MOLINE, Ill., Dec. 20, 2016 /CNW/ -- Deere & Company
(NYSE: DE) today announced the election of Alan C. Heuberger to the company's Board of
Directors. Mr. Heuberger is a senior investment manager at BMGI,
the office responsible for all non-Microsoft investments for
William H. Gates III as well as for
the investments of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Trust. These investments include Deere & Company.
"We look forward to Alan joining the Deere Board of
Directors," said Samuel R. Allen,
Deere's chairman and chief executive officer. "His significant
management experience of investments in the agriculture industry is
a valuable addition to the Board."
At BMGI, Heuberger provides oversight on a variety of direct
private equity and real asset portfolio investments including the
firm's agriculture investments, which are comprised of farmland,
farm production and processing businesses, and various public
equity positions including Deere & Company.
Heuberger received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and
Mathematics from Claremont McKenna
College. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA) designation.
Deere & Company (www.JohnDeere.com) is a world leader in
providing advanced products and services and is committed to the
success of customers whose work is linked to the land – those who
cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to
meet the world's dramatically increasing need for food, fuel,
shelter and infrastructure.
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