Duane Simpson Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Led the Stakeholder Relations, Commercial License to Operate and Sustainability teams to shape the external environment and build advocacy for ag technology - enabling market access and acceptance for Bayer's portfolio, platforms and pipeline and providing for commercial stewardship of these products. Provided strategic counsel to enable commercial strategy based upon societal, regulatory, political, and technological trends and opportunities. Accountable to anticipate trends and manage issues as they arise to mitigate the impact on the license to operate of Bayer and our customers.• Lead a cross-functional license to operate team for Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand that consists of business leaders, communications, government affairs, issues management, law and regulatory to align on business and license to operate priorities, develop strategies and resource teams appropriately for success.• Responsible for Bayer's relationship with customer, commodity and industry stakeholders. • Shape the environment for sustainable agriculture, including new markets for biofuels and expansion of regenerative agriculture.• Accelerate time to market for new products and defend established products by driving policies that enagle existing business as well as new spaces, advocation for product approvals and registrations, building coalitions, and directing industry association advocacy.• Responsible for protecting Bayer intellectual property in the field, ensuring the integrity of Bayer business processes, and driving commercial stewardship compliance.• Develop and execute effective strategies and tactics for maintaining the effectiveness, durability and license to operate of Bayer's emerging and commercial portfolio.• Provide for the representation of technical aspects of the portfolio and commercial business practices with key stakeholders and partners.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Led the Policy & Advocacy, Industry Affairs and Strategic Engagement teams to develop and implement agricultural policy in North America and to shape policy around the globe. Control a $15M budget. • Directed cross-functional leadership team of policy, government relations, industry affairs, law, regulatory, communications, issues management, and commercial devoted to protect Bayer’s license to operate.• Built a North American Crop Science sustainability strategy across global divisional commitments and US, Canadian and global companywide initiatives.• Successfully decreased team size from 36 to 18 during the company’s acquisition and subsequent restructurings while expanding capabilities and decreasing external consultant spend. • Implemented an advocacy communications strategy that supported our direct and indirect advocacy efforts. • Played a key leadership role as Member for North America Leadership Team-Commercial, Global Strategy & Sustainability Leadership Team-Crop Science, Global Public Affairs & Sustainability Steering Team-Crop Science, International Leadership Council-Crop Science, & Global Leadership Circle–Corporate.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Handled strategic planning, oversaw engagement initiatives, and forged productive relationships with government authorities to achieve targeted business goals.• Integrated Monsanto and Bayer legacy government, industry affairs and stakeholder relations teams in the US and Canada through collaboration, problem solving, conflict resolution, and process improvements.• Led the Canadian and US federal, state and local government affairs teams including the development and implementation of the company’s North American government affairs strategy to shape agricultural policy in North America and influence policy around the globe.• Directed the Canadian and US industry affairs teams to build and maintain strategic relationships with key customer and stakeholder organizations whose common interests help shape agricultural policy.• Provided strategic political counsel to the CEO and senior management.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Navigated a staff of 15 with responsibility for all state and local government initiatives impacting all aspects of Monsanto’s business throughout the 50 states and Puerto Rico.• Planned, developed, and launched state attorneys general (SAGs) strategy which included direct individual meetings with 16 SAGs and group meetings with 4 additional SAGs to approve merger between Monsanto and Bayer.• Organized joint and individual meetings with Monsanto and Bayer CEOs with multiple Governors to gain support for merger between Monsanto and Bayer.• Oversaw three budgets totaling $6M for Monsanto’s regional, state and local government affairs, community affairs and political giving efforts. • Directed 33 consultants across 31 states for lobbying, public relations and ethics support.• Handled all ethics compliance and reporting at the state level to support the company, closely collaborating with Corporate Governance on Proxy Material.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Responsible for all state and local legislative and freedom to operate initiatives in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. Lead a 15 member team that is also responsible for maintaining political relationships with state farm bureaus, agribusiness associations, commodity organizations, chambers of commerce and biotechnology associations.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Responsible for state legislative and freedom to operate initiatives impacting all aspects of Monsanto's business in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

As Chief Operating Officer & Vice President, managed all training programs, meetings, publications, public relations and communications. As the association's chief lobbyist, responsible for state and federal legislative and regulatory activities with direct day-to-day responsibilities at the Kansas Capitol and in the state regulatory agencies. Served as Administrator for the Kansas Agri Business Council. Responsible for the Tomorrow's Agribusiness Leader's Program. Served as staff contact for the Legislative Committee and the association's contract lobbying clients.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Agribusiness

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