Dan Russell, formerly with The Mosaic Co. and IMC Global, has accepted the position of vice president of business development with Truth Chemical of Woodlands, Texas.
Steve Betts, formerly of Florida Favorites, has joined United Suppliers Inc. as sales manager. Betts will be based at United Suppliers’ headquarters in Eldora, Iowa, as of Sept. 12, and can be reached at 800-782-5123 or 641-858-2341.
Nikolay Pilipenko has been appointed as finance director of Russian fertilizer giant EuroChem. Pilepenko was previously with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), a global electrical and power engineering company, since 1994, first as a regional sales manager in ABB Russia, then in corporate finance at ABB headquarters in Switzerland, and most recently as finance director of ABB TRAFO S.A. in Spain.