K+S Potash head departs the company

K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel, Germany, has announced that Dr. Andreas Radmacher, responsible for K+S Aktiengesellschaft’s Potash and Magnesium products business unit since Oct. 2014, is leaving the company.  K+S said Radmacher, who has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors since Sept. 2013, and the company’s Supervisory Board mutually agreed not to renew his mandate, which was due to end on Aug. 31, 2016. Radmacher is additionally responsible for K+S’ Disposal and Recycling as well as Inactive Plants activities. He will leave the company on Feb. 29.

Norbert Steiner, K+S’ chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, will temporarily take over Radmacher’s responsibilities. The composition of the other Board of Executive Directors departments remains unchanged with  Dr. Lohr (CFO), Dr. Nöcker (Labor Director), and Mark Roberts (Salt business unit).