Rick Pedersen currently serves as the President of Ornua Ingredients North America.
Prior to joining Ornua, Rick held executive roles as the President and CEO of Agrana North America and with Fonterra Americas leading global customers and ultimately as the CFO for the Americas. Rick’s career experience has been in both the ingredients industry as well as CPG with an 11-year tenure at Nestle Nutrition including leading the Walmart and Target businesses.
Rick Pedersen was born and raised in Green Bay, WI with roots in Dairy where he spent many summers working on his grandfather’s dairy farm in Bonduel, WI. Rick went on to graduate from University of Wisconsin -Madison with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. After many years of living and working across the US and the Globe, Rick has now returned home to Wisconsin where he resides with his wife and young daughter.
