Alan C. Adamson is a global supply chain/logistics executive and consultant with over 20 years of experience in international trading and supply chain management. He has held various leadership roles at Cargill, including General Manager of their global eBill of Lading and eDocumentation project, where he helped transition over 6 million tons of shipments to electronic documentation. Currently, he is an independent consultant advising on topics like commodity trade execution, global supply chain optimization, and trade finance solutions.

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Alan C. Adamson
Tel: +1 612­227­3056 ▪ Email: liverpoolgt@gmail.com
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Global Supply Chain / Logistics Executive
Consultant & Corporate Speaker
Accomplished and results driven professional with extensive experience within international trading and
supply chain management. Recognized for professionalism, commitment to excellence, and demonstrated
ability to communicate and work with senior management, associates, and customers. Excellent
interpersonal skill, able to communicate and collaborate effectively with co­workers at all levels. Self­
motivated and can work independently or on a team. Broad based qualifications include: Core Process
Redesign, Strategic Business Development, Trade & Structured Finance Activities, Business Excellence,
Business Acquisitions, Commodity Crop Procurement and Plant Process Operations (cotton ginning).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 EXCELLENT STRATEGIST ­ Provide solutions that boost productivity and efficiency across the
organization. Quickly identify problem areas and implement effective solutions to meet goals.
 EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS ­ Consistently recognized by colleagues for exceptional
talents in needs analysis and problem resolution in fast­paced environments.
 STRONG SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY ­ Solid professional standards; excellent track record of
dependability. Maintain focus on achieving results while implementing business solutions to meet a
diversity of needs.
 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT ­ Knowledgeable of business and management principles
involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, and coordination of people
and resources.
 CLIENT MANAGEMENT ­ Consistently demonstrate responsiveness, strong customer focus, and
ability to build good customer relationships.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACA Consulting
Global Supply Chain/Logistics Executive Minneapolis, MN 2016­present
Consultant and Corporate Speaker
Specialty Consulting Areas:
▪ Commodity Trade Execution continuous improvement and innovations
▪ Global Supply Chain and Logistics competitive advantage solutions
▪ Multi­bank trade finance solutions for corporations and financial institutions specifically, Global Trade
Corporation (GTC) http://www.globaltradecorp.com
▪ Paperless Trade
▪ Geo­political trading and execution risk mitigation
Cargill, Inc.
General Manager, Global eBill of Lading & eDocumentation Lead Minneapolis, MN 2014­2016
 Responsible for formulating, developing and implementing strategies to increase utilization of 'e'
technology between Cargill businesses and 3rd party supply chain partners, transferring import and
export documentation from paper to 'e' creation and transmission.
 Managing and mentoring Cargill business or locations globally who are, or are to be, enabled with the
efficiencies, cost saving and securities resulting from this technology.
 YouTube Global Trade Review Asian Trade Finance Week, Presentation, Singapore 2014. (Presentation
from min 2:28­11:41). Final comments: YouTube
Key Accomplishments and Contributions:
Since the completion of the role in India in 2013, now located in Minneapolis, as a General
Manager acting as Global Lead for Cargill's eBill of Lading & eDocumentation development and
implementation project.
Tripled Cargill’s use within two years of ‘e’ to capture nearly 6 million tons of Agri & Metals
shipments using eB/L & eDocumentation technology, working with Technology Governance, Risk
& Control, Enterprise Architecture and Legal. This cutting edge, overhead reducing solution
applied to Bulk, Tanker and Container transport.

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Working with USDA and key industry players to expand this technology to ePhytosanitary
certification.
Global Marketing & Development Manager Minneapolis, MN 2013­2014
 Occupied sales and marketing role principally aimed at Cargill's USA based businesses.
 Negotiating for greater utilization of the then mature 'off shore' shared service unit CGTS in Gurgaon,
highlighting where efficiencies and savings could be achieved.
General Manager Gurgaon, India 2010­2013
 Accepted the position to head an ambitious, innovative concept to create, lead and grow a Cargill
captive 'off shore' business.
 Managed this ‘off shore’ Execution and Finance shared service operation in Gurgaon, India GGTS
(Cargill Global Trade Solutions, now Cargill Business Services). Supported and partnered with multiple
and diverse ‘on shore’ Cargill businesses globally.
Key Accomplishments and Contributions:
Responsible for CGTS increase of 160% in personnel and was supporting 12 Cargill Business
Unit’s from three originally.
Employee engagement scores resulted in the high 70% and attrition in single figures compared
to Indian industry norms of 30%.
This pilot project has resulted in a Global expansion of ‘captive off shoring/shared service
consolidation’ as a Cargill Corporate strategy in key geographic locations.
Global Trade Execution Manager Liverpool, UK 1996­2010
 Promoted and charged to create and lead a fusion of former trading activities with various admin and
supply chain support departments into a single Trade Execution/Trading Support Team of some 50+
FTEs at head offices in Memphis and Liverpool and additionally 100+ FTEs globally.
Key Accomplishments and Contributions:
Letter of Credit clean negotiation rates of 98%.
Elevated to Cargill Cotton’s Senior Leadership/Management Team as Global Trade Execution
Lead in 2005 with significant additional worldwide FTEs, diverse geo­political, cultural,
commercial, system and logistical challenges to manage and homogenize.
Senior role as part of Cargill Cotton’s African ginning acquisition, development, expansion and
management infrastructural teams in Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and South Africa.
Solely responsible for building Cargill Cotton’s JV ginning business in Mozambique.
Pioneered the first Cotton supply chain routes from originating countries of the Central Asian
Independent States of the former Soviet Union to Bandar Abbas, Iran. A first for the Cotton
industry, which became and industry standard.
Responsible for Cargill Cotton’s ability to capture major market share from Uzbekistan &
Turkmenistan through development of multiple $100M pre finance risk mitigating products on
the Political Risk Insurance Market.
Developed a structure with Fortis, ABN Amro and ING Banks for taking such pre finance from
Cargill’s books by off balance sheet funding solutions for the above.
Introduced into Cargill the concept of remote Letter of Credit presentation and negotiations.
Responsible for creating an infrastructure through Confiscation, Nationalization, Expropriation
& Deprivation insurance tools to protect Cargill’s investment and business and allowed
continuance in geopolitically high risk markets of Zimbabwe, Iran, Sudan, etc.
Led a Core Process Redesign (CPR) of the Cargill Zimbabwe business resulting in major
managerial and process changes, improvements and efficiencies.
Similarly, led CPR projects in Cargill Cotton, Liverpool, Memphis, Zimbabwe, and Cargill Sugar
India. Employee Engagement Survey cycle 5 & 6 in Liverpool produced a Trade Execution
Score of mid 90%.
Management, International Trading, Sales and Marketing Prior to 1996
 Held various Management, International Trading, Sales and Marketing positions within the Cargill
organization.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Cargill Management & Leadership Academy Graduate
 Fundamentals of Management
 Transferring into Leadership
 Higher Performing Leadership
International Cotton Association, Arbitrator and Rules Committee Member
Cargill Business Excellence Award finalist, Cargill Global Trade Solutions 2013
Cargill Chairman’s Quality Award, Category: Innovation, Commendation
Cargill Core Process Redesign Tutor, Certified 2007