Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> May 7, 2001
BURTON M. JOYCE is the Director and Vice Chairman of Terra Industries.
He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Terra
Industries Inc. in May 1991, positions from which he recently retired,
and is also a member of Terra's Board of Directors. Mr. Joyce joined
Terra in mid-1986 as Chief Financial Officer and became President of
Terra's agribusiness subsidiary in December 1986. He became Terra
Industries' Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in
December 1987. Prior to joining Terra, Mr. Joyce spent nine years in
senior executive positions in general management and finance with United
Technologies Corporation in both the US and Europe. In addition, he has
worked at Compugraphic Corporation, Airco, Inc., and Ernst & Ernst in
various finance capacities. Mr. Joyce currently serves on the Board of
Directors of IPSCO Inc., a North American steel producer, where he is
non-executive Chairman, and on the North American Agribusiness Advisory
Board of Rabobank. He is Chairman of the American Methanol Institute and
is a past Chairman of The Fertilizer Institute. He has previously served
as Vice Chairman of both the Agricultural Retailers Association and of
the American Crop Protection Association. In the past, he has also
served on non-profit boards including local Chambers of Commerce, the
Swiss American Chamber of Commerce, and the Food and Agriculture Policy
Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He has also been active on
the Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve Advisory Board and on the
Siouxland Foundation. Mr. Joyce holds a BS in Business Administration
from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and is a native of Evanston,
Illinois. Profile
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Mr. Joyce: Terra Industries, 10 years ago, had two nitrogen plants in
North America,
