Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) announced that it has made changes to its executive team with effect from January 30, 2018. Mr. Simon Atkinson, President - Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific (DNAP) and Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) has departed the company. As a consequence of Mr. Atkinson's departure, the company has taken the opportunity to reassess the structure of its executive team. This reassessment has resulted in the leadership of the DNAP and IPF businesses being separated. Additionally, two new Executive Team roles have been created. Mr. Robert Rounsley has been appointed Chief Technology Development Officer and will lead the company's global technology group for both the explosives and fertilisers businesses. Mr. Rounsley, an internationally recognised explosives expert who has been with the IPL Group for 20 years, will streamline the development of technology and product innovation, increasing the focus on value creation for IPL's customers. The new role of executive commercial officer will be taken up by Mr. Seth Hobby. This role will focus on leading corporate level negotiations, providing corporate oversight for key business contracts and improving the commercial organisational capability. Mr. Hobby has been with the IPL Group for ten years and had a key commercial role with the development of the Louisiana ammonia plant. All of the new roles will report directly to Jeanne Johns, IPL's Managing Director & CEO.