CF Industries’ Dennis Kelleher to retire as Chief Financial Officer
Published by John Williams,
Editorial Assistant
World Fertilizer,
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has announced that Dennis Kelleher, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company he will retire from CF effective 1 September 2019. Christopher Bohn, Senior Vice President, manufacturing and distribution, has been selected to succeed Kelleher as Chief Financial Officer on the same date.
“I am grateful for the contributions Dennis has made over the past eight years,” said Tony Will, president and Chief Executive Officer, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. “He has played a significant role in helping drive financial and operational excellence and creating long-term value for our shareholders. I thank Dennis for his extraordinary leadership and congratulate him on a successful and rewarding career.”
“Chris’ selection as chief financial officer is a great example of our internal succession planning programme," said Will. "He is an outstanding executive with proven leadership experience and an unwavering focus on safety. Chris will continue to provide strategic leadership as we capitalise on the opportunities ahead for CF.”
Bohn is a 10-year veteran with CF, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, manufacturing and distribution, overseeing the company’s nitrogen complexes and distribution facilities located in Canada, the UK and the US. Bohn has held roles of increasing responsibility at CF including Senior Vice President of supply chain and Vice President of corporate planning.
Prior to joining CF, Bohn served as Chief Financial Officer for Hess Print Solutions. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President, global financial planning and analysis for Merisant Worldwide, Inc. Bohn earned his BS degree in Finance at Indiana University and also holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Additionally, Ashraf Malik, Vice President, site operations, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, manufacturing and distribution, succeeding Bohn on 1 September 2019.
“Since joining CF in 2012 Ashraf has shown tremendous leadership in all aspects of our site operations and enterprise wide environment, health and safety programmes. His more than 25 years of industry experience and expertise will allow us to continue to deliver on our outstanding operational results and industry leading safety record,” said Will.
Malik holds a First Class Honours Degree in Control, Instrumental and Systems Engineering from the City University of London.
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