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Our Management

Board of Directors / Senior Leadership Team / Officers

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors oversees the business affairs of Agrium, with the overriding objective of safeguarding and enhancing shareholder value. They accomplish this through mechanisms that achieve accountability among all the key stakeholders, primarily the Board, management and employees.


Director Biographies

 

 

Ralph S. Cunningham
PH.D. (Engineering)

Dr. Cunningham, 67, is a director and the President & CEO of Enterprise Products GP, L.L.C., the General Partner of Enterprise Products Partners LP. He also currently serves on the Boards of TETRA Technologies, Inc., and EnCana Corporation. He joined Agrium's Board in 1996.

 


D. Grant Devine
M.B.A., Ph.D., PAg, FAIC, B.Sc., M. Sc.

Dr. Devine, 63,  is a farmer and rancher, the President of Grant Devine Farms and Consulting Services Ltd., and Board Chair of Live Global Bid Inc. He joined Agrium's Board in 1993.

 


Germaine Gibara
C.F.A., M.A., P.M.D.

Ms. Gibara, 63, is President of Avvio Management Inc. and serves on the Boards of Sun Life Financial Inc., Cogeco Cable Inc., and TECNHIP. She is also a director of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. She joined Agrium's Board in 2004.

 


Russell Girling
B.Comm, M.B.A. (Finance)

Mr. Girling, 45, is President, Pipelines for TransCanada, President and CEO of TC PipeLines, LP, Director, Bruce Power Inc., and former Chairman of TransCanada Power, L.P. He joined Agrium’s Board in 2006.

 


Dr. Susan Henry
B.Sc. (Zoology), Ph.D. (Genetics)

Dr. Henry, 61, is currently the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where she is also a professor. She is on the board of Seneca Foods Corporation, the Scientific Advisory Board of Cellomics, Inc., the Advisory Board of BioEconomy Partners and NRC Committee. She joined Agrium’s Board in 2001.

 


Russell Horner
B.Sc. (Chemistry)

Mr. Horner, 58, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Catalyst Paper Corporation. He joined Agrium’s Board in 2004.

 


Anne McLellan
BA, LL.B, LL.M

Ms. McLellan, 57, serves as Counsel for Bennett Jones LLP. In addition, she is on the Board of Directors for Nexen, Cameco Corporation, and is a member of the TD Securities Energy Advisory Board. She joined Agrium’s Board in 2006.




Derek G. Pannell
B.Sc. Eng., P. Eng

Mr. Pannell, 61, is a Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. He was President and CEO of Noranada Inc. and Falconbridge Limited. He joined Agrium's Board in 2008.

 


Frank W. Proto
B.A. (Economics)
Board Chair

Mr. Proto, 65, is a former director of Nelson Group Inc. He joined Agrium's Board in 1993 and has served as Board Chair since 1998.

 


Victor J. Zaleschuk
B.Comm, CA.

Mr. Zaleschuk, 64, serves as Board Chair and a director of Cameco Corporation, and is a director of Nexen Inc. He joined Agrium’s Board in 2002.

Our Management