Nanda Puthucode

Nanda Kumar Puthucode is the Chief Investment Officer and Founding Managing Director of Bunge Ventures, a role he has held since October 2015. In this position, he established and manages Bunge’s global corporate venture capital initiative, focusing on investing in emerging trends and technologies within the agriculture and food sectors. His work involves scouting and investing in startups and high-growth companies that operate at the intersection of various fields, including genomics, robotics, and fintech, among others. Puthucode also engages in building strategic alliances and partnerships with these portfolio companies.1

Before his current role, Puthucode served as the Chief Market Risk Officer at Bunge from March 2012 to September 2015, where he led the market risk function across multiple commodities. His career at Bunge began with the position of Chief Business Officer for the Commodity Hedge Fund Business from January 2010 to December 2012.

Puthucode has a diverse educational background, including certifications in treasury management and chartered accountancy, and has attended executive leadership programs at prestigious institutions such as the University of California, Berkeley, and ESADE Business School. He is multilingual, fluent in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.1