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CRU has announced the appointment of William Etchell as Chief Financial Officer, based in the company’s London headquarters. Etchell joins CRU from GUS Holdings, a global higher education provider. Previously, he was CFO at EPG, an education services provider, and prior to that he was Group Finance Director at BPP Professional Education Group. He has over 25 years’ experience working in finance across a variety of sectors, having qualified with Arthur Andersen in the 1990s. Since then he has worked in a number of organisations including British Airways, Time Warner and Interpublic Group, as well as running his own nursery school business.

David Trafford, CEO of CRU Group said: “I am pleased to welcome William to CRU and the Executive Leadership team. William brings an extensive amount of knowledge to the business and I look forward to working with him on achieving the company’s growth plans.”

Nirlep Singh Rai has taken over as Director (Technical) of India’s National Fertilizers Limited. He had previously been Executive Director of NFL. For the past 18 months he has also been the chief executive officer (CEO) of Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL), a joint venture between NFL, Engineers India Limited (EIL) and the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL). Nirlep Singh Rai is a graduete of Thapar University, and has 35 years of professional experience, including heading NFL’s Nangal Unit for more than two years and being in charge of technical services and projects at the Bathinda unit. His experience includes technical services and operation and maintenance of large scale fertilizer plants.

Mitsui Chemicals has appointed Osamu Hashimoto as its new president and CEO effective from 1st April this year, according to the company. Hashimoto is currently Mitsui Chemicals’ senior managing executive officer and the president of the company’s healthcare business. Current president and CEO Tsutomu Tannowa has been appointed as the company’s chairman of the board, also effective from 1st April this year.

Siroj Loikov has been appointed First Deputy CEO of PhosAgro. Loikov, who was previously Deputy CEO in charge of international projects and personnel policy, will coordinate the work of the company’s headquarters in Moscow, its management company in Cherepovets and the company’s production sites. He will also oversee the implementation of the PhosAgro’s priority development projects and will be responsible for the appointment, development and assessment of the work of the company’s top management.

Evgeny Novitsky, also First Deputy CEO at PhosAgro, will continue working to improve the system for interaction between the Company and government agencies, and he will also continue to oversee PhosAgro’s GR communications at the federal and regional levels.

Mikhail Rybnikov, who has been appointed as an executive director, will focus on the integration of production, logistics and sales, further improvement of the economic efficiency of production and supply processes and cost management. He will also oversee the implementation of key IT projects and integrated planning, as well as improvement of industrial safety standards and the occupational health system at PhosAgro enterprises.

PhosAgro CEO Andrey Guryev said, “Today, the company is facing external challenges that require a prompt response and serious international expertise. We have a great deal of work ahead of us to build new partnerships, to implement major international projects, including in terms of expanding the use of environmentally friendly fertilizers, research and international trade, and to support the creation of a Green Standard for agricultural products in Russia and for its recognition as a global quality standard. Also on the agenda is the implementation of in-house projects to digitalise production and to restructure our occupational health and industrial safety functions. Meeting these challenges will require a great deal of commitment and attention. With this in mind, I decided to make some changes to the organisational structure of the Company’s management and delegate some of my duties as CEO. These changes will ensure that equal attention is paid to finding solutions to challenges both within the Company and in interaction with our partners, and they will enable us to develop in new areas and achieve the key performance indicators outlined in our Strategy 2025. I am confident that Siroj Loikov’s previous work experience in the Company – managing international projects and personnel policies – will help him succeed with the challenges before him.”