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Sales Director,  Mezfer Trade

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director, Market and Strategic Analysis,,  The Mosaic Company
Andy Jung joined The Mosaic Company in June 2013 to provide analysis supporting the short-term operating and raw materials sourcing decisions of the company, as well as identifying and evaluating long term growth opportunities. His role includes providing analysis of strategic initiatives, as well as being a member of Mosaic’s Commercial Leadership Team. Prior to joining Mosaic, Mr Jung served as a consultant at CRU for 10 years, where he held various positions, including management of the group's phosphate research program and leading a wide range of strategic consulting assignments across the agriculture, crop nutrient and raw materials sectors.

Sr. Vice President Plant Nutrition,  Compass Minerals

Senior Vice President,  Canpotex International
Matt Albrecht has over 30 years of experience in the international fertilizer industry, specifically with IMC Fertilizer and Canpotex Limited (Canpotex). Mr. Albrecht joined Canpotex in 2004 as Vice President, Marketing, North Asia & Oceania. He is presently the Senior Vice President, Marketing, North Asia and Brazil and is currently based in the Canpotex Vancouver, Canada office. He is a member of the Canpotex Executive Leadership Team and currently serves as a Director on the Boards of Canpotex International Singapore, Canpotex International Pte. Limited Shanghai Representative Office and Canpotex Japan.

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Market Analyst, Agriculture Service,  IFA

Head of Phosphates,  CRU
Chris Lawson is the head of the CRU phosphates team and is responsible for industry analysis and consulting on phosphate fertilizers, phosphate rock, industrial and food grade phosphates, animal feed phosphates and phosphate industry costs. Prior to this, Chris was the fertilizer demand analyst for the CRU fertilizer team, where he monitored agricultural and fertilizer markets, including crop production and prices, agricultural policy and weather. This work helped to improve forecasting of short, medium and long term fertilizer demand. Chris has a background in agriculture and agronomy and holds a Bachelor's degree in Science, Agricultural Science, and a graduate diploma in Agricultural Business from the University of Adelaide.

Head of Nitrogen,  CRU
Laura joined CRU in April 2018 as the Head of Nitrogen Analysis, overseeing the company’s portfolio of market outlooks, cost studies and multiclient reports to the nitrogen industry.
Prior to joining CRU, Laura led the nitrogen research team at Integer Research, and has almost ten years’ experience in the fertilizer industry. Laura has presented at numerous international conferences on fertilizer market trends, the industrial nitrogen market, and long-term fertilizer demand. Laura has a BSc in Physical Geography from King’s College London.

Potash Analyst,  CRU
Humphrey Knight is a Consultant in the CRU Fertilizers team analysing costs across the industry. He contributes to the Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash Cost Reports. Prior to joining CRU, Humphrey worked as a geologist at a major lead-zinc mine in the Republic of Ireland and at a gold exploration project in Mexico. He holds an MSci in Geology from Imperial College London and an MSc in Mining Geology from Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter).

Head of Sulphur & Sulphuric Acid Analysis,  CRU
Peter Harrisson heads up CRU's Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid team. He has worked on CRU's Sulphur/Sulphuric Acid analysis since joining the company in early 2011. He also works across other nutrient areas including both market and cost analysis. Prior to joining CRU he completed a PhD in Industrial Chemistry at Durham University.

Senior Vice President,  Nutrien

 Tecnoagro and AACS (Soil Science Society of Argentina)
Dr. Torres Duggan provides senior consultant services to fertilizer and agri-mining companies by offering an integrated assistance on technical and market issues necessary to successfully doing business in Argentina and other South American countries. Martin Torres Duggan is Agronomist with a M.S degree (Soil Science) and a Ph.D degree (Natural Resources) from the University of Buenos Aires. Dr. Torres Duggan is very active in the research and extension fields as wells as a well-known consultant IN Argentina South American´s fertilizer industry.

Latin America Manager, Agronomy & Sales,  Koch Fertilizer
B.S. in Agronomy at Federal University of Viçosa – Brazil – 2005 • M.S. in Soil Science at at Federal University of Viçosa – Brazil – 2007 • Ph.D. in Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech – USA – 2011• Post-Doc Research Associate at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and USDA-NRCS – 2012• Joined Koch Agronomic Services in May 2012 in the USA has an Agronomist• Since 2015 has the role of Manager of Agronomy and Sales for LAM based in Montevideo Uruguay • Has experience in soil fertility, crop nutrition, statistics, enhanced efficiency fertilizers, and sales

Global R&I Director -Fertilizers, Novecare Agricultural Specialties,  Solvay

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Ph.D. (1996, Polymer Chemistry) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. <o:p></o:p>

