BIOGRAPHY
Timothy Cotton is the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Novaphos Inc.
Novaphos is dedicated to making phosphates better with breakthrough technology to sustainably produce the phosphates we need to live. Novaphos is now moving forward with commercializing its technology by building operating plants and deploying its technology across the phosphate sector (www.novaphos.com).
Mr. Cotton is also cofounder and the Vice Chairman of the Agrifos Group, which has focused on business and project development in the fertilizer and agriculture sectors since 1993. Agrifos is a major investor in Novaphos. Other transactions executed by the Agrifos Group include:
• The purchase, restructuring and subsequent sale of a major Texas-based phosphate fertilizer operation previously owned by ExxonMobil.
• Initiation and successful development of the $800m Gulf Coast Ammonia project.
• The Baobab phosphate rock project in Senegal.
• Numerous other phosphate mining and chemical projects.
Mr. Cotton is also a member of the Board of Directors of:
• Zalar Holding, the leading integrated poultry producer in Morocco.
• Zalar Farms, a 3000 Ha fruit, vegetable and nut farming operation in Morocco.
• Intact Solutions, a medical technology company focused on sterile fluid transfers.
• Virterras, a materials technology company solving the problem of plastic and rubber recycling.
Mr. Cotton is a member of the Private and Public Science, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC) at the Harvard Kennedy School.