Kari Brashear recently was named Chief Legal Officer of Scoular. She is a member of the Senior Leadership Team and leads Scoular’s legal and compliance teams, serving as the company’s principal advisor on legal, risk, compliance and governance. She also serves as Corporate Secretary to the Board The Scoular Company is an employee-owned $10.5B agribusiness leveraging global networks and expertise in the purchase, sale, storage, and handling and processing of grain and ingredients to deliver reliable solutions to farmers, grain processors, and renewable energy producers. Scoular, headquartered in Omaha, has a footprint of 100+ offices and facilities globally, and ranks 48th on the Forbes list of America’s largest private companies.

Kari has 15+ years of experience in global commercial markets, industrial equipment manufacturing and sales. Based on her strong financial acumen and judgement, she capitalizes on domestic and international market intelligence, business trends, and economic cycles in the agriculture, infrastructure, and utility sectors to accelerate revenue growth. As regulatory environments evolve, she recognizes the range of enterprise risk issues
requiring board level attention.

Previously, she held multiple leadership roles at an infrastructure and agricultural equipment company. She was the Vice President & General Manager of North America - Global Agriculture, adding to her role as Vice President & General Manager of North America Irrigation and Tubing, where she oversaw a $600M P&L. Kari set strategy and led business development, margin optimization, and operations management. She frequently reported to the board on business results and changing risk environments.