Novaphos, Fort Meade, Fla., on Dec. 14 announced the appointment of Navy Vice-Admiral Andrew “Woody” Lewis (ret.) as Chief Development Officer, a newly created senior executive position responsible for managing and directing the company’s relationships and engagement with strategic partners, including policymakers, regulators, and industry. He will report to Novaphos CEO Timothy Cotton.
The company said Lewis had a long and distinguished 36-year military career as a three-star senior officer, serving in the US Navy. He most recently served as Commander of the US 2nd Fleet and NATO Joint Force Command in Norfolk, Va.
The announcement is the second significant senior addition to the Novaphos team in the last few months. The company previously announced the appointment of Evgeny Fedoseev as its Chief Operating Officer. He had served in the same capacity at EuroChem Group.
Novaphos is a privately-owned company that has developed proprietary processes for use in the phosphate industry. The technology allows phosphate producers to use low-quality phosphate rock to make high-quality phosphoric acid for use in agriculture and industry without producing any phosphogypsum wastes. The company said the process is scalable, energy-efficient, and produces a useful construction aggregate byproduct – J-Rox™ – instead of phosphogypsum.