Q&A
Greg Thompson started his career at BASF and is now president and CEO of White Energy. Jeanne McCaherty, CEO of
Guardian Energy Management, came to the ethanol industry from ag-giant Cargill. Both say the industry is a community, working together toward common goals without much competition with each other. “I don’t know of any industry quite like it,” McCaherty says. Ethanol Producer Magazine talked to them both about their experiences, their transitions to the ethanol industry and what they learned along the way. Here’s what they had to say.
EPM: Tell us about your background.
‘I worked in privately backed companies for a number of years and White Energy had that private equitybacked play on it.’ - GREG THOMPSON
PRESIDENT AND CEO, WHITE ENERGY
Thompson:
I was with BASF for the first part of my career. ... And then I worked at Nufarm and ran about a $4 million agricultural group for Nufarm in North America, so running all sales and marketing on their agricultural side for a
number of years. … Then I left Nufarm to start Verdesian Life Sciences. … I was founder and president and chief operating officer. I was there for that period of time and then felt that it was time to do something different. I like agriculture and liked
To hear more, visit us at FEW 2019 in Indianapolis, IN, USA, booths #2014-2016
58 | ETHANOL PRODUCER MAGAZINE | JUNE 2019