Jodie Morgan

Early life

Jodie Morgan’s decision to pursue engineering started with a simple classroom remark. In fifth grade, a teacher told her that girls couldn’t be engineers, and from that moment onward, she set out to prove that teacher wrong. In high school, she focused on math and science, excelling in both subjects and skipping a grade due to her high achievement. At the age of 16, she began studying at the University of Delaware, where she eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1985. She went on to enrol at West Chester University of Pennsylvania from 1990 to 1992, earning a Master of Business Administration.

Career

Upon entering the workforce, Jodie Morgan took on engineering, sales, and marketing roles with the specialty chemicals company ICI Americas. During these early years, particularly in the 1980s, she encountered discrimination in the workplace, and at times had to enter buildings through the back entrance simply because she was a woman and was labelled as “aggressive” by some of her peers simply for speaking her mind. Undaunted, she pressed on, determined to prove herself through hard work and producing positive results.

She quickly ascended into leadership and executive roles at several different organizations, including SPI Polyols, Ingredion Incorporated, and Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals, LLC.

In 2003, she founded The Structure Companies, LLC, a real estate company with a mandate of redeveloping and revitalizing underdeveloped real estate. That company would remain active until 2010.

But if there is one central theme to Morgan’s career, it has been guiding companies in different sectors—from food and biotech to sustainable plastics—through periods of transformation and into success.

One of her biggest wins came as President of Pinova Holdings, a Florida-based company formerly known as Hercules Specialty Resins that provides rosin and polyterpene resin innovations. She turned the company around and helped sell it for $417 million to a strategic partner, staying on for six months after the sale in order to oversee an orderly transition.

Beginning in 2018, she assumed the role of CEO at GreenMantra Technologies, a clean-tech firm located in Brantford, Ontario that turns recycled plastics into new materials. She was drawn to the company because of its technological innovation, strong mission, and diverse team. Under her leadership, GreenMantra grew into a well-respected player in the sustainable plastics field.

In 2021, Jodie Morgan became the CEO of Nexus Circular—a position she holds to this day—where she continues to fight plastic waste by leading a company that repurposes landfill-bound plastics and transforms them into a wide variety of valuable products.

Beyond her executive roles, Morgan has served on many boards of directors, including those of Bartek Ingredients, NanoXplore, and Getec Industrial, among others. In the past, she has also donated her time to chairing Vistage, a global leadership organization comprising a group of CEOs hailing from around the world who meet with the goal of becoming better leaders.

Throughout her decades of business leadership experience, Jodie Morgan has built a reputation for taking on ‘orphan’ companies—those that need direction—and turning them into success stories. She has been quoted in the press as saying, “I’m attracted to all types of businesses, particularly those on the rocks. It’s why I’ve taken on so many executive roles over the years. There are a lot of companies out there that were once great and deserve to reach those heights again. Then there are the startups that just need a bit of guidance to get off the ground. That’s where I belong.”

Net Worth

Information about Jodie Morgan’s net worth is not currently available to the public.