Markets Editor, Potash,  CRU
Logan is responsible for Potash market coverage in Fertilizer Week. He graduated from Kingston University with a BA Honours degree in Journalism and International Relations, and joined CRU shortly afterwards in 2015. Logan moved to the UK from Canada, where he worked at the Edmonton Sun, the daily newspaper in Alberta.

Diretor Geral,  Nutrição de Plantas Ciência e Tecnologia, NPCT
- Undergrad in Agronomy by the University of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1985. - Soil and Plant Analysis lab coordinator from 1985 to 1992. - Master by the Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture of the University of São Paulo (USP) in 1992, with research focusing sulfur availability in Brazilian soils. - Ph.D. by USP in 1996, with research focusing the agronomic effectiveness of phosphate fertilizers. - Professor at the Soil Science Department at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1992 to 2007. - Visiting scientist at IFDC, USA, from 1999 to 2001, with research related to optimizing the use of phosphate rock in agriculture. - Brazil General Program Director of the International Plant Nutrition Institute from 2007 to 2019. - General Director of the Company Plant Nutrition Science & Technology since April of 2019. - More than 80 scientific papers published in prestigious Journals. - Editor and author of several book chapters related to Plant Nutrition and Agriculture in Brazil. - Specialist in Brazilian agriculture. - Specialist in Soil Fertility and Fertilizers. - Specialist in Phosphorus (P) Reaction in soils and P as a nutrient for commercial crops.

Chairman,  Brazil Potash
Mr. Bharti is a businessman, financier, entrepreneur, a registered Professional Engineer ( P. Eng ) and Founder and Executive Chairman of Forbes&Manhattan, Inc, an international merchant bank with offices in Miami, Los Angeles, Toronto, and London. The Bank specializes in funding and managing public and private companies in the resource, clean energy and technology sectors. The collective value of transactions over the last decade have exceeded ten billion dollars. Born in India, Mr. Bharti was awarded a unique scholarship by the Indian Government to study in Russia ( then Soviet Union ) , where he completed his Masters in Engineering. He also holds a second Masters in Engineering from the University of London, England. After working as a professional engineer and senior executive for several resource companies in Canada, the US and Africa, he founded Forbes&Manhattan, Inc and was the CEO for several large public and private companies which were part of the Forbes&Manhattan Group. Mr. Bharti is a member of several international social, golf and business private clubs in Canada and the US including Wiltshire Golf and Country Club in Los Angeles, Granite Club in Toronto, Donalda Golf Club in Toronto, Oviinbyrd Golf Club in Muskoka (Canada), and National Business Club in Toronto. He is also one of the long time member of the Young Presidents Organization ( YPO ) and is the Honorary Counsel General for Kazakhstan in Canada. The Bharti Charitable Foundation, founded over ten years ago, has worked and funded several programs for children, nature and wildlife in Africa and Brazil and in North America. The Foundation is particularly proud of the large program we are launching for the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil, in conjunction with the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil. The Bharti Family has sponsored the Bharti School of Engineering at one of the top universities, the Laurentian University, in Sudbury, Canada. The Foundation has also worked closely with several large charities and foundations in the US, notably the Leo DiCaprio Foundation in Los Angeles and the Larry King Heart Foundation in Florida. Mr. Bharti has been married to his university sweetheart for over 40 years and has three grown up boys and seven grandchildren. The family resides between Toronto, Los Angeles and more recently, Miami.

Gerente Ejecutivo,  Fertilizar Asociación Civil
Ingeniera Agrónoma, Especialista en Fertilidad de Suelos y Uso de Fertilizantes de la Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires de la República Argentina. En sus comienzos como profesional fue Responsable del Proyecto de Valorización Agrícola de Biosólidos (barros cloacales) en la Empresa Aguas Argentinas, luego se desempeñó como Gerente de Marketing y Comunicaciones de la Asociación de Semilleros Argentinos y desde el 2008 hasta hoy es Gerente Ejecutiva de Fertilizar Asociación Civil. Realizó diversas publicaciones, jornadas y seminarios, relacionados con la temática como autor y coautor. Fue distinguida con el Premio “Testimonio” por su trabajo en Desarrollo Institucional. Es consejera del CPIA (Consejo Profesional de Ingeniería Agronómica) y miembro de la AACS (Asociación Argentina de las Ciencias del Suelo). También, forma parte de la Red de Mujeres Rurales Argentina.

