Compass Minerals Announces VP of Finance, Latin America

Compass Minerals has promoted Adilson Silva to vice president, finance, Latin America. Silva joined Produquímica in June 2006 and previously was director, finance, South America.

Compass Minerals fully acquired Produquímica in 2016, and Silva has been instrumental in the integration of the two companies along with overseeing SOX compliance requirements (Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act).

In his new position, Silva will manage all day-to-day finance activities in Latin America, lead all financial aspects of the company’s Latin America business development, and work closely on global financial risk management regarding currency and interest rate exposure.

Silva has 30 years of experience in finance and earned his Master of Business Administration from Ibmec in Rio de Janeiro.