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Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Information with respect to this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy, including information within the sections entitled, "Election of Directors," "Corporate Governance," and "Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports".

The company has adopted a Code of Financial Ethics for its CEO, CFO, and Controller that may be accessed from the company's website at www.corteva.com by clicking on "Investors" and then "Corporate Governance." Any amendments to, or waiver from, any provision of the code will be posted on the company's website at the above address.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

Each of the executive officers became officers of the company in May 2019 with the exception of Mr. Charles Magro, Mr. David Anderson, and Dr. Sam Eathington who became an executive officer in November 2021, April 2021 and January 2021, respectively.

Charles V. Magro, age 52, is the Chief Executive Officer of Corteva. Prior to joining Corteva on November 1, 2021, he served as President and chief executive officer of Nutrien Ltd. ("Nutrien") from the company’s launch in 2018 until April 2021. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Magro served as President and chief executive officer of Agrium Inc., which merged with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan to create Nutrien. As President and CEO of Nutrien, Mr. Magro led more than 27,000 employees to achieve best-in-class engagement, top safety performance and exceptional business results. He also led the company through numerous M&A transactions, expanding globally and restructuring the industry. Prior to this role, he held a variety of other key leadership positions with the company, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, and Vice President of Manufacturing. He joined Agrium in 2009 following a productive career with NOVA Chemicals. Since 2018, Mr. Magro has served on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and will continue to serve on the board through March 2022. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of the International Fertilizer Association and past Chair and Board Member of The Fertilizer Institute. He also served as a Board Steward for the World Economic Forum’s Food Systems Initiative, providing strategic leadership to build inclusive, sustainable, efficient, and healthy global food systems, as well as on the Boards of the International Plant Nutrition Institute, Nutrients for Life Foundation, the Business Council of Canada, and the Business Council of Alberta. Ingredion Inc., a global provider of ingredient solutions to the food and beverage manufacturing industry, elected Mr. Magro to its board of directors effective May 1, 2022.

David J. Anderson, age 72, is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Corteva. Mr. Anderson is an experienced Chief Financial Officer, with a career spanning a number of diverse global companies across a range of industries. Prior to joining Corteva in April 2021, Mr. Anderson was interim chief financial officer at Criteo S.A., which he joined after serving as chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Nielsen Holdings plc. He previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, which he joined following his tenure of more than a decade as the chief financial officer for Honeywell. Prior to that, Mr. Anderson was the chief financial officer for ITT, Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding Inc., and RJR Nabisco, Inc. Mr. Anderson is currently a Board member of American Electric Power and previously a Board member of Cardinal Health.

Rajan Gajaria, age 54, is Executive Vice President, Business Platforms of Corteva. Mr. Gajaria previously served as vice president, global crop protection business platform, of DowDuPont Inc. Prior to this, he served as Vice President, Latin America and North America, for Dow AgroSciences since 2015. He was selected to lead Dow AgroSciences’ Latin America and Asia Pacific geographies in 2012 after being named marketing director for the company’s U.S. business in 2009. Mr. Gajaria advanced through leadership roles at Dow AgroSciences in corporate strategy, marketing, and e-business before serving as global supply chain director. He joined Dow AgroSciences’ Indian joint venture partner in Mumbai in 1993, where he served in sales and marketing roles as well as in human resources before moving to the company’s global headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Effective February 18, 2022, Mr. Gajaria will retire from the company.

Timothy P. Glenn, age 55, is Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of Corteva. Mr. Glenn previously served as Vice President, Global Seed Business Platform of DowDuPont Inc. Prior to this, he served as President, DuPont Crop Protection since 2015, and from 2014 to 2015 served as vice president, integrated operations and commercial effectiveness for DuPont Pioneer. He previously held other leadership positions at DuPont Pioneer, including regional business director, Latin America and Canada, after rejoining DuPont Pioneer in 2006 as director, North America Marketing. In 1997, he joined Dow AgroSciences as corn product manager, Mycogen Seeds, and served in sales and business leadership roles in the crop protection and seeds businesses of Dow AgroSciences. He first joined Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. in 1991, and held a variety of marketing roles in seed markets around the world.

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Meghan Cassidy, age 46, is Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer of Corteva. In February 2021, Ms. Cassidy became Chief Diversity Officer in addition to her human resources duties at Corteva. Prior to joining Corteva, Ms. Cassidy served as the head of human resources of the agriculture division of DowDuPont Inc. since September 2017. Prior to this, Ms. Cassidy was director, global talent management and leadership development for DuPont since 2015. From 2011 to 2015, she served as chief human resources officer for Sunoco Logistics after joining Sunoco in 2010 as director, corporate human resources. Ms. Cassidy’s early career was spent at Aramark, where she held progressive human resources roles before serving as vice president, executive development and corporate human resources.

Dr. Sam Eathington, age 53, joined Corteva in November 2020 and became Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Corteva in January 2021, where he is responsible for leading the company’s global research and development organization, building and expanding its industry-leading pipeline, and sustainability. A recognized leader in agricultural innovation, Dr. Eathington most recently served as chief science officer of The Climate Corporation (part of the crop science division of Bayer AG) from December 2015 until April 2020. Prior to assuming that role, Dr. Eathington spent 19 years with Monsanto Corporation, rising through the ranks in quantitative traits and molecular breeding to become vice president, global plant breeding beginning in February 2011.

Cornel B. Fuerer, age 55, is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Corteva, where he is responsible for legal, compliance, enterprise risk management, and government affairs. Mr. Fuerer previously served as general counsel of the agriculture division of DowDuPont Inc. since June 2018 and prior to that served as associate general counsel supporting the agriculture division of DowDuPont after the Merger in September 2017. From 2013 to 2017, he served as associate general counsel of DuPont with responsibility for the legal affairs of DuPont’s agriculture business and from 2012 to 2013 he served as the corporate secretary of DuPont. From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Fuerer served as the vice president, general counsel and company secretary of Solae, a food ingredients joint venture between DuPont and Bunge. After joining DuPont in 1995 as an attorney in Geneva, Switzerland, he served in various legal roles around the world until his appointment at Solae in 2007.

Brian Titus, age 49, is Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Corteva. Mr. Titus previously served as the controller and principal accounting officer of the agriculture division of DowDuPont Inc. since February 2019. Prior to this, he was general auditor of DuPont since August 2015 and previously served as the director of corporate accounting from 2014 to 2015 and global finance leader of DuPont Crop Protection from 2013 to 2014. Prior to joining DuPont’s corporate accounting group in 2010, he spent 14 years in public accounting, primarily with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, providing audit and transactional support services.

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