Profile: Leadership

The CF Industries organization is headed by a team of talented executives who have extensive experience building and growing successful companies. These executives are supported by more than 2,400 CF Industries employees at the company’s headquarters, manufacturing, distribution, and other locations.

You’ll find information on additional members of the leadership team and the board of directors in the Corporate Governance section of this Web site.

Key Executives:

• Stephen R. Wilson is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of CF Industries Holdings, Inc., parent company of CF Industries. Steve joined CF Industries in 1991 as senior vice president and chief financial officer, after a lengthy career with Inland Steel Industries, Inc. in Chicago, where he served in a variety of financial and planning positions from 1974 until 1991. He earned BA and MBA degrees from Northwestern University.
• Dennis Kelleher is senior vice president and chief financial officer. Dennis joined CF Industries in August 2011. Prior to that, he had been vice president, portfolio and strategy for BP's upstream business. Earlier, he served as chief financial officer for Pan American Energy, LLC, and in other financial positions in the operations of BP PLC and Amoco Corporation. He is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Northwestern University.
• Doug Barnard joined the company in January 2004 and presently serves as senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Prior to joining CF Industries, he had been an executive vice president and general counsel of Bcom3 Group, Inc. Earlier, he served as a partner in the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis and, prior to that, vice president, general counsel, and secretary of LifeStyle Furnishings International Ltd. He holds a BS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a JD degree from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago.
• Bert Frost is senior vice president, Sales and Market Development. He joined CF Industries in November of 2008. Prior to that, he was with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the largest agricultural processors in the world, where he had served as managing director, International Fertilizer and Inputs based in Switzerland since early in 2008. Earlier, he was director of the Fertilizer, Logistics, and Ports divisions for ADM based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Frost holds a BS degree in Business from Kansas State University and is a recent graduate of the Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program.
• Tony Will is currently the company’s senior vice president, Manufacturing and Distribution. He earlier served as the company's vice president, Manufacturing and Distribution and vice president, Corporate Development. Prior to joining CF Industries in 2007, Will was a partner at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company. Earlier in his career, he held positions as vice president, business development at Sears, Roebuck and Company and vice president, strategy and corporate development at Fort James Corporation. Will holds a BS in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, and he later earned his MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.