Lauren Chupp

Lauren Chupp is an experienced advisor to the global food and agriculture industry with nearly 20 years of experience in strategy, transactions and business transformation. Ms. Chupp helps clients navigate a rapidly evolving landscape and is a leader in FTI Consulting’s global Food & Agribusiness industry practice within the Business Transformation segment.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Chupp was a Partner/Principal and Americas Food & Agribusiness sector co-lead for Ernst & Young’s Parthenon Strategy practice. Prior to EY, Lauren was an Associate Partner with The Context Network, a boutique consultancy focused on the agriculture industry.

Ms. Chupp specializes in corporate growth and portfolio strategy, digital and data strategy, M&A strategy and diligence, integration planning and business transformation. Her expertise spans front, middle and back-office functions, linking strategic objectives with business capabilities across people, processes, technology, data and governance.

Ms. Chupp has served a diverse group of leading food & agriculture companies, including Monsanto, Bayer CropScience, Corteva, Novozymes, Koch Industries, AGCO, Komatsu, Wilbur-Ellis, Farm Journal, Alltech, Cargill, Scoular, Wayne-Sanderson, The United Soybean Board, McCain Foods, Darigold and Chick-Fil-A.

Ms. Chupp’s experience spans the entire food and agriculture value chain, from upstream agriculture (ag inputs, equipment, retail, animal nutrition, ag services) to midstream (integrated protein, grain origination and trading) and downstream (food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods (“CPG”) and food service), as well as private equity and industry associations.

Relevant Experience:

• Led numerous strategy engagements spanning the food and agriculture value chain, including corporate and portfolio strategy in ag inputs, ag retail and protein
• Developed market entry and expansion strategies in ag inputs (seed, crop protection, biologicals), ag services, equipment, digital and precision ag
• Designed go-to-market and commercial strategies in ag inputs with deep experience in seed, crop protection and ag biologicals
• Developed innovation and R&D strategies in ag inputs
• Conducted market opportunity and technical feasibility assessments for new innovations in ag inputs
• Led multiple transaction-related efforts across the transaction lifecycle, including M&A strategy, deal rationale, synergy assessments and target screening within upstream agriculture and protein
• Conducted market assessments and commercial due diligence in upstream agriculture and protein
• Led large-scale integration and joint venture formation within the protein sector
• Led multiple digital-enabled business transformation initiatives, including end-to-end digital and data strategy and operating model design for a large, integrated agriculture company
• Led experience-driven lead-to-cash transformation for a large ag retailer