Jim Sayre

Mr. Sayre is a partner of Proterra Investment Partners and serves as a member of its Management Committee. In addition, Mr. Sayre co-heads the Black River CPF Food Fund and Black River Food Fund 2. Both private equity funds make investments in the food production, value-added processing, and distribution sectors in emerging markets.

Prior to Proterra, Mr. Sayre worked for Black River Asset Management, a division of Cargill, where he served as a Senior Managing Director for its food sector-focused private equity funds. Prior to joining Black River, he served as president and founder of Cargill Ventures, a proprietary venture fund with $200 million in capital deployed across a 40-company portfolio. Prior to Cargill Ventures, Mr. Sayre was Director for global mergers and acquisitions at Cargill. Previously, Mr. Sayre worked as a Senior Manager for Deloitte Consulting and held a position with the United States Department of Agriculture.

Mr. Sayre holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Davis.