Leadership

Novaphos has an experienced team of leading experts in the phosphate sector who understand what is important to industry stakeholders

Farouk Chaouni

Executive Chairman

Chairman: Agrifos Group
Board Member: Zalar Holding, Zalar Farms and PhytoProd
Commercials Director, OCP
HEC Paris (MBA)

Timothy Cotton

Chief Executive Officer

Vice Chairman, Agrifos Group
Board Member: Zalar Holding, Zalar Farms, Virterras and Intact Solutions
COO and CFO, Agrifos Fertilizer
Yale University (BA)
Member of PAPSAC at Harvard

Evgeny Fedoseev

Chief Operating Officer

COO and Head of Production, Fertilizer Division EuroChem
CEO, NovAzot EuroChem and Board Member of Migao JV
Kingston University, London (EMBA), NC Federal University and Polytechnic University, Russia (M.Sc. and PhD in Chemical Engineering)

Mark Vignovic

Chief Sustainability Officer

VP of Operations, Jamegy
Mgr of Environment, Safety & Security, ISG Weirton
Director of Environmental Control, Weirton Steel
The Pennsylvania State University (BS, Environmental Eng)

Andrew Lewis

Chief Development Officer

Vice Admiral (retired) US Navy
Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet and NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
Commander, Carrier Strike Group 12, Task Force 50 and Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center
US Naval Academy and Univ Alabama

Scott Ritchey

Chief Financial Officer

Principal, MCMM Services LLC
Specializing in clean-tech and renewable energy sector for early stage/high-growth companies
UCF College of Business

Lera Grandio

Director of Business Development

VP, Agrifos
CFO & Secretary, Baobab Mining
VP, Alantra InvestmentBank
R&D Process Dev Eng, P&G
Univ de Santiago de Compostela (Chem Eng), IE Business School (EMBA)

Jim Samuelson

Director of Technology

Director of Engineering, Simplot
Process Engineer, IMCF
Shift Supervisor, Gardinier
Military Service, US Army
B.S. Chemical Engineering, USF

Charlie Ramos

Senior Staff Engineer

Director of Engineering, AgCert International
Director of Operations, Proterro Inc.
Managing Director, BioGreen Eng
University of South Florida, B.S.CHE