The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) on June 14 announced that it had elected Yara International ASA President and CEO Svein Tore Holsether as its new Chair of the association. IFA said the selection of Holsether, who is president and CEO of a global fertilizer company and provider of environmental solutions, is a continuation of the industry’s commitment to sustainability. UralChem CEO Dmitry Konyaev has been elected the new Vice Chair of IFA.
Both Holsether and Konyaev serve on the Executive Board of Directors, which welcomed two new appointments: Jeanne Johns, Managing Director and CEO, Incitec Pivot Ltd., Australia, and Tony Will, President and CEO, CF Industries, U.S.
Mostafa Terrab,OCP Group Chairman and CEO, remains on the Executive Board of Directors as Immediate Past Chair, along with Zhai Jidong, Vice President International, China’s Kingenta, and Alzbeta Klein, Director General, IFA.
IFA also welcomes five new Board Directors elected by the membership: G. David Delaney, CEO, Itafos, Brazil; Ahmed El-Hoshy, Group CEO, OCI NV, The Netherlands; Shakeel Ahmad Khan, CEO, Petronas Chemicals Marketing (Labuan), Malaysia; Suresh Krishnan, Adventz Group, India, Managing Director, Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. and Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Mayo Schmidt, President and CEO, Nutrien Ltd., Canada.
IFA members also re-elected to the Board of Directors Raviv Zoller, President and CEO, ICL Group, Israel.