Jim Brown has announced the addition of Lloyd Howison as business manager for Sylvite Florida. His responsibilities will include management of daily operations, focusing on administration, accounting, human resources, safety, and compliance issues. Additionally, he will lead the marketing efforts to highlight the added screening, conditioning, and expanded terminal capabilities, as well as the newly-acquired coated controlled release products.
Chuck Spencer will join Growmark Inc. as director, government affairs, effective April 20. He will be responsible for the comprehensive direction, development, and management of legislative, regulatory, and trade issues. He will also develop and implement strategies to promote Growmark’s position by maintaining relationships with industry, legislative and agriculture organizations, officials, and associations. Spencer’s professional experience includes more than 15 years of state and federal legislative and regulatory work for the Illinois Farm Bureau. A registered national lobbyist, Spencer received his B.S. degree in agriculture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Israel Chemicals Ltd. said March 30 that Lisa Haimovitz, Adv., has been appointed as ICL’s new general counsel and company secretary, joining ICL’s senior management team. She replaces Aner Berger, who recently submitted his resignation after serving in the posts for over seven years. Haimovitz will assume the full responsibilities of the job in May 2009, after a transition period during which she and Berger will work together.
Haimovitz served as vice president, strategy, for the Delek Group, and held a number of positions at Israel’s Securities Authority, culminating in her role as senior advisor to the Authority’s chairman and head of its Department of International Affairs. She has an MBA (Finance and Accounting) and an LLB degree from the Tel-Aviv University.
Potash One Inc. has appointed John McEwan, P.E., as vice president of solution processing for its Legacy Potash project in southern Saskatchewan. A registered professional engineer with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering, McEwan has over 30 years of experience in the chemical processing industry, which included solution mining from pilot plant to commercial operation. He was previously the principal process engineer for Rio Tinto, responsible for process and project engineering duties for feasibility studies and recovery of potash from Rio Tinto potash deposits in Argentina and Canada. These projects have recently been sold to Vale for US$850 million dollars. McEwan also worked for American Soda LLP.
Noble Group Ltd., Hong Kong, appointed Ricardo Leiman as chief operating officer, effective April 1. Noble said Leiman, 43, joined Noble in April 2006, and has been deeply involved in all aspects of operations. He has two MBAs, one from the University of Rochester, New York, and another from the University of Nyenrode in the Netherlands. He also holds an Economics Degree from the University of Sao Paolo in Brazil. Leiman has previous experience with Credit Lyonnais Bank, Louis Dreyfus Group, Eximcoop, and Traders Classified Media Group.