A 12-year veteran of Land O’Lakes, Pieper joined the company in 2005 as vice-president of finance and accounting for Purina Animal Nutrition. He has served in his current role as vice-president, chief accounting officer and treasurer since 2008. Prior to Land O’Lakes, Pieper held senior finance roles at ADC telecommunications and NRG Energy and spent seven years at KPMG.
Pieper succeeds Dan Knutson, executive vice-president and CFO, who will retire after serving as CFO since 2000.