Nutrien, the world's largest provider of crop inputs and services, announced on April 18th that Mayo Schmidt would immediately succeed Chuck Magro as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer. The company also announced a new Chair of the Nutrien Board of Directors in Russ Girling, who previously served as President and CEO of TC Energy.
According to the annnouncement from Nutrien, Mr. Schmidt brings over 30 years of agricultural business experience to his leadership of Nutrien. He joined the Agrium board of directors in 2012 and has served as Chair of Nutrien’s Board of Directors since May 2019. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Viterra Inc., a Canadian globally diversified agri-business company that delivered agricultural and food ingredient products to customers in over 50 countries. He also held senior positions in other agricultural focussed companies such as ConAgra Grain, Canada and General Mills, Inc. Mr. Schmidt was also President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro One Limited, Canada’s largest utility.
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https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/magro-resigns-schmidt-takes-reins-nutrien
https://news.yahoo.com/ceo-shake-canadas-nutrien-could-154820340.html