CEO shake-up at Canada's Nutrien could pave way to M&A: shareholders
Message : Required fields WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Investors expect the new chief executive of Canada's Nutrien Ltd to swing deals as part of a more aggressive growth strategy, after an abrupt shake-up at Canada's biggest agriculture company. Nutrien, the world's biggest fertilizer producer by capacity, surprised shareholders on Sunday by promoting its chairman, Mayo Schmidt, to CEO, replacing Chuck Magro, who had led the company since it formed from Agrium's 2018 merger with Potash Corp. Schmidt, raised on a Kansas farm, is best known for leading the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool grain c...