Karen H. Grimes
Ms. Grimes was senior managing director, partner, and equity portfolio manager at Wellington Management Company LLP, an investment management firm, from January 2008 through December 2018. Prior to joining Wellington Management Company in 1995, she held the position of director of research and equity analyst at Wilmington Trust Company, a financial investment and banking services firm from 1988 to 1995. Before that, Ms. Grimes was a portfolio manager and equity analyst at First Atlanta Corporation from 1983 to 1986 and at Butcher and Singer from 1986 to 1988. Ms. Grimes holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Ms. Grimes began her career as a field engineer in the Atlanta office at IBM after serving for three years in the U.S. Army. Ms. Grimes serves as a director of Toll Brothers, Inc., a company that builds, markets and finances residential and commercial properties in the U.S., since March 2019, and previously served on the board of TEGNA, Inc., a broadcast, digital media, and marketing services company, from February 2020 until April 2025. Ms. Grimes joined Corteva’s Board in March 2021.
