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The Mosaic Company received the 2020 Robert W Campbell Award from the US National Safety Council in February. This prestigious award celebrates the company’s excellence in environment, health and safety (EHS) and its achievements over a decade of continuous improvement. During this period Mosaic’s commitment to EHS has delivered an 80 percent improvement in its recordable injury rate and led to the creation of its Risk Reduction Program.

“Mosaic employees around the world are honored to receive this recognition for their commitment to safety and continuous improvement. While this validation of our efforts is worth celebrating, we believe that the journey to zero injuries and incidents is never over,” the company said in a statement.

Deborah L DeHaas has been nominated for election to the board of directors of CF industries. Her election will take place at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on 4th May. Following this, Deborah is expected to join the company’s audit committee and environmental sustainability and community committee. She will be the seventh new independent director added to CF Industries’ board in the last seven years.

“We are thrilled at the opportunity to have Deb join the CF Industries Board,” said Stephen Furbacher, chairman of the board at CF Industries. “Deb’s leadership and extensive expertise in accounting and finance, sustainability, human capital and corporate governance will serve the board and our management team well as the company advances its clean energy growth strategy. We look forward to her contributions as we work together to create longterm value for our shareholders.”

Ms DeHaas was the vice chairman and managing partner of the Center for Board Effectiveness at Deloitte, before retiring in September last year. She held numerous leadership roles at Deloitte during her 18 years with the firm. Before joining Deloitte, Deborah was a partner at Arthur Andersen.

She has been the CEO of the Corporate Leadership Center (CLC) since November 2020 and also currently serves on the board and executive committee of the SASB Foundation. Deborah is also a trustee and chair of the audit committees at both Northwestern University and the University of Denver. Ms DeHaas also joined the board of global manufacturer Dover Corporation in February this year.

Holger Riemensperger will become chief operating officer (COO) of K+S at the start of April. He will also join the join the company’s supervisory board as an executive director. As COO, Holger will assume operational responsibility for the management and development of the company’s agriculture and industry customer divisions. His operational responsibilities will also cover a wide range of business functions at K+S, including production and engineering, supply chain, health & safety, quality & management systems and sustainability.

“We would like to sincerely welcome Holger Riemensperger to the K+S team. We have been able to attract an experienced manager to K+S with proven expertise in the fields of nutrition and health as well as comprehensive operating leadership experience, which he has gained at globally operating industrial companies,” said Dr Andreas Kreimeyer, chairman of the supervisory board.

Mark Roberts, the former COO of K+S, is currently the CEO of US-based Morton Salt. He will continue his career outside of K+S once the imminent sale of the company’s American operating unit to Stone Canyon Industries is completed.

“We would like to thank Mark Roberts for his significant contributions during the course of his 29-year career with K+S. As a dedicated leader, he has played a decisive role in shaping K+S, and we wish him success in his future endeavours and all the best personally,” Dr Kreimeyer said.

Jeff Dallstream has become a sales executive at US-based Berndorf Belt Technology (BBT), covering North America’s western region for the company. He is expected to cement BBT’s position as a leader in steel belt production, process equipment technologies and customer support. In his region, Jeff will also be responsible for supporting process equipment sales for the recently-acquired SBS Steel Belt Systems.

Mr Dallstream is an industry veteran with over 15 years’ experience. He has worked with multiple companies in both sales support and regional sales manager roles. This has involved selling carbon steel and stainless-steel belts and associated process conveying systems for the chemical, food and fertilizer industries. Jeff also spent 12 years working for an equipment finance company in Scottsdale, Arizona, arranging finance for fertilizer-based stainless steel belt systems.