CF Industries Holdings Inc. shareholders on May 9 elected two members of the board of directors and ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2007. Elected for three-year terms were Robert Arzbaecher and Edward Schmitt, both current board members since 2005. Arzbaecher is chairman, president, and CEO of Actuant Corp., which makes and markets industrial products and systems. Schmitt is chairman, president, and CEO of Georgia Gulf Corp., a chemical manufacturer.
Dr. Kenneth Stuart Courtis has joined Noble Group as a non-executive director. He is an investment banker and analyst of Asian economies. He is the founding chairman of Next Capital Partners and belongs to several boards. He has also held senior positions with Goldman Sachs Asia and Deutsche Bank Group Asia.
The Mid Kansas Cooperative Association announced that, effective June 1, Kevin Snyder will join the company’s agronomy division as field marketer serving the Lindsborg, Kan., area. Snyder holds a degree in agriculture from McPherson College in McPherson, Kan., and his work experience includes positions with Collingwood Grain of Garden City, Kan., and American Cyanamid of western Kansas. Most recently, he served as a district manager for Stine Seed Company in Illinois. MKC’s Agronomy division includes Bruce Vernon, sales and marketing manager, seven field marketers, and two seed representatives.