Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. has announced some organizational changes, effective Feb. 1, 2007. Denita Stann, currently manager of sustainability, will be promoted to director, investor relations, reporting to President and CEO Bill Doyle. She is a chartered accountant with 16 years of experience in both private industry and public practice, working primarily with large, multi-national employers prior to joining Potash Corp. She replaces Betty-Ann Heggie, senior vice president, corporate relations, who has elected to retire Jan. 31, 2007.
David Delaney, president, PCS Sales, will take on the additional responsibility for all remaining corporate relations functions, including advertising, market research, government relations, and sustainability. Reporting to Delaney are:
Bill Johnson, currently manager of marketing communications, who is promoted to director of public relations, with overall responsibility for all advertising, marketing communications, and community relations; Al Mulhall, director, market research; and Tom Pasztor, senior director, corporate and government relations, along with their staffs.
Norm Davy, Canadian market manager with AGROTAIN International LLC, has announced that Paul Enns has been appointed as regional manager for AGROTAIN International in Saskatchewan. He will be responsible for the sales and service of Stabilized Nitrogen products AGROTAIN and Nitrogain in the Saskatchewan marketplace. Enns has experience with both Agrium Inc. and Hoechst Canada Inc.
Mark Miller has joined DeBruce Fertilizer in Kansas City as a merchandiser. His phone number is 816-421-8182. He was most recently with Agriliance LLC.
Spur Ventures Inc., Vancouver, has announced several key changes aimed at enhancing its ability to deliver results in China. It has decided to open an office in Beijing in early 2007 to manage its operations. In addition to Zhai Jidong, Spur’s newly appointed chief operating officer, the CFO and vice president corporate development positions will also be based in China effective Jan. 1, 2007. Only the positions of president & CEO, general counsel & corporate secretary, and corporate accountant will remain in Canada.
Michael Chen, Spur’s current CFO, will not be able to relocate permanently to Beijing for personal reasons. He will remain with Spur on a consulting basis and will assist in the orientation of a new CFO, to be announced later.
Spur expects to soon announce its selection for the newly-created position of director of China Market Development. The position reports to Joel Jeangrand, Spur’s vice president of corporate development.