Ameropa Holding AG has announced the appointment of Josh Zacharias to the position of Group CEO, effective April 15. Zacharias is currently the CEO of Romania’s biggest fertilizer producer, Azomureş SA, a position he will keep along with the new appointment. Ameropa has owned Azomureş via a subsidiary since 2012.
Zacharias, 44, is a dual US and Swiss citizen and began work with Ameropa first as a financial analyst for M&A at the group’s Binningen, Switzerland, headquarters, then as Risk Manager and Controller at Ameropa North America, and finally as CFO at Ameropa Australia. In 2013, he moved into the commercial side as Head of Trading at Ameropa Australia and also headed the Browns retail business selling directly to farmers in Australia.
In 2018, Zacharias returned to Binningen and assumed the role of Group Chief Risk Officer for close to two years. He took on the role of Azomureş’ CEO/General Manager on Oct. 1, 2022 (GM Sept. 30, 2022), while also coordinating the company’s commercial activity, a position he has held since Jan. 2020.