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Joseph A. Podwika
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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As Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Joseph Podwika is responsible for the delivery of legal services to PotashCorp, as well as oversight of corporate governance processes in his role as corporate secretary.
Mr. Podwika was appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in 2006, after serving as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since 2005. He joined PotashCorp in 1997 at its Memphis office, where he served as litigation and general business counsel. He moved to Chicago in 2000 to serve as senior counsel to the company's phosphate business and since 2002 has been responsible for all US legal affairs.
Before joining PotashCorp, Mr. Podwika worked in the legal department of International Paper Company in Memphis and was in private practice with the Buffalo, New York law firm, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel.
Mr. Podwika earned a bachelor's degree in English with highest honors from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1984 and a Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law in 1987. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Chicago Bar Association and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals.
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