The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) announced that Tony Will, President and CEO of CF Industries Holdings Inc., has been elected as the new Chair of the association, replacing Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO of Yara International ASA, who took the post in June 2021 (GM June 18, 2021). Jeanne Johns, outgoing Managing Director and CEO of Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL), is the new Vice Chair of IFA, replacing UralChem CEO Dmitry Konyaev.
Will has served as CF’s President and CEO since January 2014. Johns was appointed IPL’s CEO and Managing Director in 2017, but the company announced earlier this month that she was stepping down (GM June 9, p. 26).
“I am honored to serve as Chair of IFA and help advance this vital organization’s mission to promote the efficient and responsible production, distribution, and use of plant nutrients,” Will said. “Our industry is at the forefront of some of the world’s most important challenges, from food security to climate change. I look forward to working with our members and the IFA team to continue our leadership role in addressing these global priorities, collaborating not just within our own industry, but with government and other stakeholders as well.”
Both Will and Johns serve on IFA’s Executive Board, along with Immediate Past Chair Holsether, IFA CEO and Director General Alzbeta Klein, and Raviv Zoller, President and CEO of ICL Group. Ahmed El Hoshy, CEO of OCI Global and Fertiglobe, and Abdulrahman Shamsaddin, CEO of SABIC Agri-Nutrients, are joining the Executive Board as well.
IFA also welcomed five new members to its Board of Directors, including Robert Wilt, CEO of Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden); Maen Nsour, President and CEO of Arab Potash Co. (APC); Julian Palliam, President and CEO of Foskor; Yasser Alabassi, President of Bahrain’s Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC); and Wang Bei, General Manager of CNAMPGC Holding Ltd Co. Members reelected to the Board of Directors include David Delaney, CEO of Itafos Inc., and Suresh Krishnan of Adventz.