PHILADELPHIA, April 3,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC), an
agricultural sciences company, today announced Curt Brooks has been named director, Investor
Relations (IR). He assumes the role from Abizar "Zack" Zaki, who
has been elected FMC vice president, Corporate Strategy. Brooks and
Zaki will transition investor responsibilities following the
company's first quarter earnings release and conference call in
early May.
Brooks has served as associate director, Investor Relations,
since early 2023. He previously worked for the specialty materials
company Trinseo as a manager of Investor Relations and senior
manager of Financial Planning and Analysis. In his new role, Brooks
will lead FMC's engagement with investors and analysts and serve as
the company's primary voice to the investment community. He will
report to Patrick Day, vice
president, Financial Planning and Analysis, who will oversee and
participate in Investor Relations activities. Brooks earned a
bachelor's in finance from Butler
University and his MBA from Drexel
University.
"I am pleased to have Curt assume leadership of Investor
Relations," said Andrew Sandifer,
executive vice president and CFO. "He is a seasoned IR professional
who has been a close partner with Zack and a trusted advisor to our
management team. Furthermore, he brings a unique perspective to the
role, having been raised on a farm using FMC products. I know he
will be a valuable resource to our investor community."
Zaki has more than a decade of business experience at FMC,
including leadership roles in Corporate Strategy and Development
and as business director of FMC Global Specialty Solutions (GSS),
the company's non-crop business. He has served as director of
Investor Relations since 2021. Earlier in his career, he advised
clients in the chemicals industry on strategy and mergers and
acquisitions (M&A) at Booz & Company and was an automation
engineer at Honeywell. In addition to leading FMC's Corporate
Strategy and M&A efforts, Zaki will also have executive
responsibility for FMC Ventures. He earned his bachelor's in
chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology in
Mumbai, India, and his MBA from
Duke University. Zaki will join the FMC
Operating Committee and will report to Sandifer.
"I want to thank Zack for his contributions to Investor
Relations and welcome him to our executive management team,"
Sandifer added. "His broad knowledge of our company and the
agricultural markets we serve, his extensive experience in business
development, major M&A transactions and leading strategic
initiatives, as well as his deep commercial knowledge and track
record of growing our GSS business, will serve him well as our new
vice president of Corporate Strategy."
About FMC
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company
dedicated to helping growers produce food,
feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population
while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative
crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition,
digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers
and turf and pest management professionals to address their
toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment.
With approximately 6,600 employees at more than 100 sites
worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide,
insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations
and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the
planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us
on LinkedIn®.
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