Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 21, 2001

Nathan J. Jones – Deere & Company (de)

NATHAN J. JONES has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Deere & Company since February 1998. In this role, his areas of responsibility include business planning and development, investor relations and market economics as well as accounting, treasury, tax and investments. Since joining Deere in 1978, Mr. Jones has held a number of finance positions and was named company Treasurer in 1994. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate accounting degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief historical sketch of Deere & Company

and then a profile of things as they are now?

Mr. Jones: John Deere has a long history of serving farmers and