CEO,  Sustentap

Regional Director Innovation, R&D,  Dole Food Company

Commercial Director,  Profertil S.A.
Agricultural Production Engineer graduated from the Argentine Catholic University. Respectively between 2016 and 2018 he held the position of President and Vice President of Fertilizar and since 2018 he has been appointed Ambassador for Argentina at IFA, where in turn he has become part of the international sustainability group. Before joining Profertil in 2016, he worked at Agroservicios Pampeanos S.A. (formerly Nutrien) since January 1997 as Plant Manager, being in charge of the commercial operation. Then in March 2001 he held the position of Project Manager in the functional implementation of the J.D. Edwards software. As of July 2005 he fulfilled functions as Manager of Argentina Logistics and Private Brands and, since August 2007, as Supply and Logistics Manager for Argentina and Uruguay. Since 2011 he had been the Manager of a fertilizer granulating plant and an agrochemical formulation plant (formerly Dupont) until he joined Profertil. Between 1993 and until he joined Agroservicios Pampeanos S.A. he served as Zonal Sales Manager at Cargill S.A.C.I., Animal Nutrition Division.

CEO & Founder,  Organitec Fertilizantes SA
Born in Asuncion, Paraguay, with 39 years old. Agronomist with a M.S degree (Soil Science) from the Universadade Federal de San Maria (Brasil), with a vast experience in agriculture. Former Vice Minister of Industry of Paraguay, as well as researcher and teacher in the agriculture university of Paraguay. Currently working in the Fertilizer and agribusiness industries. CEO and Founder of the company “ORGANITEC FERTILIZANTES” first industry in Paraguay of granulate organic minerals fertilizers.

Senior Investment Officer,  International Finance Corporation
Kelly Johnson leads business development for IFC’s investments in the Fertilizers, Chemicals & Textile sectors in the Latin American and Caribbean region. IFC (International Finance Corporation) is the private sector lending arm of the World Bank Group with a global portfolio of over US$60 billion. Kelly has led negotiations and structured projects for over US$2 billion in financing for many of IFC’s loan and equity investments in refining, fertilizer, oil & gas and light manufacturing projects in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia. He has been with IFC for nearly 20 years.

Senior Partner,  JSA Limited
2010 -2023, Working with several associates, MBR; PAS; Major Engineering companies Worley-Parson; Jesa; SNC and several Phosphate and Potash mining companies evaluating new orebodies. This included deposits in South America; Brazil, Peru; Chile; Bolivia; North America; Africa; Senegal; Togo; Uganda; South Africa; Egypt-Jordan; Vietnam; Sri Lanka and Australia. These studies involved Due Diligence feasibility. At the same time has been involved in process engineering both on new projects and Due Diligence and Audits on existing operations both in Fertilizers and Animal Feed Phosphates operations for major and specialized producers of several continents. Started in the industry many years ago (1965) after almost 15 years in a large international producer. Moved to a major Brazilian producer. After 10 years in Process and product development. Had a period as a Startup specialist before setting up JSA which has now been in operation for more than 20 years working on all the continents which have fertilizer operations.

Senior Economic Analyst for the farm input market at Rabobank Brazil,  RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness
Bruno Fonseca is an agronomist who graduated from ESALQ/USP and currently, he is a Senior economic analyst at Rabobank Brazil, focused on developing sectoral analysis for the farm input market. Previously, he was a senior ag commodities analyst at Cargill. He worked, between 2014 and 2019, at Alvean as a specialist in Trading Intelligence. Bruno is also a specialist in Agro-Energy by ESALQ/USP.

