About Me

Mark Zenuk is the managing partner and co-founder of Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners, where he resides in Rowlett, Texas. He also serves on the board of directors for Bunge.

Zenuk acquires and operates large-scale assets in the processing, warehousing, marketing, and transporting of agricultural commodities and ingredients by leveraging his global reputation and more than 30 years of industry experience. Zenuk has resided and worked in Canada, the United States, and Europe throughout his career.

Current Role and Duties

Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners is a Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm in agribusiness. Tillridge is affiliated with NGP Energy Capital Management, one of the top investment firms in the natural resources sector. Zenuk oversees Tillridge's direct equity investments in feed, food, and industrial product companies within the agribusiness supply chain.

Tillridge has over 140 years of experience in the midstream agribusiness sector focused on partnering with established management teams. As part of its partnership with NGP Energy Capital Management, the company began investing in agribusiness in 2012. Tillridge has contributed over $665 million to the agribusiness industry.

The primary growth drivers for the agribusiness industry, according to Zenuk, are the Asian Pacific Market, which will comprise 65 per cent of the global middle class and the trend toward higher-quality prepared foods in developed nations. He intends to steer Tillridge forward in the face of resource and infrastructure limitations, shifting consumer demands, supply chain fragmentation, and government interventions in capital and trade.

Mark Zenuk believes these efforts will lead to innovation in digital trade and distribution platforms and other technologies, thereby enhancing supply chain integration, food traceability, sustainability, and food safety.

Career Record

Agriculture, food, and related industries contribute over $1.2 trillion to the United States' gross domestic product. Zenuk has been an industry leader and innovator for over three decades.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Canadian Wheat Board

In 1993, Zenuk became the Marketing Manager for the Canadian Wheat Board. Canadian Wheat Board is a Canadian Commodity Monopoly.

In 1995, he was promoted to General Manager of the Commodity Marketing Group for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. He oversaw commercial trading operations for 344 primary and inland terminals, six special crop processing facilities, five ports, and an organic flour mill.

Archer Daniels Midland Company

ADM is one of the world's largest agri-food processors and a Fortune 500 company. From 2000 to 2010, Zenuk held various international and domestic executive positions with Archer Daniels Midland Company, including President of the Oilseeds business unit.

As the chief executive officer of ADM's most significant international business, he supervised over 8,600 employees, the generation of over $24 billion in revenue and $1.3 billion in operating profit, and the operation of 116 inland commodity ports and terminals and 112 oilseed processing, industrial, refining, and packaged food operations in 20 countries. His responsibilities included crop inputs, ports, commodity origination handling, oilseed processing, blue water transportation, vegetable oil refining and packaging, and marketing and manufacturing branded and private label foods.

During his tenure with the company, Mark Zenuk also held the positions of managing director for Europe and Asia, senior vice president for North American and European Oils, Fats, and Biodiesel, vice president for North American Oils and Fats, and vice president for Moormans/ADM Animal Health and Nutrition.

NGP Global Agribusiness Partners

NGP Energy Capital Management is the industry's preeminent investment franchise. From 2010 to 2016, Zenuk was a partner and managing director at NGP Energy Capital Management, overseeing the company's agribusiness investment platform. Since 1988, the corporation and its affiliates have collected over $16.5 billion in committed capital. Zenuk assisted the company in achieving its goal of forming partnerships with experienced management teams whose strategies align with NGP's sponsorship capabilities.

Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners and Bunge Limited

In January 2017, Zenuk became the managing partner of Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners. In July 2018, Bunge Limited appointed Zenuk to its board and announced intentions to make him the board's non-executive chairman in 2023. Zenuk chairs the enterprise risk management committee and serves on the audit committee. He served on the strategic review and CEO search committees in the past.

Academic heritage

In 1990, Zenuk received a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of Saskatchewan. In 2015, he completed an agribusiness seminar through Harvard's Executive Education Program.

Professional Organizations

Mark Zenuk collaborates with the following agribusiness organizations:

• Livestock Nutrition Center
• Camp Rico Fertilizers S.A.
• Proximity Malt
• Auxano Holdings
• GFG Agservices LLC

He has also worked for Culinary International, Growers Express Ltd, Agriculture and Energy Carriers, Stratas Foods, A.C. Toepfer International, and FEDIOL.

Personal Hobbies and Interests

Zenuk enjoys mountain bicycling and travelling in his spare time.