CF Industries Holdings Inc., Deerfield, Ill., said on July 20 its Board of Directors has elected Jesus Madrazo, 51, Founder and Chairman of Kompali Farms, a large wine venture in Mexico, as an Independent Director for the company.
Prior to founding Kompali Farms, he served for more than two decades in global leadership roles at Monsanto Co., and more recently as Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, for the Crop Science Division of Bayer.
Madrazo holds a legal degree from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico and received post-legal degrees from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and University of Arizona. He also holds an MBA from Cardiff Business School in the United Kingdom.
The election brings membership of the CF’s Board to 12. Madrazo is expected to stand for re-election by stockholders at the company’s 2022 Annual Meeting.