President and CEO,  Canpotex
J. Gordon (Gord) McKenzie was appointed President and CEO of Canpotex Limited (Canpotex) in January 2020.Gord is a proven leader with a strong track record of success achieved over 25 years in a variety of senior global sales and marketing positions in the fertilizer sector. Prior to joining Canpotex, he worked at The Mosaic Company since its inception in 2004, working in progressively senior roles, most recently as Vice President, Global Sales, responsible for global phosphate and North American potash sales and marketing. Gord also held numerous sales, marketing and management positions within Cargill Crop Nutrition from 1994-2004.Born in Brandon, Manitoba Canada, Gord holds a B.S. Degree in Agriculture Economics from the University of Manitoba (1992), and in May 2013, he became a graduate of the Harvard Business School (GMP14).

Sr Director, Global Ammonia and International Sales ,  Nutrien
20+ Years of experience in Strategic Consulting, Integrated Business Planning, Marketing and Sales. I currently oversee Nutrien’s International Sales, Clean Ammonia commercialization & marine logistics teams. I am passionate about finding win-win value added opportunities for our stakeholders & excited for the future where our industry could play a vital role in decarbonizing food, energy and industrial value chains.

COO, Fertilizers,  Ameropa
Born in 1963, Alex graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985 with BS Economics (Wharton) and BA Political Science (CAS), later followed by an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business 2001. He commenced working in fertilizer trade with International Raw Materials of Philadelphia in 1985, before joining Toepfer International Asia Pte Ltd Singapore as a trader in the fertilizer department in 1991 where he went on to hold various senior management roles in Europe and Asia. Alex joined Ameropa in 2008, establishing Ameropa Asia Pte Ltd. In 2014, he took on the additional role of Chief Trader Fertilizers with the responsibility of managing the groups global fertilizer trade. In 2015, he was appointed COO of the Fertilizer Group.

Fertilizer Demand Program Manager,  IFA
Armelle Gruère is the Fertilizer Demand Program Manager within IFA's Market Intelligence Service. Ms Gruère is in charge of fertilizer demand statistics and analysis. Before joining IFA in 2015, she managed global cotton supply and use statistics at the International Cotton Advisory Committee for eight years and was a project manager at the French Livestock Institute for two years. She holds a M.Sc. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis, and a M.Sc. in Agronomic and Life Sciences Engineering from AgroParisTech.

Managing Director,  Haifa South America
Gustavo Branco has 25 years of solid experience in the development, deployment and management in Commercial Areas, Marketing, International Administration, development of new products and processes, acquiring business strategic vision, strong strategic planning, and business management, focusing since 2008 on plant nutrition. He is graduated in aeronautic engineering and holds MBA in marketing, currently working as General Director in Haifa South America, and being vice president of ABISOLO – most important special fertilizer association in Brazil.

Director Agronomy Latin America & Southern Africa,  Koch Agronomic Resources
Matias Ruffo is responsible for providing agronomic support to Koch Agronomic Services’ customers in Latin America and Southern Africa, particularly for enhanced efficiency products. Prior to working with Koch he provided agronomic support for premium phosphate and potash products globally and later on worked in the seed industry. Matias holds a PhD in Crop Science from the University of Illinois.

Diretor de Estratégia e I&D ,  Biotrop

Senior Agronomist LATAM,  ICL
Agronomist with 33 years of experience in soil fertility, plant nutrition, fertilizers, and fertilization. Has developing activities related to research, extension, teaching and training, performing activities in laboratory, greenhouse and field, with the purpose of evaluating the effect of mineral nutrition on crop yield and quality. Experience of 27 years in agribusiness companies, working in the development of new technologies for fertilization. Is working at ICL South America as Senior Agronomist and serving International Potash Institute (IPI) as Coordinator for Latin American.