Christopher Langholz is BU Leader of Cargill Animal Protein since March, 2011. Chris joined Cargill in 1995 as General Manager of feed business in Cargill Animal Nutrition and has continuously worked in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China (Jiaxing, Zhejiang), Spain and Portugal and was later appointed Vice President of Cargill Animal Nutrition. In May 2008, Chris was appointed Process Improvement Projects Lead for the Tartan project (Mainly equipped by SAP, Tartan is Cargill’s long-term project to create the standardized processes it needs for growth). He was responsible for new process and new software design projects of all the operations worldwide. In September 2009, he was promoted as President of Cargill Ag Horizons United States. In March 2011, Chris moved back to China and was appointed BU Leader of Animal Protein Business Unit of Cargill to be responsible for the production, processing and sale of animal protein products in China. Before joining Cargill, Chris served as Southeast Regional Manager and Global Operations Manager for the U.S. Grains Council Chris was born in central Iowa, United States and was awarded a master degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ in 1986. Chris is a fan of Chinese culture and he lives in China now with his Chinese wife and two lovely daughters.