Terje Knutsen Email Address

Senior Vice President and Head of Crop Nutrition

Yara International ASA is a global firm specializing in agricultural products and environmental protection agents.

35 years of international experience working for Norsk Hydro / Yara International in various management positions, currently as SVP Global Optimization & Procurement (CPO). From May 2015 - December 2021 member of Yara’s Executive Management, first 5 years as globally responsible for Sales & Marketing followed by 2 years as EVP Farming Solutions. Farming Solutions has a global mandate to drive the transformation of Yara’s core crop nutrition business, developing both existing and new solutions including premium products, digital business, food value chain collaboration and climate-neutral solutions. I enjoy setting a strategic direction and see it through to implementation and consider myself strong in prioritizing, synthesizing and identifying key levers of success. Recent feedback also highlights the ability in taking and mitigating risks as well as continuously looking for ways to improve the way things are done. Extensive industry experience as well as broad operational experience at Yara gives a solid background for adding value in my present role as SVP Global Optimization & Procurement.