Agrium Retail Names President With Mandate to Grow Business

Agrium Retail Names President With Mandate to Grow Business

Mike Frank has accepted the position of president of Agrium Retail, effective September 18, 2017.

As president of the retail division, Frank is responsible for all of Agrium's global retail operations, including Crop Production Services in North America, Landmark in Australia and South American retail operations.

Frank comes to Agrium from Monsanto where he has held a wide variety of senior positions with the company.

"We are very excited to welcome Mike to Agrium. With almost three decades of experience in agriculture, he is very well known and highly respected across the crop input industry." says Chuck Magro, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Mike has a clear mandate to grow our retail business. He is an exceptional people leader and I look forward to working with him to continue to develop and grow our talent and business to ensure we remain the leading provider of crop inputs and solutions for our global farm customers."

 

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