Junior phosphate technology company Novaphos, Fort Meade, Fla., announced on Oct. 4 that Evgeny Fedoseev has been named as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Fedoseev will lead the commercialization of the company’s proprietary technological advances for the production of sustainable phosphoric acid. Fedoseev will report to Novaphos CEO Timothy Cotton.
Fedoseev previously served as Chief Operating Officer for the fertilizer division at EuroChem Group and has more than 20 years of experience in the chemical industry, Novaphos said. He and his family recently finalized a two-year journey to immigrate from Russia, which began after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He holds a Master of Science, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, and an EMBA degree.
“Over the last ten years, Novaphos has invested in and developed a new, modern, low-waste, low-cost process to produce high-quality phosphoric acid,” Cotton said. “Evgeny’s years of institutional experience and knowledge will be crucial to Novaphos as we scale our unique systems and processing to serve a variety of crucial phosphate-specific industries. His decision to leave Russia is truly inspiring, and we are thrilled he and his family were willing to move to Florida to lead our operations.”