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Pat McCullough
Pat McCullough is Chief Executive Officer of ProducePay, a marketplace and financing platform transforming the global produce industry into a more connected, sustainable supply chain. He was appointed CEO in January 2023 after two years as a board member and advisor, succeeding founder Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, and brings more than 25 years of corporate experience from leadership roles at Ford Motor Company, Berkshire Hathaway, and Just Energy.
Why Culture Matters, Even in a Company Built on Financing Infrastructure
Pat has been outspoken that culture matters deeply even at a fintech-adjacent company whose core product is capital access and supply chain infrastructure, not a typically "culture-forward" consumer brand. As CEO, he's continued ProducePay's mission started by founder Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation Mexican farmer, more than quadrupling the platform's Gross Merchandise Value to nearly $4 billion during his time as a board advisor before stepping into the CEO role. He speaks regularly on the specific structural problems the produce industry faces: a meaningful share of global fruit and vegetable harvests perish before ever reaching consumers, and access to capital and market transparency for farmers, especially smallholders, remains a persistent bottleneck that technology and financing can help solve.
Topics Pat speaks on
- Why culture matters, even in an infrastructure and financing business
- Reducing waste and inefficiency in the global produce supply chain
- Scaling an agtech marketplace across international markets
- Leading a founder-led company through a CEO transition
- Financing solutions that give farmers access to capital and markets
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