Slide 102 Biographies James T. Prokopanko, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim became our President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2007. Mr. Prokopanko joined Mosaic as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in July 2006. Previously, he was a Corporate Vice President of Cargill, Incorporated where he had executive responsibility for procurement and served as a leader of the Cargill Ag Producer Services Platform. After joining Cargill in 1978, he served in a wide range of leadership positions, including being named Vice President of the North American crop inputs business in 1995. During his Cargill career, Mr. Prokopanko was engaged in retail agriculture businesses in Canada, the United States, Brazil, Argentina and the United Kingdom. Norman B. Beug, Senior Vice President, Potash Operations Norm previously served as the vice president and general manager of IMC Global, Inc.'s (IMC) Potash Business Unit. Mr. Beug began his career in the potash industry in 1977 and has held various supervisory and management positions, including being general manager of IMC's Potash Belle Plaine facility. Mr. Beug is a past president of The Saskatchewan Mining Association (SMA) and a past chairman of the Canadian Fertilizer Institute (CFI). He currently serves as the director of the CFI and the Saskatchewan Potash Producers Association (SPPA). Mr. Beug holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. Richard N. McLellan, Senior Vice President, Commercial Rick previously served as Vice President, North American Sales for The Mosaic Company. Prior to serving as North America Sales leader, he was the Country Manager for Mosaic Fertilizantes in Brazil and for Cargill Incorporated's fertilizer business. Before serving as country manager, Mr. McLellan had leadership responsibility for fertilizer distribution, import and production in Brazil. Prior to his work in Brazil, he held various roles in Cargill's Canadian and U.S. operations, including grain, retail and wholesale fertilizer distribution. Mr. McLellan began his career in Ontario, Canada with American Cyanamid in 1978. He is a graduate of Brock University in St. Catharine's, Ontario. James O’Rourke, Executive Vice President of Operations Joc joined Mosaic as Executive Vice President of Operations in January 2009. Joc had most recently served as President of Barrick Gold’s Australia Pacific Business Unit since 2006. Prior to this role, Joc held various operational positions in the global gold, copper, mining and nickel industries. Joc received a Bachelor of Science degree in mining and engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. In 2006 he earned an Executive MBA from the Institute European d’Administration aux Affaires, Fontainebleau. |