Post-doctoral Research Experience:

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<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->Washington University, St. Louis, USA (1998-2001) 

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With Solvay for nearly 18 years and currently I am the global R&I Director for fertilizer segment within Agro group. I am based in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Prior to my current role I was the Global Market Lab R&I Director for Agro group for over 7 years. I have held various other R&D roles before within Solvay, US, and also in India.<o:p></o:p>

Expertise: Polymer chemistry, Organic chemistry, Agro Formulations, Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers

Peer Reviewed publications – >20

Patents >10

Latin American Sales and Technical Manager,  Sackett-Waconia

Founder,  Optionline

Executive Manager,  FERTILIZAR
María Fernanda González Sanjuan, Agronomist, Specialist in Soil Fertility and Fertiliser Use from the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy, Argentina. She began her professional life as the Biosolids Agricultural Valorisation Project Manager for the company, Aguas Argentinas (1996 - 2003). She then took on the role of Marketing and Communications Manager for Asociación de Semilleros Argentinos (the Argentinian Seed Association, 2004-2008), and is currently the Managing Director of Fertilizar Asociación Civil (Fertilizar Civil Association, 2008 - present). She is also a published author and co-author, of various publications in her field.

General Director,  Haifa South America

Brazil Fertilizers Market Editor,  Argus

Head- Development and, Agronomy,  Indorama Fertilizers
Dr. Balbir Singh, PhD Agronomy from Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, his academic research was on Integrated Nutrient Management of Rice (University Topper in Masters and Doctorate).
Started career with Bayer Crop Science (Seeds n Agrochemicals), worked with Coromandel International Ltd (Fertilizer), Mahyco Monsanto (Cereals n Seeds), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (Speciality Fertilizers) and Export Trading Group for Agro-commodity (Coffee, Maize, Fertilizers, Sesame, Soybean, Beans, Tea, Sisal) Operation, Procurement, Export, Import and new agribusiness ventures.
Worked on Agri Business Development in Emerging Economies: India, Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia and Nigeria. Working with Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Ltd, as Head Business Development and Agronomy, World’s Largest Single Line granular Urea Fertilizer Plant at Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 1.5 MMTPA Capacity, supplying to ECOWAS and Latin American Countries. IEFCL is highly contributing for Agronomy, Extension, Branding, Promotion and Liason with national and International development partners.
Agribusiness Leader of the Year-2014, by African Agribusiness Investment Summit, Kampala, Uganda. Panellist and Key Speaker at International Conf on Agril (CVL), Lagos, International Fertilizer Value Chain (IFDC/AFAP) at Accra, Agrik Expo n Conference (NABG)-2016 & 17, Abuja, Africa Fertilizer & Agribusiness Conf -2016, 17, 18, Dar, Accra, Addis, Dakar, Maputo etc, ECOWAS food security Conf Abuja-2016, IPNC Copenhagen, Denmark, FMO Nairobi, Kenya and CRU/Argus Conferences on Fertilizers across Africa and Latin America (Ghana, Mozambique, IVC, Senegal, Ethiopia, SA and Brazil etc.)

Industry Consultant,  INTA - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
Dr. Ricardo Melgar is an Argentinian Soil and fertilizers professional. He holds a PhD in Soil Sciences from North Carolina State University and a M.Sc. in agribusiness from the University of Buenos Aires. He currently works with INTA, the National Agricultural Research Institute, at the experimental station of Pergamino, as a soil scientist researching soil fertility and fertilizers and as a consultant to several companies of the region. He has authored several books, scientific papers and journals, including Fertilizar, which he has edited since 1995. Dr. Melgar has also participated as speaker in more than a hundred technical, commercial and scientific meetings.

Polysulphate Agronomic Lead Consultant - Latin America,  ICL Fertilizers

Senior Agronomist Global R&D Premium Products,  Eurochem
Dipl. Agr. Ing. in Phytopathology and Agriculture (1997) at Justus-Liebig University, Giessen Germany; PhD in Tropical Agriculture and Agroecology (2004) at University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart Germany Worked as Professor in Brazil (2004-2007, CEULS-ULBRA and UFRA in Santarem/PA) and Honduras (2008-2011, EAP Zamorano University), participation and lead of several research projects with different Universities in renewable resources. Started 2011 with K+S Nitrogen, as Global Technical Fertilizer Consultant; which changed in 2012 to Eurochem Agro GmbH, as International Expert Advisor and since 2015 as Senior Specialist Global R&D. Expertise in Tropical Agriculture, efficient fertilizer use (inhibitors) and biostimulants.