Terra Industries Inc. has named Edward Dillon its vice president and controller. He will be responsible for all internal and external financial reporting, budgeting, analysis, and internal accounting controls. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from Boston College in 1990 and is a Certified Public Accountant. He was most recently finance director with Koch Industries Inc., and previously worked for Koch subsidiary Invista, as well as General Electric Co. and Arther Andersen LLP. Dillon will be relocating to Sioux City.
H.J. Baker & Bro. Inc., Westport, Conn., said Nov. 11 that David Smith, president of business development, will be pursuing new opportunities and challenges outside of the day-to-day operations of H.J. Baker. Smith, who remains a shareholder and director, has been an integral part of the H.J. Baker team for nearly 29 years. During his tenure he was extremely active in expanding H.J. Baker’s fertilizer and sulfur businesses. He was instrumental in the purchase of Tiger-Sul, a wholly-owned subsidiary of H.J. Baker, and the recent expansion of the company’s Stockton, Calif. facility. He served on the board of The Sulphur Institute (TSI) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI).
Smith’s position has not been filled. H.J. Baker has been in business since 1850, and some four generations of the Smith family have been involved in its management.
Phosphate Holdings Inc. reports that Coley Bailey resigned as a member of the board of directors, effective Oct. 29. He had served as a member of the board since 2004 and was chairman at the time of his resignation. Rex Deloach, who has served as a director since 2007, has been named to succeed Bailey as chairman. Deloach has served as president and CEO of Financial Insights Inc., a financial consulting firm, since 2002. From 1980 to 1997, Deloach was a partner with the accounting firm Arthur Anderson LLP. Deloach is a member of the board of trustees of three affiliated registered mutual funds: Longleaf Partners Fund, Longleaf International Fund, and Longleaf Small Cap Fund, all managed by Southeastern Asset Management, Inc., Memphis, Tenn.
Phosphate Holdings is the sole stockholder of Mississippi Phosphates Corp.
The Andersons Inc. has named Gerard Anderson to the company’s board of directors effective Dec. 19, 2008. He moves into the seat vacated by Dr. Sidney Ribeau, president of Howard University, Washington, DC, who served on the board since 1998. Although an Anderson family member, the company said he will qualify as an independent director for corporate governance purposes.
Anderson currently serves as the president and chief operating officer of DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Anderson oversees all of the company’s electric, gas, and nuclear operations encompassed in its two main operating subsidiaries, Detroit Edison and MichCon, as well as its non-utility businesses focused on power and industrial projects; gas, pipelines, and storage; unconventional gas production; and energy trading. Anderson joined DTE Energy from the consulting firm McKinsey and Co. in 1993. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from University of Notre Dame, and an MBA and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Michigan.
Dasco Inc., Monument, Colo., added Todd Nicklaus to their sales team in October 2008 as director of animal feed products. Todd has been in the agricultural business since 1988. A graduate of Iowa State University, he was formally with Cargill for 16 years, and also spent 4 years with Continental Nitrogen.