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Nadja Håkansson became thyssenkrupp Uhde’s new CEO on 1st May.

Desmond Long has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of BASF Shanshan Battery Materials Co., Ltd effective April 1, 2024. In his new role, Desmond will lead the business management of the company.

thyssenkrupp AG has announced the appointment of Nadja Håkansson as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer effective from May 1, 2024. Håkansson, has held various management positions at Siemens and Siemens Energy and has over 18 years of national and international experience in the areas of supply chain management, operations, sales and corporate management. Most recently, as Senior Vice President Region Africa for Siemens Energy, she was responsible for the company’s overall portfolio development in the African market. She holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University, Sweden.

Leo Alders , the CEO of LAT Nitrogen, is the new president of Fertilizers Europe. He was elected with immediate effect at an extraordinary general assembly on 5th December last year.

Agropolychim has announced that CEO Philippe Rombaut will become chairman of Agropolychim’s board of directors, with a focus on steering the company’s strategic development. His new appointment will make way for Teodor Petsov to assume the role of head of production operations. Petsov has 22 years of production experience and a management background. In his capacity as the new production director, he will be responsible for orchestrating, overseeing, and coordinating all aspects of the company’s production activities.

CITGO Petroleum Corporation has named Dennis Willig as the company’s new Vice President of Refining, where he will oversee operations at the company’s three refineries located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.; Lemont, Illinois; and Corpus Christi, Texas. Willig most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Corpus Christi Refinery, and prior to that was the Vice President and General Manager of the Lemont Refinery, where he spent the majority of his 28-year career with CITGO. Replacing Willig as the new Vice President and General Manager Corpus Christi Refinery is Ryan Vining , who spent the last 24 years at the CITGO Lake Charles Refinery, most recently as General Manager Operations, Maintenance and Reliability. Both appointments are effective from February 1st, 2024.

Incitec Pivot says that Mauro Neves de Moraes has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director from 22 January 2024. De Moraes has leadership experience in the mining and logistics sectors including as Asset President for BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) in Queensland, Australia and Asset President at BHP’s Escondida operations in Chile, the world’s largest copper mine.

The ownership of Fertilizer International magazine transferred from BCInsight Ltd to CRU, the global commodities experts, at the start of the year.

Bruce Bodine will become the new CEO of The Mosaic Company from the 1st January 2024. He was unanimously elected by the company’s board of directors at the end of August. His appointment followed the announcement that the current CEO Joc O’Rourke will retire next year. Mr Bodine was also elected company president in August and appointed as a member of Mosaic’s board with immediate effect. He was previously the company’s SVP -North America.

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited has appointed Vighneshwar G Bhat as company secretary and compliance officer. Bhat, is an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and a Law Graduate and holds master’s degree in commerce with more than 20 years of experience in secretarial and legal functions. Prior to joining the company, he was company secretary for Sobha Ltd, and has specialised in corporate secretarial matters including mergers and acquisitions, handling liquidations and SEBI & FEMA compliances.