Innophos Holdings Inc. has named Neil Salmon vice president and chief financial officer. He comes to Innophos with nearly 20 years of experience in various finance and accounting positions with Imperial Chemical Industries P.L.C. (formerly known as ICI, which was acquired by AkzoNobel). Most recently, he served as CFO with ICI’s Adhesives Business Group, a $2 billion business unit with global operations.
Salmon holds a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He is expected to take up his post at the corporate headquarters in Cranbury, N.J., during the first week of October.
Reporting directly to Salmon will be Mark Feuerbach, vice president, treasury, financial planning & analysis, and Charles Brodheim, corporate controller and chief accounting officer.
Athabasca Potash Inc. on Sept. 30 announced the resignation of Robert Boyd as CEO. API’s board of directors is in the process of searching for new candidates for the position. Boyd had a short tenure, joining API in late summer (GM Aug. 10). API’s board changed in early September (GM Sept. 7).
Allana Resources Inc., Toronto, has announced the appointment of Jason Wilkinson as project manager for its Ethiopian potash project. He will be based in Ethiopia with responsibility for implementing and managing Allana’s upcoming exploration and development program in the Danakhil Depression.
Wilkinson has over 15 years experience in the exploration and development of mineral deposits, and he has worked throughout the world. His most recent experience was as vice president, exploration, for Lydian International, where he was responsible for the company’s exploration and development programs at the Amulsar gold project in Armenia and the Drazjna Pb-Zn-Ag project in Kosovo. Wilkinson has also been senior geologist for Aur Resources, engaged in the exploration and development of copper projects in Africa. In addition to his work with Aur, Wilkinson has been involved in exploration and mining projects in Zambia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Romania, Greece, and Turkey at increasing levels of responsibility.
Wilkinson holds an M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, in London and a B.Sc. in Applied Geology from Portsmouth University.