Over the last 18 years that we have been in business, we at IBD have competed and won on the strength of our intangible assets. Our people are our greatest immaterial assets. We have attracted corporate leaders who have grown and developed an extraordinary combination of attributes including vision, passion, inventiveness, entrepreneurism, commitment and focused drive to make us a global leader in the production and management of agricultural commodities. It is our people who have contributed to building our philosophy into what it is today. This philosophy acts as a magnet and serves as a unifying force for our many ventures around the world. Again, it is going to be our people who are going to be the builders of our future.

At IBD, we are craftsmens – we build businesses, we build aptitudes and we build front-runners. We employ exceptional talent and provide them great opportunities to build their capabilities and their careers across multiple businesses, geographies and functions.

In the ultimate analysis, our people and the organizational advantage that they create for us, is our true sustainable competitive advantage. We take this philosophy and make it fundamental across product, geography and functional boundaries .that helps us enter new products and regions and win.

We take pride in observing to its principles and above all, live these values and instrument them with both principle and passion. These values come alive not only in training programs or in discussion with colleagues, but mainly by taking concrete action in the workplace. These values are applicable everywhere and at all times across the organization and are a tangible expression of our corporate medium, at the heart of our success growing to the top.