Ray G. Young is the retired vice chairman and former chief financial officer of

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, since December 2010. He transferred his CFO responsibilities to an internal successor in April 2022 and he retired as vice chairman at the end of 2022. He was based at ADM's global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to ADM, he was the vice president of GM International Operations, based in Shanghai, China, at

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. He was named to this position effective February 1, 2010. Previously he served as GM

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(CFO) since March 3, 2008 until CFO

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moved into the position. Young had been at GM since the 1980s, moving up the ranks throughout his career having been the head of GM do Brasil and Mercosur Region, CFO of General Motors North America, among other positions. Currently, Young serves on the board of directors of International Paper Company (IP), Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) and Marsh McLennan (MMC). He is the chair of the audit and finance committee of IP. Young is of

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heritage.

Early years and education

Young was born in

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to immigrant parents from

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. He studied at the

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and received his MBA at the

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Rise through GM

He began his career at GM as a financial analyst in 1986 and promoted in 1988 to GM's offices in

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. Since then Young has held a number of positions within GM: * Director of capital markets and foreign exchange (New York) * Treasurer of GM Europe (Belgium) * CFO for CAMI Automotive (Canada) * GM executive liaison with Suzuki (Hamamatsu Japan) * VP and CFO of GM North America (Detroit) * President and managing director of GM do Brasil and Mercosur (São Paulo Brazil) * CFO (Detroit) * Vice president – International Operations (Shanghai China)

Personal

Young is married with one child and lives in Chicago Illinois.

References

Ray G. Young

Ray G. Young
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