Robert Connochie spent his entire career in the mining industry with extensive senior line management experience from the potash industry including corporate development, evaluations, marketing, financing and acquisitions. Mr Connochie was chair of Canpotex (a world leading potash exporter for over 40 years) and chair of Behre Dolbear Capital. He was also chair and chief executive of Potash Company of America, director of Athabasca Potash, chief executive of Asia Pacific Potash, chair of Phosphate and Potash Institute, director of the Fertiliser Institute, and director of the Saskachewan Potash Producers Association. Mr Connochie obtained his B.A. Sc. (Civil Engineering) from the University of British Columbia and his MBA. from the University of Western Ontario majoring in finance and quantitative analysis.
