Enterprise Content Management and SharePoint.� Prior to his current role, Mr. Williams was a member of the Cargill Corporate Controller�s team as a Senior Financial Advisor serving as Cargill's Finance Liaison with The Mosaic Company (Cargill's former publicly traded subsidiary in the Fertilizer industry).� Prior to this, he had been the Business Unit Controller for Cargill Chocolate and Cocoa, located in Lititz, Pennsylvania.� Previous to that he� was a Director and the Controller for Toshoku Limited in Tokyo, Japan supervising all accounting and risk management activities worldwide for Toshoku including China, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, the United States, England and Italy (Toshoku became a 100% owned subsidiary of Cargill in 2000).� Mr. Williams joined Cargill in 1983 and spent five years working in various positions in Cargill�s Internal Audit function covering audit activities in the U.S., Canada and Asia-Pacific.� He lived in Singapore for approximately 7 years prior to his 1995 relocation to Japan as Country Controller and Assistant Vice President for Cargill Japan.� Mr. Williams graduated from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.� He is also a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) and a Certified Internal Auditor (Inactive).� He serves on the Advisory Board to the Herberger College of Business. �