Tessenderlo Kerley Inc., Phoenix, has announced that Kevin Boltz, general manager of supply chain and a senior member of Jupiter Sulphur, LLC’s management team, has been promoted to senior vice president for MPR Services, Inc. MPR is TKI’s business unit, serving gas treating systems in refineries, gas plants, ammonia plants, steel manufacturing, and LNG facilities throughout the world. Boltz will report to Bob Schmitter, MPR president, and will focus on geographical business growth. He will divide his time between MPR and Jupiter, maintaining his office in Phoenix. In addition to his responsibilities with TKI, Boltz has served the sulfur industry as past chairman of The Sulfur Institute (TSI).
Russell Sides, director of industrial projects for TKI, replaces Boltz as director of supply chain and will be reporting to Larry Tryon, TKI’s CFO. Sides will oversee TKI’s purchasing activities and the management of raw material consumables. In addition, he will continue overseeing Tessenderlo Group’s ongoing strategic initiative plan as it pertains to the TKI organization. Sides is in the process of relocating his family from San Antonio, Texas, to Phoenix.
Charles “Chuck” Nekvasil, director of public and investor relations with CF Industries Holdings Inc., retires effective July 31, 2009. CF expects to name a successor soon; however, it will be working with Fleishman-Hillard, investor relations consultants, during the transition.
CF also announced that its board has elected Stephen Furbacher to succeed David Harvey as the lead independent director. Furbacher joined the board in 2007. Harvey will remain a director.
James Fazzino, 43, has been named managing director and CEO of Australia’s Incitec Pivot Ltd. He has been CFO of the company since May 2003 and finance director since July 2005. He has some 20 years in the chemical industry and was instrumental in recent IPL initiatives, including delivery of synergy benefits from the merger that created IPL in 2003, the purchase of Southern Cross Fertilisers from BHP Billiton in 2006 and the acquisition of Dyno Nobel in 2008.
Former IPL CEO Julian Segal resigned in May for family reasons and to accept a position in Sydney (GM April 27). Fazzino had been acting CEO during the search.