Brian Howell is the Vice President and Global Head of Security at ADM, providing oversight and strategic guidance of the company’s enterprise-wide corporate security function. In addition, he oversees the company’s Crisis Management and Business Continuity programs and serves on the Global Information and Cyber Security Council.

He joined ADM in 1995 and holds nearly two decades of operational and security-related experience. Prior to his current role, Brian managed many of the departments’ core service areas and most recently served as the Director of Security for ADM’s footprint in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government from the University of Illinois – Springfield and a Master’s degree from the University of Basel in Switzerland. Brian’s academic research focused on the proliferation of private security and military companies in Africa and he previously served as an adjunct faculty member at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois.