Jeanmarie F. Desmond

Biography

Ms. Desmond serves as co-controller of DowDuPont. Prior to the merger of Dow and DuPont, Ms. Desmond served as vice president and controller of DuPont since August 2015. She joined DuPont in 1989 and spent her career in various finance roles in controllership, investor relations, tax, and financial planning and analysis. In 2001, Ms. Desmond joined DuPont Crop Protection and moved to Cernay, France, as finance operations and credit manager for Europe, Middle East & Africa. Returning to the United States in 2004, Ms. Desmond took on a series of leadership roles in DuPont including global finance manager for Titanium Technologies, manager of Global Tax Accounting, and controller of the Coatings & Color Technology platform. In 2010, she was named director, Investor Relations, followed by director, Finance Integration Projects. In 2012, Ms. Desmond became director, Corporate Accounting and Reporting. In September 2014, she was appointed general auditor and chief ethics & compliance leader with global responsibility for internal audit, ethics and compliance. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Ms. Desmond earned a B.S. in accounting from Mt. St. Mary’s University and is a certified public accountant (inactive). Ms. Desmond is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Financial Executives International, Committee on Corporate Reporting. She also is an advisory board member for the University of Delaware, Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems (MIS).

Research Interest

 Accounting and Management