Minbos - Appointment of General Manager Marketing And Sales
Minbos Resources (ASX: MNB) has appointed experienced marketing executive, Mike Erwin, as General Manager Marketing and Sales. Mr Erwin has over 30 years' experience in the fertilizer marketing sector. As Minbos completes its merger with Petril, Mr Erwin will be tasked with securing offtake agreements for the Company's West African phosphate projects.
Minbos Resources Limited (ASX: MNB) (Minbos or Company) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mike Erwin as General Manager Marketing and Sales effective 1 February 2017.
Mr Erwin has an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the global phosphate industry. He has more than 30 years’ experience in global senior management roles in Australia, New Zealand, USA and the Middle East. Most recently Mike acted as General Manager for fertilizer trading companies in the Middle East. Prior to that he was General Manager Business Development and Marketing for Minemakers (now Avenira).
Mike was an owner and CEO of a marketing and logistics agent for international fertilizer commodity companies, including the largest global marketer of bulk sulfuric acid to the fertilizer and mining industries, and a West African Rock Phosphate producer.
The key responsibilities of Mr Erwin’s role will be:
- Management of initial product sample program with key customers.
- Securing letters of intent/MOU’s and offtake contracts from global rock phosphate buyers and managing of shipping and agency agreements.
- Develop Minbos’ marketing strategy for its projects in Africa.
Minbos CEO Lindsay Reed said: “I am very pleased that we have been able to appoint somebody of Mike’s calibre. Minbos is about to produce market samples and distribute them to targeted customers. Mike will be invaluable in establishing and maintaining those relationships leading to offtake agreements to underpin our financing later this year.
In the medium term Mike’s knowledge of the phosphate and fertilizer industry as well as West Africa will be applied to the development of the projects to be acquired on the completion of the merger with JV partner Petril”.
