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Tony Will of CF Industries is IFA’s new chair.

PHOTO: IFA

Tony Will, the president and CEO of CF Industries, is the new chair of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA). He was elected in June alongside a number of other executive board members and board directors.

“I am honoured to serve as Chair of IFA and help advance this vital organization’s mission to promote the efficient and responsible production, distribution and use of plant nutrients,” Will said. “Our industry is at the forefront of some of the world’s most important challenges, from food security to climate change. I look forward to working with our members and the IFA team to continue our leadership role in addressing these global priorities, collaborating not just within our own industry but with government and other stakeholders as well.”

Jeanne Johns, the former managing director and CEO of Incitec Pivot Ltd, was elected as IFA’s new vice chair. Both Will and Johns will serve on the executive board of IFA, which also welcomed two further new appointments: Ahmed El Hoshy, CEO of OCI Global and Fertiglobe, and Abdulrahman Shamsaddin, CEO of SABIC Agri-Nutrients.

Svein Tore Holsether, president and CEO of Yara, remains on the executive board as immediate past chair, along with Raviv Zoller, president and CEO, ICL Group and Alzbeta Klein, IFA’s director general.

“Helping to feed the world sustainably is at the core of what we do, and IFA is fortunate to have such seasoned executives on our board,” Klein said.

Five new board directors were also elected by IFA’s membership:

Robert Wilt, CEO, Ma’aden
Maen Nsour, President and CEO, Arab Potash
Julian Palliam, president and CEO, Foskor
Yasser Alabassi, President, GPIC
Wang Bei, General Manager, CNAMPGC Holding Ltd Co.

IFA members also re-elected David Delaney of Itafos and Suresh Krishnan of Adventz to the board of directors.

Lars Røsæg, Deputy CEO of Yara International and its EVP for corporate development, will leave the company by the end of 2023. His is taking up a new position as an investment partner at Norwegian firm Salvesen & Thams.

“I’d like to thank Lars for his strong contributions to Yara’s progress and our close professional collaboration over many years and wish him the best of luck in his new position,” said Svein Tore Holsether, Yara’s president & CEO.

“Serving in Yara’s management under Svein Tore’s leadership has been the greatest privilege of my career, and Yara’s strategic direction and organizational capacity puts the company in pole position for the future. After nearly five years as a member of the executive team I have decided that it’s time to take on a new challenge and take my career in a different direction,” said Lars Røsæg.

Pål Hestad has stepped down from Yara’s executive board but retains a leadership role.

PHOTO: YARA

Johan Labby was also appointed as Yara’s EVP for global plants & operational excellence at the start of July. He replaces Pål Hestad who has stepped down from the company’s executive board but remains in a leadership role within Yara.

As of 1st July, Yara International’s executive board will now have the following members: