Compass Minerals Announces Additions to Board of Directors

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[{"type":"text","content":"Compass Minerals Announces Additions to Board of Directors\n\n\n .bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }\n \n\n\n\n Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), a leading global provider of essential minerals, today announced the company’s board of directors (the board) appointed four new directors as part of a board refreshment initiative.\n \n\n Joe Reece, non-executive chair of the board, commented, “The addition of these directors further enhances the expertise on the board to support the company as it focuses on its core Salt and Plant Nutrition businesses. Importantly, the additions bring more specific domain expertise to support the company’s back-to-basics strategy. They bring deep knowledge and experience in industrial and manufacturing businesses, and in some cases have direct experience in the salt and plant nutrition industries. I’m confident that they will complement our board and leadership team and help accelerate the progress being made to improve the performance and profitability of the business.”\n \n\n Compass Minerals has expanded the size of its board from eight to 12 directors to accommodate these appointments.\n \n\n In addition to the new board appointments, the board has established an additional committee, the Capital Allocation and Technical (CAT) Committee, to further support the focus on the company’s core business operations.\n \n\n The newly appointed directors were identified and selected in connection with a search process conducted by the Nominating/Corporate Governance (NCG) Committee, with the assistance of a third-party search firm.\n \n\n Below are brief biographies of the newly appointed directors:\n \n\n\n Russell Ball – Mr. Ball is a retired mining executive who currently provides consulting and advisory services across the extractive industries. He brings more than 30 years of mining experience to the board, including serving as president and CEO of Calibre Mining Corporation (now Equinox Gold) and executive vice president and chief financial officer of both Newmont Mining Corporation (Newmont) and Goldcorp Inc. (the latter subsequently acquired by Newmont). Mr. Ball will serve on the Audit Committee and become its chair after the 2026 annual meeting. Additionally, Mr. Ball will serve on the CA...

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