I am supporting Middle Market Private Equity and Family Office deal teams looking at various acquisition targets, including attending Management Presentations, reviewing and advising on Data Room materials, and supporting site due-diligence efforts.

I am working together with the McKinsey Teams to help their clients make positive, transformational and lasting changes to their businesses.

Following divestiture from K+S, recruited by new parent company, Stone Canyon Industries Holdings Inc., to support the integration of Morton Salt into another salt business owned by the company.

At the request of the Supervisory Board of K+S, re-assumed role of CEO of Morton Salt to spear-head the process of selling K+S's North and South America salt business (including Morton Salt), while continuing responsibility as an operational Executive Board Member of K+S.▪ Successfully led the sale process, resulting in a deal with Stone Canyon Industries Holdings for a 12.5x EBITDA multiple.o Sale price significantly exceeded capital market expectations. o Led interface with investment bankers, legal advisors and K+S Supervisory Board.o Led management presentations to numerous prospective buyers.o Interfaced with the Department of Justice as it reviewed the deal.o Signed the deal in October 2020 and closed the deal in April 2021 after extensive anti-trust review by the Department of Justice and Canadian Competition Bureau.▪ Led the business during the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining a high level of employee safety, engagement and morale.o Actively reduced business complexity and refocused company on key priorities to ensure a high level of financial performance through the pandemic.o Communicated regularly via virtual town hall meetings and regularly recorded videos.▪ Initiated a broadly embraced Inclusion & Diversity program, including training for all leadership and creation of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

▪ Full operating responsibility for all Business Units of the K+S Group; the German-centered Potash Business Unit and the U.S. centered Salt Business Unit.o $4 billion in revenue || $700 million EBITDA || 14,000 employees across 6 continentso Directed production, sales/marketing, supply chain, etc.,o Led an operational excellence program, which resulted in triple-digit million operational improvements across Europe and the Americas.

Served as an operational Executive Board Member of K+S, the first non-German Executive Board member of this publicly traded, DAX/MDAX company. During entire tenure, responsible for Salt Business Unit.▪ Beginning in 2013, set a long-term strategic road map for the Salt Business Unit and achieved the Salt 2020 financial plan years ahead of schedule; this was the first time a five-year plan had been developed.▪ Successfully defended against takeover bid by PCS in 2015.▪ In 2017 when the Board was reduced to four members, took on the role of Chief Operating Officer, responsible for all operational aspects of the company’s global salt and potash businesses (production, sales/marketing, supply chain, etc.). Responsible for the entire K+S business and 14,000 employees across multiple continents.▪ Reorganized the company into a matrix as part of the K+S “Shaping 2030” strategy.▪ Guided the company through the collapse in the global potash market.▪ Led an operational excellence program across Europe and the Americas.▪ Implemented a program to reduce SG&A cost.

Member of acquisition team when K+S purchased Morton Salt from Rohm and Haas/Dow; recruited to CEO role following close of acquisition.▪ Integrated Morton Salt into the K+S Group.o Converted Morton’s ERP system to SAP, the K+S standard.o Converted all of Morton’s retirement plans from defined-benefit to defined-contribution, including all union agreements.▪ Adjusted organization structure and added supply chain as a critical function.▪ Updated company values, mission and vision.▪ Improved internal/external communications.

After the K+S acquisition of SPL (Sociedad Punta de Lobos, Chile) in 2006, asked to run ISCO, the North American piece of the business.▪ Full P&L responsibility for 150 people and refining and manufacturing sites.▪ Asked to join team looking to expand company’s global salt footprint, eventually leading to the acquisition of Morton Salt in 2009.

For the North American sales arm of the K+S Group, first served as Sales Manager (1992 – 1995), then Vice President (1995 – 2004) and ultimately President (2004 – 2008), being the first non-German to run the business since it was founded in the late-1800s. Significantly grew and diversified the business over this tenure.