Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant retired as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company, a global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality, in June 2018 upon the closing of the merger of Monsanto Company and Bayer AG. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company from 2003 until June 2018. Mr. Grant previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Monsanto Company at the time of an initial public offering in 2000 and remained in that position for the subsequent spin-off of the company in 2002.

Mr. Grant has been a Director of PPG Industries, Inc. since September 2005, including as independent Lead Director since April 2014. He is currently Chair and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board and a member of the Human Capital Management and Compensation Committee of the Board at PPG. Mr. Grant is also a director of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., since December 2021, serving on its Compensation Committee.

He also serves on the boards of two Flagship Pioneering companies: Invaio Sciences, Inc. since February 2022 and CIBO Technologies, Inc. since June 2022.