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Juan Luciano

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Archer Daniels Midland

Search every verified Juan Luciano interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Juan Luciano, Chairman, President and CEO of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, discussed the company’s second quarter 2026 performance during earnings calls held in early August 2026. He credited the Ag Services team’s flexibility and global footprint for strong results amid geopolitical tensions, noting that the company’s assets and optionality are designed to ensure food supply during disruptions. Luciano also highlighted a pipeline of approximately $2 billion in portfolio opportunities, with plans to execute them over time to maximize shareholder value, and mentioned that the company may evaluate opportunistic share repurchases given its financial position. Luciano outlined plans to expand capacity at existing plants, identifying 10 facilities with potential for capacity unlocks at roughly one-quarter the cost of greenfield construction, with four plants moving forward in an initial phase. He also expressed support for precision fermentation as a platform, stating that feeding a growing global population will require animal, vegetable, and microbial-based proteins, and noted that ADM has underutilized fermenters that could support this effort. In earlier remarks from the fourth quarter 2024 earnings call, Luciano said the company’s guidance did not include tariff impacts due to unpredictability, while noting that U.S.-imposed tariffs could have a slight positive effect but retaliatory measures posed a risk.

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