Brett Duffy

Biography

 Brett is a currently corporate development and analytics officer for the fifth largest dairy cooperative in the United States producing over 6 billion pounds of milk annually. His background includes managerial positions at Cargill in their renewable energy and environmental securities trading unit after serving as General Director of an affiliate that managed Cargill’s operations across southern Russia. Between 2004 and 2007 Brett was the founding member of a corporate investment fund at Cargill charged with accelerating emerging business across the globe in the agro supply chain. Before Cargill, Brett was a Vice President of a boutique investment bank that structured and transacted over $1B in mergers and acquisitions in the food and beverage industry. He is a U.S. Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War, is fluent in Russian, and he holds an MBA from Northwestern University  

Research Interest

 Plant Science