ADM strengthens East African presence with new Nairobi office
The office is intended to connect customers across the wider East African region with ADM‘s global sourcing, transportation, logistics, and risk-management network.
KENYA – Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has opened a new destination marketing office in Nairobi, strengthening its presence across East Africa and expanding access to its global network of food ingredients, feedstuffs and animal nutrition products.
The new office is expected to improve connections between regional customers and ADM’s international supply chain, supporting the growing demand for agricultural commodities, food ingredients and animal nutrition solutions across East African markets.
Kenya’s position as one of the region’s leading trade hubs for food and feed ingredients, as well as its role as a gateway to neighbouring markets, makes Nairobi a strategic location for the company’s expansion.
Through the new office, ADM aims to bring its commercial operations closer to customers while strengthening links between local demand and international supply sources.
The office will concentrate on destination marketing activities, including market intelligence, local merchandising, and storage and distribution capabilities.
These functions will connect regional demand directly with ADM’s global origination, transportation, logistics and risk management network, helping improve supply-chain coordination and responsiveness to changing market requirements.
Patrick Heijbroek, vice-president of Global Trade and head of origination for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), said East Africa represents an important growth market, with a population exceeding 500 million people and increasing demand for quality food and feed ingredients.
He noted that the region’s expanding agricultural and livestock sectors create opportunities for ADM to strengthen its customer relationships and connect regional businesses with its international sourcing capabilities.
The Nairobi investment builds on more than a decade of ADM’s presence in Kenya and complements the company’s wider investments across Africa.
These include human nutrition innovation laboratories in Nairobi, a distribution hub in Nigeria’s Lagos Free Zone and expanded flavour creation capabilities in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Erdal Kurban, president of Africa and the Middle East and vice-president of Sales, EMEA Flavours, described the new office as an important step in strengthening ADM’s African operations.
He said closer customer engagement would help the company better understand local market dynamics and respond more effectively to evolving business requirements.
ADM’s destination marketing operations handled approximately 31 million metric tonnes of commodities in 2025, demonstrating the scale of its international sourcing and distribution network.
The Nairobi office reinforces ADM’s strategy of connecting global agricultural supply chains with regional food and feed markets.
Its expansion comes as East Africa sees growing demand for grain, protein ingredients, animal feed, and specialised nutritional solutions, creating opportunities for international suppliers and processors.
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