As the head of PotashCorp�s expansion and development efforts in the 1990s Wayne Brownlee was instrumental in the acquisition of more than US$3 billion in assets. The company now has the world's largest integrated production capacity for the three primary nutrients.
Mr. Brownlee was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PotashCorp in 2006 after serving as Senior Vice President Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since 1999. Prior to that he held the titles of Senior Vice President Expansion and Development Vice President Expansion and Development and Director Business Development with the company. He also coordinated the privatization of PotashCorp in 1988 which transformed the company from a provincial Crown corporation to a publicly traded entity.
Before joining PotashCorp Mr. Brownlee served in the Department of Finance for the Government of Saskatchewan including three years as Associate Deputy Minister of the Treasury Board Division. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Science and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Saskatchewan.
Mr. Brownlee is a director in SQM the world's largest potassium nitrate and iodine producer with operations in Chile and in which PotashCorp owns a 25% equity interest. Wayne is also a director for PhilomBios an agricultural biotechnology company and Great Western Brewing Company.
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