Paula Barjesteh is the chief financial officer and director of finance and risk. Her primary responsibilities include managing financial, regulatory, risk and operations for CHS Hedging. Previously she was assistant grain accounting manager in the CHS Grain Marketing division, where she oversaw a team that managed grain trade contracts for multiple commodities, futures and modes of transportation. Prior to joining CHS, Barjesteh held a variety of roles with Cargill in their hedge fund subsidiary CarVal Investors, including treasury manager and financial control director.