Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his state visit to Washington on Friday with a meeting with both US and Indian business leaders. Prominent figures from the business world, including the CEOs of Boeing, Amazon, and Google, convened in the East Room of the White House to participate in the event. Notably, Mark Douglas, the President & CEO of FMC, was also present among the 15 CEOs invited, representing the agriculture industry.
FMC Corporation, a leading agricultural sciences company, dedicates itself to providing innovative solutions to farmers worldwide. Their extensive product portfolio is fueled by a market-driven discovery and development pipeline, focusing on crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management.
List of 15 CEOs Confirmed for Meeting with PM Modi:
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Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google
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Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
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Tim Cook, CEO, Apple
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Revathi Advaithi, CEO, Flex
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Lisa Su, CEO, AMD
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Thomas Tull, Founder, Tulco LLC
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Hemant Taneja, CEO and Managing Director, General Catalyst
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Mark Douglas, President and CEO, FMC Corporation
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Will Marshall, CEO, Planet Labs
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CAPT Sunita Williams, U.S. Navy (Ret.), NASA Astronaut
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Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
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Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group
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Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & MD, Reliance Industries
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Nikhil Kamath, Co-Founder, Zerodha & True Beacon
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Vrinda Kapoor, Co-Founder, 3rdiTech
About Mark Douglas
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Mark A. Douglas has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of FMC Corporation, since June 2020, an agricultural sciences firm that enhances farming via innovative and sustainable crop protection technology. From June 2018 to May 2020, he headed FMC's commercial, operational, and technology organisations as President and Chief Operating Officer. Douglas was designated President of Agricultural Solutions in October 2012, following his appointment as President of the Industrial Chemicals Group in 2011. He joined FMC as Vice President, Global Operations and International Development in March 2010.
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Douglas was previously Vice President, President Asia, Dow Advanced Materials at The Dow Chemical Company. Douglas was previously Corporate Vice President, President Asia, Rohm & Haas Company, situated in Shanghai. He previously worked for Rohm and Haas in Philadelphia as Corporate Vice President, Director Procurement and Logistics.
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Douglas worked for Rohm and Haas for 21 years, holding sales, marketing, and general management positions in London, Asia, and Philadelphia. Douglas has been on the Board of Quaker Houghton since January 2013, is Chair of the Governance Committee, and is a member of the Sustainability Committee.
