Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. last week made several management announcements, effective March 1. Tom Regan, president of PCS Phosphate and Nitrogen, has announced his retirement. He has held various positions in operations and management, and leaves PotashCorp after a long and distinguished career. Brent Heimann, currently vice president, Phosphate and Nitrogen Operations, is promoted to president, PCS Phosphate and Nitrogen Divisions.
Mark Fracchia, currently general manager at PCS Potash, New Brunswick Division, is promoted to vice president, safety, health and environment. He succeeds John Hunt, who will be leaving PotashCorp effective April 1.
Darryl Stann, vice president, industrial sales, is promoted to vice president, procurement. He succeeds Karen Chasez, who has elected to retire.
Troy Erny, vice president fertilizer sales South, is promoted to vice president, industrial sales, succeeding Stann in this position.
Shane Williams, senior director, North American and International sales, feed, is promoted to vice president fertilizer sales South, succeeding Erny.
Stacy Schnetzka, director sales, purified phosphates, assumes the position of director, purified phosphates and industrial sales.
Mary Socha, technical district sales manager, is promoted to manager national accounts.
Tom Rix, manager national accounts – feed sales, is promoted to director, North American feed sales.
>John Cooper, director industrial sales, and Melvin Todd, technical district sales manager have elected to retire effective March 1.
K+S Aktiengesellschaft announced that Richard Wilson, formerly vice president, manufacturing, for Morton Salt, has been appointed as CEO of Potash One Inc. effective March 1. He is replacing Alexa Hergenröther, head of corporate development at K+S, who was the interim CEO. Wilson, a 40-year veteran of Morton Salt, will lead the management team based in Saskatoon that is focused on the implementation of the Legacy Project, a planned K+S potash solution mining facility in Saskatchewan.
The position of Potash One CFO will continue to be held by Luis Mendoza, who was previously the vice president of K+S North America.
Mike Ferguson, formerly vice president, projects, at Potash One, will continue to act as senior vice president and project manager of Potash One. Erika Ritchie will continue to retain her position as vice president environmental & regulatory affairs. Dr. Franz Xaver Spachtholz, formerly head of general mining division at K+S Aktiengesellschaft, has been appointed as vice president engineering of Potash One.
Pat Connors has accepted the position as a new account manager covering the Southeast U.S. for The Mosaic Co.’s North American sales unit. He comes from Mosaic’s feed business, where he has been working with the sales team for the past two years out of the FishHawk office in Florida.
Connors will be managing accounts in Florida and Georgia and will report to Dave Finken. Connors lives in Tampa and is a Florida native. He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in Animal Science. He worked for Smithfield Foods prior to joining Mosaic.
CF Industries Holdings Inc. has announced that Brett Nightingale has joined their sales team as sales manager, national accounts. He will be responsible for managing sales relationships with key large customers. Nightingale previously worked for TradeMark Nitrogen in Tampa, where he managed s